My father seems to be having more bad days then good anymore. He can not talk or swallow at all. He has had a feeding tube since January but is still losing weight. He feeds several times a day but can seem to even gain a pound. He slobber lots and has a suction machine because he is always full of phlem and he has very little cough strength left. Today he was so sick that nothing I did was helping to make him comfortable, his throat was so dry he was having a hard time breathing but because he can't swallow it dry's out so fast but yet his mouth is full of slobber. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how we could add moisture to his throat? We have tried the spray, gel and I even froze small cube of ice water with little stick to rub around the back of his throat but nothing seems to work. I would take any suggestion anyone had I feel so helpless today I just don't know what else to do.......