LIFE & CAREGIVING: Today, was one of those days. But I can’t complain. The clothes dryer died: I suppose it was due. We bought it in 1994. So, I can’t complain. I ran to the Depot and bought the same basic Whirlpool we had. Looks more streamlined, but it is the same basic box. Made in the USA, of all places. Unfortunately, they can’t deliver… Read more →
Tag: feeding tube
Feeding Tube: Fixing the Plumbing
CAREGIVING: Kathy has had her PEG tube (feeding tube) since early June. You can read about the decision to put it in; and the ethics to use one elsewhere in the blog. For the most part it works pretty well; except when it doesn’t. It is leaking at the fitting where everything gets pumped in. At one point I worried that the… Read more →
Getting back to normal (sort off)
CAREGIVING: Yesterday Christina from Baystate VNA came for her weekly check on Kathy and to discharge her. Basically that means that Kathy’s condition after the hospital stay has stabilized. Her blood pressure and Oxygen levels are as good as new. I’m managing her feeding tube OK and keeping her throat free of mucus. Her diaper rash is getting better. And we have help… Read more →