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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 383410" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>This is my personal opinion only.</p><p></p><p>Your daughter can get VERY sick by not eating. I don't think the approach is good enough. Have they done any testing on her to see if she is deficient in vitamins, if she is anemic, if she is healthy? Has her heart been tested to see how it's functioning? Are t hey watching out for her physical health as well as mental health? If this were my daughter, I would want her to get healthy first and that means a feeding tube. You can not choke on a feeding tube. My brother had one because he has severe Crohn's Disease and was so malnourished at 19 that he collapsed and almost died. They monitored his mineral/vitamin intake (he also needed a blood transfusion) and he got more healthy. I would not like this hospital's one-trick-pony approach. Your daughter is getting weaker and weaker. Screw the defiance...her health is in serious jeopardy. Isn't this a medical hospital too?</p><p></p><p>I would think that she may be in a better frame of mind to help herself if she weren't so weak and sick and hungry. Although she has a phobia, I am wondering if she also has anorexia, which, I've heard, has to be approached on many levels, not just the psychiatric one. If this were my daughter, I would put her somewhere that is more concerned about getting her health stabilized first then helping the psychiatric problem or doing both together. This approach so far is not doing any good. She isn't getting any nourishment if she isn't eating. I am not convinced she is being defiant. I am wondering if she just isn't terrified to eat, although she knows the dangerous game she is playing.</p><p></p><p>JMO. Hugs and hope things get better for your precious daughter very, very soon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 383410, member: 1550"] This is my personal opinion only. Your daughter can get VERY sick by not eating. I don't think the approach is good enough. Have they done any testing on her to see if she is deficient in vitamins, if she is anemic, if she is healthy? Has her heart been tested to see how it's functioning? Are t hey watching out for her physical health as well as mental health? If this were my daughter, I would want her to get healthy first and that means a feeding tube. You can not choke on a feeding tube. My brother had one because he has severe Crohn's Disease and was so malnourished at 19 that he collapsed and almost died. They monitored his mineral/vitamin intake (he also needed a blood transfusion) and he got more healthy. I would not like this hospital's one-trick-pony approach. Your daughter is getting weaker and weaker. Screw the defiance...her health is in serious jeopardy. Isn't this a medical hospital too? I would think that she may be in a better frame of mind to help herself if she weren't so weak and sick and hungry. Although she has a phobia, I am wondering if she also has anorexia, which, I've heard, has to be approached on many levels, not just the psychiatric one. If this were my daughter, I would put her somewhere that is more concerned about getting her health stabilized first then helping the psychiatric problem or doing both together. This approach so far is not doing any good. She isn't getting any nourishment if she isn't eating. I am not convinced she is being defiant. I am wondering if she just isn't terrified to eat, although she knows the dangerous game she is playing. JMO. Hugs and hope things get better for your precious daughter very, very soon. [/QUOTE]
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