LindaMcBride
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- Joined
- Nov 3, 2017
- Messages
- 3
- Reason
- CALS
- Diagnosis
- 01/2017
- Country
- US
- State
- NJ
- City
- North Brunswick
My boyfriend is newly on vent/trach. At the hospital we were told by an MD that he will not be allowed to eat or drink again (he has a feeding tube).
At the L-Tach rehab the speech therapist gave him mashed potatoes and he aspirated them and then got pneumonia.
He eventually went to another rehab facility and another speech therapist said he passed the swallow test and gave him food and drink. This started on a Monday. Thursday morning he had 2 mucus plugs a few hours apart which resulted in major panic attack and an abnormal EKG and he was transferred to the ER. He was admitted and once again has pneumonia.
ER Doctor said food had nothing to do with this incident. I am not convinced.
Thoughts???
At the L-Tach rehab the speech therapist gave him mashed potatoes and he aspirated them and then got pneumonia.
He eventually went to another rehab facility and another speech therapist said he passed the swallow test and gave him food and drink. This started on a Monday. Thursday morning he had 2 mucus plugs a few hours apart which resulted in major panic attack and an abnormal EKG and he was transferred to the ER. He was admitted and once again has pneumonia.
ER Doctor said food had nothing to do with this incident. I am not convinced.
Thoughts???