warren louque
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                        
                        
                        I have a mother who has beenin a nursing home for 15 years. She has a hiatal hernia and complains a lot about it.  She has to get nurses to sit her up straight in the bed to eat(she has musclar dystrophy and is confined mostly to a bed).  Do any of you have to be upright to digest your food?  Any suggestions would be helpful on what she should do for relief?