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- Mar 14, 2016
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- Reason
- Lost a loved one
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- 02/2016
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- SC
- City
- Summerville
Tom had a PEG tube put in 3 weeks ago. The dietician and the speech therapist both encouraged him to take as much by mouth as possible. The dietician wants him to have 2000 calories a day, half from regular meals and half from Ensure, either by mouth or by tube. He started out well, drinking 3 Ensures daily and having breakfast and lunch. Then he started sometimes skipping one of the Ensures. We used the tube for feeding once and he said he didn't want to do that every day. Today he asked me if I would help him with the tube feed. The problem that we are having is that he is severely malnourished and doesn't have much appetite. He also gets full very quickly. Even if we put the Ensure in the tube he still has the problem of fullness. He ate dinner tonight but he is still short one can of Ensure and says that he doesn't want it...tube or drinking it. He also did not eat his breakfast this morning...just ate some pudding instead. I'm unsure where to go with this. I don't want to make him sick by overdoing it but I know he is not getting enough calories. Any suggestions? Other than several small feedings? I have tried to convince him to take that approach and he's not having it.