Five years ago, I sat in a hospital lounge as a nurse laid out everything I as a caregiver would need to feed my husband intravenously: a bag of fluid called total parenteral nutrition, a vitamin solution, syringe, pump, a new 9-volt battery, a quarter for opening the battery chamber, and tiny alcohol wipes. She demonstrated the fussy, time-consuming process of hooking up the whole thing to my husband’s central line.
Then she handed me a 20-page pamphlet detailing the procedure and I was on my own. Read the rest…
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