Hi,
I have not posted on here for some time. My mum is now being fed by a peg tube which feeds her all the nutrients and medicines she needs. My sister and I felt pressured into this last year and feel we were not given enough information but the nursing home believed it was the right thing to do. I am now worried this was done purely to make life easier for them and does not give my mum anymore quality of life... just pro-longing the misery!She has ballooned in weight (she was always very tiny) and I just feel now she will go on suffering for years now while this tube just keeps her alive for the sake of existing.
Does anyone have any more information on this as I feel we made the "wrong decision" and the truth is I don't want to see her suffer anymore, should we have allowed nature to take it's course?? She cannot talk, walk, move, eat, nothing.. the only thing she can do by herself is breathe.... I just want it over with but concerned this tube will pro-long her agony for many years to come..... Help!
I have not posted on here for some time. My mum is now being fed by a peg tube which feeds her all the nutrients and medicines she needs. My sister and I felt pressured into this last year and feel we were not given enough information but the nursing home believed it was the right thing to do. I am now worried this was done purely to make life easier for them and does not give my mum anymore quality of life... just pro-longing the misery!She has ballooned in weight (she was always very tiny) and I just feel now she will go on suffering for years now while this tube just keeps her alive for the sake of existing.
Does anyone have any more information on this as I feel we made the "wrong decision" and the truth is I don't want to see her suffer anymore, should we have allowed nature to take it's course?? She cannot talk, walk, move, eat, nothing.. the only thing she can do by herself is breathe.... I just want it over with but concerned this tube will pro-long her agony for many years to come..... Help!