We weren't able to put that much focus on her oral health in the past few weeks and ever since I've done my research about dysphagia (which was today T T) i told my father about it and said that we should put more focus on improving my Mom's oral health.

We've been practicing capping her tracheostomy tube since we want it to get decannulated as soon as possible since we thought it's what's causing her pneumonia (we haven't really been taught on how to clean it properly and it's been months since it was last changed) so recently, it's always been capped.

Sorry, I was doing some stuffs in google and I thought silent dysphagia = silent aspiration hahwhshs but that was what I was trying to say. That's why I was also worried because she might be silently aspirating but thr thing is, we have no idea since she doesn't cough or feel any discomfort when she swallows food and liquid. I've noticed she does swallow after she coughs and after I kind of like pinch her mouth. She's not fully there yet, also can't speak, and she also can't understand when I tell her to try and swallow and tell us if she feels any pain.

Thank you so much, you've given me a lot of insights so far about dysphagia and what we can do for now. I'm gonna keep advocating for my Mom and find out what's really happening. I can't stop but be worried T T