Lola has passed her swallow study!! Steve just got the results back from our pediatrician this afternoon. She has "no texture restrictions based on assessment results." "Lorelai demonstrated a safe swallow with puree and thin fluid textures. No aspiration, penetration or post-swallow residue were noted." Woo hoo!! We're pretty excited to have it all in writing. I mean, I would have felt pretty terrible if she'd been silently aspirating for a few months while I jammed food into her mouth. At any rate, we'll be proceeding with the referral to the surgeon for the g-tube wean. Our dream was to have her eating orally by Christmas - and so far so good!
Mr. Liam piam was diagnosed with H1n1 on Tuesday night. Poor guy. I took him into urgent care (along with 40 other concerned parents and their blue-masked children) and we started Tamiflu that night. He is recovering, but boy that cough is wicked. The fact that he's asthmatic complicates things. Anyway, he's doing much better. Steve got prescriptions for the rest of us to start prophylactic Tamiflu meds today. Greeeeeeeeeeat. Anyway, needless to say, our plans for Banff this weekend are out. sigh.
We are saying lots of prayers for Aunt Mich, who has been hospitalized since the weekend due to complications from pneumonia/H1n1. She is in intensive care, and is quite ill. She's a tough cookie, so we know she'll come around - just so not fun to imagine what her kids and Mike are going through. We are all very concerned to say the least. Get well, Aunt Mich! xo
So Halloween's a bust this year. Liam had his costumes narrowed down to a few choices, but in the end, he'll be wearing his jammies and a blue mask. If he's lucky, he'll get out of our bedroom, where he's been holed up since Tuesday. He said he doesn't care, but he wants a big bucket of candy. We said "no problem, buddy" - better than taking H1N1 door-to-door. Our neighbours will thank us.
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