What kind of tube is it? I always thought it was a plain old PEG tube that goes straight through the person's abdomen into their stomach...you just deflate the bulb and pull it out, cover the hole up with a piece of gauze and it heals shut quickly.
I worked head trauma rehab for many years and after successful rehab, many patients were able to eat orally again and their tubes were removed. I've done it many times. Never in a situation like this, my situations were always thrilling and exciting...a step toward normalacy.
Whenever I heard about them removing her tube, this is always what I pictured.
I believe you are correct.
there are testimonies y nurses and doctors that she CAN swallow and has taken food this way in the past - but the husband will not let them - even now to the point that he will not allow her to be tested again...it wouldn't fit the false "vegetative state" he's perpetuating.
He won't allow therapy or even, reports say, when she was ill with a cold, treatment for that - some time ago, she also had a urinary tract infection which could have killed her - and her would not, according to reports, allow treatment - not any dental treatment. (all around nice guy...)(