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She called it "technological torture," saying the tube has caused him pain and infections. "The feeding tube is slowly killing him," Goodwin said. "It's just prolonging the agony." ...

"For those patients, the feeding is infused over several hours, for example 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The infusion is done by a pump," she says. But either bolus or infusion feedings can be done in the home.

A tube, for example, can be inserted through the nose and into the stomach, a method usually employed for short-term use. Other tube-feeding methods require surgery.

The statement includes discussions of feeding considerations and supplies, care of the PEG tube after placement, and short- and long-term complications and their management.

The Catholic Hospital Association (CHA), for example, considers feeding tubes for people in a vegetative state as “medical treatment” that may or may not be discontinued.

The mother-of-two said a feeding tube was inserted during this time, but it was never removed and alleges the tube has caused her pain for the 35 years since. 'Since 1989, I couldn't do things.