Good morning.

Not a whole lot has happened in the last week.  Andrew continues his therapy sessions at Northeast Rehab.  He is doing well with the pool therapy.

Andrew continues to use his walker and moving everywhere in the house.  He does a great job.

Lara and I have taken Andrew off of the stage 3 foods.  We are feeding him some of each of our meals.  However, we have to prepare the food in a special way for him.  We chop up all meats, vegetables and fruits into small bites.  then we use a binders with the food like plain yogurt, sour cream, mayonnaise, cream of mushroom soup or a combination of these ingredients.  The binders help the food go down his throat and it adds mega calories.  This helps Andrew as he hasn't gained any weight since January.  Although, he has grown a couple inches since then due in part to the growth hormone shots.  Lara and I joked about writing a recipe book with all of our culinary concoctions or we may just add a food section to the web site.  These are all calorie packed and nutritious recipes appropriate for any child needing to add weight.

Andrew has been fighting us when we feed him and give him milk.  We continue to work with him on different food combinations.  Hopefully, we can get him to consistently eat.

Regards,

Jeff