Small setbacks

Mom has been doing fairly well the past couple of days. She has noticed, however, when she sleeps, she wakes up a little short of breath. She sleeps at a 30 degree angle all the time, but it didn't seem to keep her from wheezing. Last night, she was wheezing and coughing so much, she started throwing up. We finally got her settled and breathing better by having her sleep in an upright position. Of course, this was not comfortable and she didn't get a lot of rest. By morning she was absolutely miserable. We called Dr. Ott and he asked her to come in right away. He did some x-rays and blood tests and discovered she has been aspirating some of her food. Her stomach is not doing everything it should and was full of fluid. Dr. Ott was able to get her in to have her stomach scoped this afternoon. A German Doctor, described as the best in the country if not the world at this procedure happened to be here today and Dr Ott asked him if he would preform the scope on mom. They sucked out the excess fluids and were able to open things up more to help her stomach work better. For the next few days, she has to be on the feeding tube only - 16 hours a day. Monday she will most likely be able to add some fluids back into her diet. Right now she is pretty wiped out. I think she'll be able to get a lot more rest over the next few days.