Today was a better day for Andrea. In the morning she went down for a fluoroscopy swallow test, which she passed. This test is when you swallow juice, pudding, peach slices cut up small that are in barium. As you swallow the picture comes up on an xray like screen showing the liquid or pudding going down and by that they know whether the patient is ready and all the muscles are doing the right thing to force the food or liquid down the right pipe. She has been so thirsty and so frustrated that she could not drink anything for so long (11 weeks), her doctor said she could start off with a little of whatever she wanted the most, which was Pepsi. She took very tiny sips, was not much volume, which she sure enjoyed. She also had a bit of clear orange jello which she liked, the best part is that it stayed down without nausea.She will only get clear liquids till after the weekend, after that depending on how she does, they likely will pull the NJ tube out a little so they can tube feed into her intestine, she will also be able to eat tiny amounts of solids as tolerated. She also had a shower this afternoon which they said she did a lot better strengthwise, than last week. Tomorrow is another dialysis day starting at 11 AM, runs appproximately 4 hours. Pt will be by in the morning to get her up in the standing bed which she does not like, but it is a necessary step to beginning to walk again. Goodnight.
Thanks, Maynard
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