Tuesday, May 5, 2009

WITT ATE!!!

Witt did great in the swallow test...glory! He was able to eat cereal without any aspirating. He actually did pretty good on the handful of swallows from a bottle but there is no need to even push this. The speech therapist is recommending that the OT move on to working with Witt to be able to drink from a cup. He will just skip the bottle. Witt probably won't start the cereal till after he gets the gtube. Although he did great, the speech therapist said not to risk adding anything new until after the surgery. This is the same wonderful speech therapist that was a part of the first swallow test. We also ran into one of Witt's first doctors when he was born. Dr. Bakta thought he looked huge! Melanie said that we think he looks huge too because we know how much he has actually grown! Here are some pictures from today. More proof of his "hugeness" and how cute he is!



6 comments:

Mindy said...

Hoorah! Good news is always such good news! Love those pics of the little man. ~Mindy

Katie and Justin Cox said...

Chunky Monkey! I love those pics... he is adorable! Must be those great parents of his keeping him so well fed and happy! :) I am so glad to hear that his swallow test went so well! Great news!

cheryl said...

We love, love, love BIG GOO!!! He looks so great! I'm thrilled to pieces about this swallow test and his success with cereal...what a miracle man he is!!!

Nancy G said...

Whoo-Hoo!! Love to hear this news! Go Witt!!

Raley Family Blog said...

This is great news! I love the pictures, too cute! Praise God for Witt and the miracles God continues to do! Love you all.
Alicia

Kelli said...

How excited that he was able to eat a little bit of cereal! Did he like it?