Sunday was definitely a rough day, and we are sooo glad we cancelled the sleep study, because Harrison was up Sunday night from 1:15 - 4 am! It is rescheduled for 2 weeks from now, Sunday August 14. I still have the two movies I downloaded, and our nurse for Monday (the next day) is back from her honeymoon so as soon as we get home I will have a desperately sought date with my bed.
Sunday was one of those days when everything was in question...in other words, I put a phone call in on Monday to almost every specialist he sees. Also that day, my friend mentioned that there was a nasty virus going around, and at that same time I noticed that Harrison seemed to be more and more himself...usually, when I reach the point of calling every doctor, things do seem to right themselves very soon after ("I swear the engine was making a funny noise on the way here!") and, you know what...that's fine. It probably WAS a virus. See, when he gets a virus, it's like the robot whose wires just start smoking and everything goes haywire. His systems that are already weak are the first to react...and then Mom reacts, and Mom usually has the bigger meltdown, and then he rests and things start getting back into place, and Mom is calling the handyman to fix the holes in the wall from where she banged her head repeatedly. Anyway, on these occasions I am more than happy to be wrong (was it the vitamin we started? the new foods? does he need a higher dose of a medication? is it the heat?) Yes, I am happy to worry for nothing. He, hence I, had a much better day yesterday, Monday, and he had a great day in school today. In fact, though he screams for DSS when I put him in the bath or try to dip his feet in the neighbor's pool, he actually sat in the kiddie pool at school today and was, so I hear, delighted! HURRAY!!! He's gonna be sorry they told me :) heh heh heh
He is enjoying tasting different foods and trying new textures more and more, as well. These days he likes (loves) whip cream, the inside of a peppermint patty, chocolate brownie or ice cream, ketchup, pasta sauce, some dressings, some cheese, blackberry yogurt, Gerber Puffs (broken into tiny pieces, that I stick on my finger and then stick onto his jaw- but he is actually chewing!), and even a little sip of his milk if I squirt it into his mouth from a syringe. Here's the best one though...the most solid thing I have given him and he does really well with, is a little bit of those Laughing Cow cheese wedges stuck to a little piece of bread (the inside, the good part, the soft part that we used to roll up...am I the only one that did that?) Anyway, he liked it!
As you can see, eating is hard work for him, but he does enjoy it and that is the first step to becoming a pig like his mommy. No one can say this family doesn't know how to enjoy a good meal.
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