yes Amy we do have to force feed him. I feel like we have been left on a deserted island. It is amazing to me how the Dr.'s just have a blank look on there face when they give me the orders on how to keep my dad alive. It's like it's no big deal. It's a huge deal to me and I have lost 10 lbs myself since this whole thing began last March. It is very hard to watch my dad suffer and to feel helpless. Maybe this is rock bottom for dad and things will get better soon. I wish he could have the peg tube and then he could sleep and eat while healing but for now this is it. We just keep on encouraging him and trying to get him to stop losing weight and to begin the healing.