Ava passed her swallow test with regular . Yay!. It didn't even have to be thickened. yay! The nurse and therapist kept saying how cute she looked with barium all over her chin, like a baby drinking milk would. So there wasn't evidence of aspiration but she definitely struggled with the organization of muscles and actions her her mouth. She will start training with bottles. She gets to try 10mL twice a day by bottle. It will be a slow process and she will get loads of therapy when we get home. She is staying awake most of the day. She was awake from 4am until 2pm when she took a short nap. She is so bored. Ava is such a good baby though and hardly ever fusses.
On other fronts: All three kids at home are sick with colds. I kept Sam home from school yesterday and William had behavior problems at school today. Sam's asthma flairs with viruses so he's getting extra inhaler doses of 2 different things. Ivy had a 100.7 fever tonight. It came right down with tylenol, but she's been cranky all day.
Yay! I am so glad that she passed! Sorry the others aren't well. Ours are struggling with allergies from harvest and that can bring out the crankiness also. I hope they get better soon.
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