We met with the pediatrician yesterday to do a recheck of Hannah’s ears. She had some serous (clear) fluid in one ear about 10 days ago, and he wanted to check the status of that. It turns out she now has this clear fluid in both middle ears now. So, he wants us to go […]
[Continue reading...]Teaching her to use her tongue correctly
18 Apr by
So, we know that Hannah “doesn’t know how” to use her tongue when she eats. I really paid attention to it today when I was feeding her, both with the bottle and attempting baby food. I can’t tell anything with the bottle except for that she sucks really hard without much effort. When I was […]
[Continue reading...]Barium swallow study results are in!
17 Apr by
The procedure went a lot better than I thought it was going to. The worst part was the chest xray they wanted to take of Hannah before we started anything. We basically had to hold her down by her legs and arms, and she was hysterical. That part sucked. Then, they put the xray table […]
[Continue reading...]Nervous! Swallow study in a few hours!
16 Apr by
Okay, I admit it. I’m scared to death about this swallow study this afternoon. Not about the process itself, although I question how they are going to get her to eat solid food from a spoon if *I* can’t even get her to open her mouth to eat it. I’m scared to get the results. It […]
[Continue reading...]She is in her crib!!! (For now!)
16 Apr by
Big mommy moment… Hannah is asleep in her crib right now, at almost midnight. I know, I know — I have been paranoid so she has been sleeping in our room in the PackNPlay. But tonight, I realized that she is pretty smushed in there, so now that we have the video monitor and sleep […]
[Continue reading...]Fundraiser on hold
16 Apr by
After the huge success of the Chic-Fil-A fundraiser, I realized that there are so many, many wonderful people in this community who wish to help us fight for Hannah. I haven’t talked to the manager there yet to finalize the numbers on the fundraiser, but what I was recently told today by a good friend […]
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