To: MacDorcha
"She is not ON "life support" she is fed daily by a tube (think spoon instead) via her mouth! "
Psst ! ... feeding tubes go directly through the abdomen into the stomach, they are not a tube down the throat ...
197 posted on
03/18/2005 4:42:26 PM PST by
RS
(Keeping them honest since 1998)
To: RS
I recalled seeing a picture (I wish I wasn't on so many ping lists) about a week or so ago. They held up the entire device used to feed her. It looked more like a techno-savvy funnel than a tube.
202 posted on
03/18/2005 4:45:02 PM PST by
MacDorcha
("You can't reverse engineer something that was not engineered to begin with")
To: RS
Yes there are feeding tubes that go down the throat. Thye are for short-term use.
483 posted on
03/19/2005 12:43:48 AM PST by
SendShaqtoIraq
(Reggie, we will always love you.)
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