[ElaineM]

Hospital and nursing home food can be pretty depressing and is not very tasty sometimes.
I asked my friends to bring me some of my favorite healthy foods and healthy snacks and juices that did not require cooking when I was in the hospital last summer.
Can Christine's family bring in some of her favorite foods for her to eat? She may not be used to eating alone. Does the facility have a dining room where patients can eat with other people? It seems the staff can wheel her to that dining room in a wheelchair if she is not able to walk there on her own. Is her family able to take her for an outing to her favorite restaurant or out for a home cooked meal at least once a week?
Can Christine's family bring her a high protein shake or take out meal once in awhile?
By all means Christine and her family should participate in all decisions about her future if she and her family think she is able to do so. Sometimes medical professionals do not know much about a person's determination and inner feelings when they offer suggestions, because they base their suggestions on a very narrow and limited clinical assessement.
Sometimes people are much stronger in body, mind and spirit than nurses, doctors, therapists and other so called medical professionals think.
All the best to Christine and her family.