I wanted to add a few pictures to show how much Caden wants to eat. The picture here on the right is from a therapy session just a few days after Caden turned 1 year old in November of 2005. This is to reassure those guys who hand Caden a sucker at church. Even though Caden has not swallowed much of the sucker juice in recent years, the suckers are being enjoyed. We are hoping and praying that the sucker juice will flow to Caden’s stomach instead of out his nose in the weeks to come. The larger copy of this picture shows how Caden has been eating through the g-tube for the past two and a half years. Just click the image for the larger view.
All of the following pictures were taken of Caden at the dinner(supper?) table over the past three days. Well, all are of Caden except for the one picture of Big Brother Riley.
6/24 – Caden licking a French fry.
6/25 – Caden licking a chip
6/26 – Caden licks a sucker while Mommy primes the feeding pump.
6/25 – Caden tasting a sucker
6/26 – He’s serious about this sucker
Riley making a silly face for the camera.
These are just a few pictures showing how much Caden wants to eat. He is ready to turn in the feeding pump and suction machine. Please join us in praying that Caden will be able to eat without a feeding pump very soon.
Read the next post for details on the surgery that we are hoping will lead to swallowing.