Thursday, March 12, 2009

Eating Cheese...

Yesterday Daniel ate a whole piece of slice cheese all by himself. It all went down the right direction and no pieces fell out. And yes, we are extremely excited and proud of him. Granted it took him almost 45 minutes to eat the one piece, it is a huge step in the right direction and gave, at least me, some hope that he will become a full fledged eater and all the weeks we have spent with our feeding therapist is working. After sooooo many months of just trying and really not getting anywhere, it is wonderful to see this achievement. He has been more willing to try different things and seems to be getting the hang of things in the recent weeks. Though I know that his g-tube will remain in for the near future it is nice to think that maybe one day it will come out. I am keeping my fingers crossed that it was not a one time only thing since he was a little less agreeable to food this morning.

Though I think Daniel has no clue how huge this step is, it is great to see the big smile on his face when we dance around for joy for him. And so we are off to our weekly feeding appointment to share our achievement. Here's to food no matter what you eat.

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