Passed Swallow study!!

Mahiya had a swallow study done yesterday. And she passed it. hurrah!!

I drove Mahiya to the hospital for the test and thought I will try putting her in her stroller. She usually gets mad in the stroller, but yesterday she was happy in the stroller and had a good sitting posture as well. We went to the Radiation center and were waiting for the test. A nice lady from child family came and explained about the test and said she has to sit in a tumble form chair (it is just a chair with good support) during the test. I thought, oh no.... she is gonna get mad and will not cooperate for the test. But she proved me wrong. She was very calm and happy in the chair. She was given a thin barium liqiud in a syringe. It was apple flavoured. To start with, she was very slow to swallow as she has not had anything orally for almost 6 months but once she got a hang of it she did good. We could see the liquid go down as she swallowed in the continuous X-ray video. She did a good job, did not aspirate. Then she was given a semi-solid barium paste. She was confused first when she had it and then she swallowed it. So the speech therapist has given a OK to oral feed her. We are excited but still are worried abut her throwing up and not getting her medicines.

Yesterday I was holding her and was eating a sandwich and she smelled it and she wanted to have it. She was moving her arms attempting to get it and had her mouth wide open...... ha....ha....but she cannot have it....not yet . Then I tried to give her a bottle and she was biting the nipples but did not attempt to suck on it. But she drinks out of a syringe. It is going to be a very slow process...... we will take it slow.... as long as there is some progress.....

Thanks everyone for your continued support!