How wonderful it is to listen to beautiful music, to read, to dance, to enjoy looking at the scenic nature, and to taste food. The last one, which we all take so much for granted was taken away from dad when he had a second stroke recently.
Dad is still in hospital being fed milk every 3 hours through a tube that goes inside his nostrils right down into his stomach. He is unable to taste anything, not even a spoonful of water.
It is very sad to see his lips so dry and to hear him calling out “I am thirsty.” or mumbling “I can’t eat. I can’t eat. I am not scared. I can’t eat. You can’t eat.” He wants to eat mango or durians, his favourite or just have a taste of water, sweet thirst quenching water but even that is denied him because he has lost his ability to swallow. In medical terms this symptom of difficulty in swallowing is called dysphagia. Even a small spoonful of water would dribble out and it is dangerous to feed him orally because of the risk of aspiration. (when foods or liquids go the wrong way into the lungs).
However, yesterday, a miracle, dad was able to take in 10 spoonsful of porridge all of a sudden. Now the target is to be able to bring him home without the feeding tubes. The road to recovery is long but this surely a good forward step.
That’s great news. Hope he will progress more n can be discharged. Xmas is coming. Continue to pray
Good to hear he’s recovering. Never easy to see anyone suffering, more so your loved ones. You hang in there MG. Pray your dad will be out of hospital soon
Good to read that he is recovering. Hope things look brighter from here on. You better take care too.
that’s great news… will continue to pray for your dad…
Am glad to hear your dad is making progress altho’ slowly. Keep your faith and strength that he will be out of hospital soon and recover step by step. Will pray for him and your family.
Your dad is a strong and tough man! All the best to him and wishing him a speedy recovery!:)
Keep well and take care!
My sister-in-law’s father-in-law had a similar condition after a stroke about two years ago. He couldn’t swallow and had to depend on liquid feeds but he continually went for therapy and last weekend, he sat with the family for dinner at a local hotel to celebrate his grandson’s birthday and he was eating! He had his feeding tube removed last month and was able to eat again, albeit very slowly but it was a joy to see him take in his food. Take heart, your dad’s day will come too. 🙂
That’s a good news.
Wish your dad a speedy recovery.
Take care.