[DoreenMichele]

That really doesn't fit with my experience. Granted, I have a condition known to cause very bad aquagenic wrinkling, so I likely absorb water better through the skin than most people. But I know someone who doesn't have the same condition who was able to mitigate dehydration with soaking in a tub when they were too nauseous to take anything orally.

The OP's wife has a port and is currently getting fluids that way. He's expressed zero interest in that portion of my remark. I don't see much point in arguing this.