amandaw120
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- Apr 15, 2014
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- Lost a loved one
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- Florida
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- Boca Raton
Hi Everyone,
My mom has progressed extremely fast (first symptoms started 7 months ago). She is completely immobile, but can still talk and eat. She has a hard time swallowing certain foods, so we avoid those. She has a hard time swallowing some pills so we put them in apple sauce or do liquid forms if available. Her breathing is now down to 23%, they said if she wants a feeding tube she has to do it now and that she will have to have a radiologist do it. With her rapid decline, would you put the feeding tube in? My worry is that with the remaining weeks she has left, she would be in more discomfort. Any thoughts?
I never did any research on the feeding tube, because we weren't there yet and she always was hesitant on it. Now that we got hit with the rapid decline of the breathing, we are pressed for time and need to make the decision ASAP.
Thanks so much!
Amanda
My mom has progressed extremely fast (first symptoms started 7 months ago). She is completely immobile, but can still talk and eat. She has a hard time swallowing certain foods, so we avoid those. She has a hard time swallowing some pills so we put them in apple sauce or do liquid forms if available. Her breathing is now down to 23%, they said if she wants a feeding tube she has to do it now and that she will have to have a radiologist do it. With her rapid decline, would you put the feeding tube in? My worry is that with the remaining weeks she has left, she would be in more discomfort. Any thoughts?
I never did any research on the feeding tube, because we weren't there yet and she always was hesitant on it. Now that we got hit with the rapid decline of the breathing, we are pressed for time and need to make the decision ASAP.
Thanks so much!
Amanda