Saliva becomes thick and foul-tasting; the tongue clings irritatingly to the teeth and the roof of the mouth .... A lump seems to form in the throat ... severe pain is felt in the head and neck. The face feels full due to the shrinking of the skin. Hearing is affected, and many people begin to hallucinate... [then come] the agonies of a mouth that has ceased to generate saliva. The tongue hardens into what McGee describes as "a senseless weight, swinging on the still-soft root and striking foreignly against the teeth." Speech becomes impossible, although sufferers have been known to moan and bellow.
Next is the "blood sweats" phase, involving "a progressive mummification of the initially living body." The tongue swells to such proportions that it squeezes past the jaws. The eyelids crack and the eyeballs begin to weep tears of blood. The throat is so swollen that breathing becomes difficult, creating an incongruous yet terrifying sense of drowning.
Terri could feel pain in her head and neck?
"Speech becomes impossible"
Terri could speak?
Why did you post this?
Thanks for posting that info.
Starvation & dehydration are being forced on some who are *not* at the natural end of their lives.
We are not talking here about a cancer or other terminally ill patient who is wasting away and does not want to eat or drink; a person whose desire for food and drink would naturally be diminished, as many of us have experienced in our own families.