Yogurt Consistancy

So we have been in to see a pulmanologist(SP) to see why George has been getting pneumonia so much lately. He came up with a few ideas; first is aspiration, the second is his heart is pressing on his left bronchial tube and making it hard for him to cough out junk. So we just went in and had a swallow study, they make him eat barium in various consistency's. He did fine with the pudding and apple sauce. When we got to the nectar and the fruit punch he was aspirating into his lungs. Not bad from what they are saying but a teeny amount will get into his airway. So now he can only eat things that are a yogurt consistency or thicker. You may ask yourself what about drinks. Well I had to buy a jumbo box of thickener to thicken drinks. It sicked me out to think of thickening water or milk so we went and got a ton of Gatorade. We tell him it is his Batman Juice, he seems to buy it. As for long term we will have to wait and see.
They are going to do a broncoscapy(SP) on Tuesday when they do his heart biopsy. I will be interested to see what they find. I personally think that the small bronchial cord is 80% of the problem and the aspiration is 20%. There has only been one time that he got pneumonia without even having a cough. But we may be referred to an ENT to see if he has paralyzed vocal cords too.
White I was waiting at the pharmacy for prescriptions, the pharmacist and I came to the conclusion that George does not have an Arby's symbol above his head we think he has a question mark. He keeps us on our toes. If anyone feels like they would enjoy some thickened Gatorade come on over you know where to get it!!

Georgeie Porgie

George turned 5 on Monday and we had so much fun. We went swimming with the cousins at the Rec Center and had Dinosaur cake and Ice cream after!! He had so much fun and we are going to have to go swimming there again!!

Sam and George going down the slide.

Ruth and Scarloo

Nana and the wee ones, Ruby and Grant, they both loved the water!

Hank and George

Alex

Jack-o

My big 5 year old!

George and Scarlet going down the slide.

He seemed to think that a cannon ball was just dunking your head in the water. He has seen the Sandlot so I know he knows what it is, I think head in the water is just his version!?!

Georges Red Dinosaur Cake he requested, I think I out did myself.

Jack-o and George

My dad can not make it through an event without putting Scarlet up to something!

George's new football jersey.

Hank, George, Sam and Scarloo