Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

I would say you don't know how much all your words of wisdom and encouragement mean to me, but I think you all know first hand what they mean.

Life continues to get more and more difficult for Don. Today we found out that he is apirating the liquids he is drinking into his lung...fortunating no problems have developed from this as yet. Now he can't drink thin liquids. Our hopes for the feeding tube to be removed soon is now back on hold. He also has slight tightening of the esophagus so more testing and procedures lay ahead. Have to make an appointment to see the ENT to find out what is causing the liquids to go "down the wrong tube"...more tests and procedures.

I did go see MY doctor and she prescribed Lexapro. She also agreed all of you that Don needs to do more for himself. The GI doctor also agreed with all of you that Don can feed himself. We just haven't figured out how to actually do this without getting it all over the place and causing Don to want to just rip the thing out of his body. Any handy-hints on how to actually do this? The syringe is big and holding the tube and the syringe at the same time without making a huge mess seems almost impossible. We could use your help.

My doctor also said Don needs to take more responsibility for himself. He got a little defensive when I brought this up but today he did a lot more around the house and he actually drove to pick up his own prescription from the pharmacy, making it a lot less stressful on me during a very busy day of meetings and appointments. I have also mentioned to a co-worker about my Lexapro and turns out she is taking anti-depression meds too, and it was nice to hear her experiences with this and just to not feel "crazy".

Well...it is late and I have to wake up early to go to work. Thanks again.

Lorie