Friday, April 11, 2008

29 days later Bill has a meal by mouth !

Eureka !!! 29 days and 20 pounds later Bill....had a pureed meal today for lunch and dinner.
Dinner was chicken, vegetables, mashed potatoes & brown gravy, cream of broccoli soup, apple juice, ice tea, milk and vanilla ice cream. Wow !

He said everything taste bad....but it is all just mush and any liquid has to have thickener added.
But it is a really big step to getting the feeding tube out. He does still have a TRAC but it is metal this time and soon he will be able to talk.

Dr. Adams told me today he will need a lot of encouragement to get into therapy....for now he is just not interested. I hope the food will make him feel stronger and soon get more interested in the moving the arm and leg more.

Another big step in the right direction.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Rally the Troops with encouragement.... Bill, we're on the way!!! So much great news now.

REMEMBER BILL-The key to the "out house" is getting stronger through your determination and hard work!
I know you'll work hard to get there and I can't wait to read that news.

Just like the SAINTS, Bill-
" I BELIEVE!!!!"