Word from the baby brother, currently on Aunt I duty in the greater Tampa area... Aunt Irene has passed her second swallow test. I repeat, Aunt I has has passed her swallow test.
Do I hear you say, "So what?" Here's what's 'so what?' - she can now eat anything she wants!
Her first swallow test was shortly after she was transferred to Kindred. She was still a little weak, but they said she could eat pureed food. So, for the first time since May 21, instead of getting liquid nutrients from a tube, she could eat and taste real food (well, okay, that's a stretch...). That was a pretty exciting step, right up until she realized that the hospital's pureed food selection was very limited. Green goo (peas), orange goo (carrots), light brown goo (chicken), dark brown goo (turkey), white-ish goo (fish, we think). Those were her lunch and dinner choices, with other things like applesauce or sherbet for dessert. Breakfast was better, with a rotation of oatmeal, grits, and scrambled eggs, which she actually liked.
So after a few weeks of that, she started dreaming about real food. We warned her that she'd still be eating hospital food, but decided that even the hospital's version of real food was better than hospital pureed food. Now, after passing her second swallow test with flying colors, she'll get to find out! When I left last Monday, she was craving pork chops... Can someone make a run to Outback?
Yay! Real food!
Do I hear you say, "So what?" Here's what's 'so what?' - she can now eat anything she wants!
Her first swallow test was shortly after she was transferred to Kindred. She was still a little weak, but they said she could eat pureed food. So, for the first time since May 21, instead of getting liquid nutrients from a tube, she could eat and taste real food (well, okay, that's a stretch...). That was a pretty exciting step, right up until she realized that the hospital's pureed food selection was very limited. Green goo (peas), orange goo (carrots), light brown goo (chicken), dark brown goo (turkey), white-ish goo (fish, we think). Those were her lunch and dinner choices, with other things like applesauce or sherbet for dessert. Breakfast was better, with a rotation of oatmeal, grits, and scrambled eggs, which she actually liked.
So after a few weeks of that, she started dreaming about real food. We warned her that she'd still be eating hospital food, but decided that even the hospital's version of real food was better than hospital pureed food. Now, after passing her second swallow test with flying colors, she'll get to find out! When I left last Monday, she was craving pork chops... Can someone make a run to Outback?
Yay! Real food!
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