Bowel adhesions

Hi All 

I'm new here, and it is my 75 year old mum who has peritoneal cancer. She's had chemo and ultra radical surgery over a year ago, and was on olaparib as hers is BRCA2 related. 

In the last 3 weeks, she's been hospitalised twice as she's had bowel adhesions that blocked her bowel. She only has a small intestine, and a stoma bag, and all output stopped and she was throwing up. They've treated it both times with gastrografin medicine and a nasogastic tube, as she's too frail for surgery, and wouldn't want it anyway.   Her CA 125 markers are doubling every 2 weeks, it seems, at the moment.

She came out of hospital today, feeling well and able to eat, with stoma processing as expected. This evening, she's vomited everything she's eaten today, so clearly the adhesions are not fixed.  She does not want to go back to hospital and have a tube for a third time.  But if she can't eat or drink, what then?  

She has not yet been referred to palliative care (her hospital team have been a waste of time lately, measuring her blood markers but offering ZERO other guidance or help), but I managed to insist on an urgent GP phone call for tomorrow to get that ball rolling.  I am hoping there is something intravenous that they can feed her?  Does anyone know? 

I know we're on the last stretch, but I just want her to be comfortable and have a bit more time to see some of her family and friends before it is too late.

Thanks for reading.

Flora xx