Synopsis

The trauma of childhood abuse led Nicole to develop a rare eating disorder: an inability to swallow. By sixteen, she weighed only sixty-eight pounds, requiring doctors to insert a feeding tube directly into her stomach. Intended as a short-term solution, the tube remains in place sixteen years later; Nicole is still unable to consume any food or liquids by mouth. She also struggles with prescription drug abuse and has neglected the care of her two daughters. Her husband has warned that he will s