Ready for the P.E.G tube.
Mom received a good bill of health today from her doctor. All the infections are cleared up and now we can get the N.G tube removed and the P.E.G tube inserted. The N.G tube has started to cause issues with her nose, so I can't wait to get rid of it. Makes me nerves having to feed her through the N.G. Every time she coughs I'm worried it's going down her throat or coming back up. Witch I know isn't possible with her being at a 90 degree angle when I feed her.
Mom is doing well as far as I'm concerned. Her Pt and Ot say she is not progressing to their standards and have put her case on hold. I say "to hell with their standards." Who are they to set standards on this type of thing anyways. I see progress in her everyday and will continue to do therapy and work hard with her. I know everything I need to do anyways. I don't need PT or OT in the house when I can do it with out them. I just think it is crap, cause they barely did anything with her anyways. Too quick to give up if you ask me.
She at least has a good ST. This woman is here twice a week for an hour and refuses to give up. Once we have the N.G tube out the ST hopes to have mom swallowing in the next month. She is already eating pudding once a day. Hopefully we will be adding more by mouth once the tube is out. I can't imagine what it must be like for her not to be able to have things by mouth. I can't imagine not having my cup of coffee in the mornings or not being able to eat ice cream or enjoy my strawberry smoothies.
Getting this tube out of her nose should start a chain reaction that will hopefully come with great progress. Please pray that the procedure goes good and mom is back home with her new P.E.G tube to enjoy the homemade mash-potatoes I plan to make for her that night.
Before I go this evening, I have a question about the site and I'm not sure where to post it. If who ever reads this can answer it for me then cool. If not, don't worry about it, I will figure it out eventually.
My question is:: Is there some where on the site we can go when we have questions? Weather it be about the site, or about caregiving.
Thank you for reading my blog. Will update you as soon as we have mom home with her new P.E.G tube.
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