Abstract
The author reveals the patient's perspective about bringing total parenteral nutrition into the home health care setting. UCLA implants a Hickman catheter for home intravenous infusion and prepares the patient to leave the safety of the hospital environment. Linda and her husband creatively collaborate in finding ways for her to live a fulfilling life. Their obstacles include improving her body image, overcoming a sense of guilt, and learning to travel with home total parenteral nutrition. Some of the resources the young couple uses include professional counsel ing, martial arts, and learning to take risks to obtain the desired rewards. Key words: case study, chronic idiopathic pseudoobstruction, exercise, motility disorders, total parenteral nutrition
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