Today completes the third week of feeding camp. Trying to stay positive as each week passes gets harder and harder. I do believe Reese has made such tremendous progress, but the question still remains....How much longer will it take before my daughter will learn to eat. This is on my mind every second of every day. It is very hard to to be asked how is she doing and what is she eating. When in reality she is only taking in 1/4 of a spoon(baby spoon) with apple juice. Sometimes she can't even handle that. Again we are so very proud of our daughter and the progress she has made already. Before attending this feeding clinic, we always thought that one day she would eventually eat. Doesn't it just happen?? This is not the case with our daughter. We know now without doctors and feeding experts involved Reese will not get to where she needs to be. As a parent this is very devastating. There are so many underlining reasons why a child cannot eat. Unfortunately with Reese she has suffered from severe reflux for almost a year now. She also has other contributing factors which play a part in her ability to eat orally.
This process continues to be a long and exhausting road. I thank each of you for being there for me...weather it be writing a comment on the blog, e-mailing me to say your thinking of us, calling to see how things are going, texting with a special message, listening when I need to talk to someone or even a shoulder to cry on when things seem too much to handle.....
