tkjones
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I hope ya'll don't get tired of my questions but I'm not sure who else to ask. to update just a little, Daddy just got out of the hospital after spending 4 days in there. I got the very dubious honor of crawling all over two nurses while he was there. One I went back and apologized to . . . the other I'd like to get a piece of him again. Maybe next time. . . :twisted:
Last time on here I was asking about a feeding tube. Daddy had just about decided to do it and then someone told him that he would never be able to lie totally flat again. Is this true? There are times that the only way he can get comfortable is to lie flat on his back. If he can't lie flat, we'll never talk him into it.
Also, he speech is just about gone. When he's up in the chair or sitting up in the bed, that's not much of a problem because he writes on his board but that ability is going away too. At night when we are having to get up with him, it is extremely hard to understand what he wants. Can anyone give me any suggestions for types of communication? We had already thought about flash cards but I wondered if there were any other things we could look at.
As usual, thanks a bunch! :-D
Teresa
Last time on here I was asking about a feeding tube. Daddy had just about decided to do it and then someone told him that he would never be able to lie totally flat again. Is this true? There are times that the only way he can get comfortable is to lie flat on his back. If he can't lie flat, we'll never talk him into it.
Also, he speech is just about gone. When he's up in the chair or sitting up in the bed, that's not much of a problem because he writes on his board but that ability is going away too. At night when we are having to get up with him, it is extremely hard to understand what he wants. Can anyone give me any suggestions for types of communication? We had already thought about flash cards but I wondered if there were any other things we could look at.
As usual, thanks a bunch! :-D
Teresa