Robbie had a very good Christmas! He had a blast visiting family and playing with his new toys. The following day we took off for Texas. He did marvelous on the trip in spite of having an upper respiratory infection. His 7th tooth came in on New Years Eve! We drove straight through on our way back and he is still recouping from that.
On to the Swallow Study. Other than waiting 2 1/2 hours for it to start, all went well. He swallowed the stage 2 and 3 food well but wouldn't have anything to do with the solids. They said that he appears to have oral motor problems that the speech therapist will help him correct. When it came to the liquids he aspirated immediately. That means the fluid went down his air way. That is dangerous and can cause lots of problems. This could be the reason why he hates drinking and dislikes eating. To fix it for now we have to thicken all his fluids with a special gel. At this point I'm not sure how this will really be corrected, if it will go away on its own or if therapy will help. I will ask the speech therapist. They told us that by thickening the fluids and stopping the aspiration that we should see an overall improvement in his development! He has his first Speech Therapy this week. I'll let you know how it goes :)
On to the Swallow Study. Other than waiting 2 1/2 hours for it to start, all went well. He swallowed the stage 2 and 3 food well but wouldn't have anything to do with the solids. They said that he appears to have oral motor problems that the speech therapist will help him correct. When it came to the liquids he aspirated immediately. That means the fluid went down his air way. That is dangerous and can cause lots of problems. This could be the reason why he hates drinking and dislikes eating. To fix it for now we have to thicken all his fluids with a special gel. At this point I'm not sure how this will really be corrected, if it will go away on its own or if therapy will help. I will ask the speech therapist. They told us that by thickening the fluids and stopping the aspiration that we should see an overall improvement in his development! He has his first Speech Therapy this week. I'll let you know how it goes :)
Good news and what a cute picture. How scary about the liquids and bless his little heart. I love his pjs. Thinking about you guys often. Love you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping us updated. Glad he did well today and we'll be praying about the drinking. :) love you lots!
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