This may not help all that much (although some of you may remember) - I experienced a similar life or death issue back in 2019. I weighed in at 87lbs (I'm 6ft tall!), unable to eat anything besides ketchup packets, nor drink much of anything at all (12 ounces of water per day, maximum)... yet, after nearly three weeks spent in the hospital, they decided to send me home without placing a feeding tube (jejunostomy, per my request) ... with the doctor on duty recommending to me that I "suck on ice cubes" in order to maintain hydration.
This was despite the fact that the gastric emptying study confirmed that my stomach wasn't and would not empty ---
And you know what it took to save my life? The nursing staff threatened to walk off the job if they sent me home to die.
Radiology then did a second gastric emptying study (6 hours long), which confirmed the result of the first... and then the following day, the surgeon reluctantly agreed to perform the surgery.
I also received essential support from a multitude of Phoenix Rising members, resulting in a continuing and somewhat miraculously positive outcome.
Again, I don't know if any of this will help, but it just takes one person (the right person) to make a decision that'll be positively impactful. In any case, I hope that decision making person is reached.
Howard
