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Hey, I have a question - what was the tube Shelly had exactly for??
shareI think they said that it was being used to force-feed her whatever nutrients she needed to not completely starve or something. Though I didn't understand why it had formerly been going up her nose (or why her father had been so ashamed that he'd want it stuck in her stomach instead). The other reason I think they were "feeding" her through it before she came to the clinic is because she was able to purge with it--so it has to be connected to her stomach or her intestines.
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I'm sure it was like intervenous nutrition, and it did lead into her stomach. She was force fed through it because obviously they couldn't force her to eat any other way.
shareIt was a tube that went straight into her stomach. The one in her nose is a nasogastric feeding tube, it also leads to the stomach. I guess her dad was embaressed that his daughter had to be tube fed so he opted for the tube straight into her stomach.
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I doubt it. It was probably because Shelly kept pulling the tube out of her nose. That's the only reason I could think someone would opt for a jejunostomy (stomach feeding tube). I had one. I was under the age of 18 when it was put in and unconscious, so my parents signed the consent forms. The doctor didn't really explain what it was or how it operated, just that it would "save my life." The surgery was super invasive, on morphine for two weeks, couldn't get out of the hospital bed. I was hooked up to this machine 24/7. My parents were mortified and immediately regretted consenting to the surgery. Didn't gain any weight on the formula, either, because it was so high in protein that it just went right through me and caused terrible diarrhea. Finally my intestines got infected and the tube had to come out. It's not like you can't see the tube, either. It's nasty and it leaks a lot. I doubt Shelly's dad chose the j-tube because he was embarrassed.
sharehahahahaha you said diarrhea
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