Jemi

There is no doubt that the beer is swelling his stomach and does pose a caloric risk due to fullness. I tried beer down my feeding tube and it was a disaster.
My advice is to buy those 5 liter box wines for your dad and let him syringe WINE down his tube. The wine lacks the fermentation and swelling. The alcoholic content is higher and he will need a lot less to to get the same effect.
All of my doctors have said that since the alcohol goes directly to the stomach and does not touch the sensitive oral tissues at all, it did not worry them. From personal experience stick with WHITE WINE, as the red stains the tube and the leaks stain everything.
Of course it'd be better if he were not addicted to alcohol, but as the Sulpician Fathers taught me in the seminary
[quote]de duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum [/quote]
Charm