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>Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 15:15:44 -0600 >To: list >From: sue weiler <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: dad again > >dear list friends, > i'm coming out of lurk again to see if you have any info that > will help my dad. >awhile back someone offered something on excess saliva. dad, a PWP spits up >copious quantities of what looks like a clear liquid. it embarasses and >exhausts >him and interferes with his everyday activities. > background--he is in a nursing home in milwaukee. he walks with > a walker. >he has a permanent feeding tube. (the spitting up started long before the >tube.) > five different doctors have been asked to do a culture to see if > this is >caused by an infection. none would do it. gave us five different theories on >what is causing it. > we are leaving to go there tomorrow. any suggestions would be > helpful. > > thanks in advance, sue