I took Preston to his feeding evaluation at Children's Hospital last Friday. Everything looked normal so that is good news. It was so interesting to watch though. It was done with an x-ray. We fed him Barium through a bottle and we could watch him suck this dark liquid and we could see it as it went down his esophagus. Then we'd stop the x-ray and feed him 1-2 ounces of formula. Then, we started the x-ray and fed him Barium again. We did this a couple times because the radiologist wanted to see how he did swallowing throughout the entire bottle to make sure the milk wasn't pooling up above his esophagus/trachea area. Things looked good throughout the feeding and Preston was a champ to put up with it. It didn't answer my question of why he is such a slow eater though. I guess that's the way he is... My friend, Sara, watched Kate while I took Preston to the appointment and she had a great time there so thanks for helping me out!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
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It's always good to know there's nothing wrong, but I'm sure you're still a little frustrated. I hate how slow Carson eats and he's 4 years old!
Good to hear that all the tests came back good. That must be a relief!
The test sounds really interesting. I'm with Brenda though, Dane is a ridiculous eater and he's 4. It's either, slow, not at all or shove it in his face. I can't win with him.
Can't wait to see all of you guys!
Hoping this is your last doc appt for a long while! Preston just must enjoy his food-cant say I blame him!
Oh, I'm glad it went well!
(It was fun to hear about the evaluation--it reminded me of how much I learned about those as a speech-language pathologist. Did you notice if there was an SLP there with you?)
I glad everything turned out ok. I think it is amazing all the technology we have to help.
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