We have now made it for 4 days without any additional vomiting. Whewhoo!
We had a modified barium swallow test with a speech pathologist today. The Speech Pathologist simply prepared various textures of food to give to Ryan and watched the way he swallows on x-ray. The concern was that Ryan might be aspirating food (swallowing it into his airway instead of his tummy).
They started with a thin liquid similar to water or formula. Then moved to a thicker liquid, think nectar. And, then finally to stage 3 applesauce.
The good news is that Ryan did not aspirate any of the food. However, he has a tendency for "deep penetration," which basically means he swallows and holds the food over the airway before finishing the swallow. The really good news is that he doesn't do the deep penetration thing when drinking cold items.
Will finish in a minute...
Okay, so I forgot to come back and finish ... worse yet ... I don't remember what else I was going to tell you. It must not have been that important, right?
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