this may sound weird but try putting the syringe in your mouth until you get all set. I mean the end of the syringe, not like a dog bone in your mouth.I do that when giving oral meds in a syringe while holding the ducks.tldr: I am terrible at solo feeding stillhaven't seen vet yet (since I did a curbside drop off for emergencies rather than an in-office appointment) but will ask for more pointers!
I can now tube feed like a champ when I've got an extra set of hands, after several trial-and-error feedings with booby, but no matter what I do, I'm always like two fingers short when I try to tube feed solo! Because my brother/housemate recently moved out, I'm on my own! The part that kills me is, while keeping the mouth open with one hand, having to push the tube down AND hold the syringe in the same hand kills me. Its like if I leave the syringe dangling or on the floor while I get the tube in, it pulls itself out because I don't have enough slack in the catheter line
Even so, I've managed to get the tube in, but then I don't have enough fingers to push the syringe AND squeeze the tip of the syringe/tube so it doesn't shoot off! By the time I had given up, Josh was traumatized, and I almost passed out because my circulation got cut off from kneeling over her for so long LOLOLOLOL like as if josh didn't have it bad enough as it is but now there's this large ugly featherless duck panting in her face and keeling over on top of her... lol poor girl. I don't know if its part of her illness or if I truly gave her Trauma with a capital 'T' but now whenever she sees me her legs LITERALLY buckle and shake...
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