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Larry, You are very welcome. I wish I could do something that would REALLY help you all to improved his situation. Sorry about NH problems. Are there others in his area that might be an option? I do know your brother is blessed to have you looking into his situation. Mary Jo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 7:06 PM Subject: Re: Question > Mary Jo, thanks again for the information. We are still experiencing > difficulty with John and the Nursing Home. I took him to a PD Specialist > and he increased his medications and put John on a different time schedule. > Hope we can improve his movement and behavior. Nursing Home is not helping > very well. > > Thanks for your concern. > > Larry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill & Mary Jo Hay" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 10:31 PM > Subject: Re: Question > > > > Hi Larry, > > > > My brother-in-law had a rare form of PD which sounds a lot like what your > > brother is going through. He had to have the feeding tube (as well as a > > couple of other tubes we don't need to discuss). These things do require > > attention but can be learned by a family member; however, if there is no > one > > but his wife and she has to work, then a professional would have to be > > brought in. This could be a home health care worker which may be provided > > by the county or city where he lives. But he probably will need more > > attention than these "drop-in" health care people can give. Should not be > > giving medical advice for sure, but I would be fairly certain that the > > feeding tube would be permanent since aspiration pneumonia is a threat. > > > > Mary Jo in Columbus, GA > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Larry Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> > > To: <[log in to unmask]> > > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 4:31 PM > > Subject: Question > > > > > > > I am getting smarter, but I have a question and hope someone can answer > > it. > > > Again, I know this is a question for a Doctor but I am in Georgia and my > > PD > > > brother is in Texas. > > > > > > He had pnemonia and Dr. put a feeding tube in his stomach. Now he feeds > > > only through his stomach. (Dr. had him do a barium swallow and found he > > was > > > swallowing into his lungs. ) > > > > > > Question: Is this a permanent method....or is there another > arrangement? > > > (In General) > > > > > > Larry > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn