Here’s a picture of Emily which I took this morning. My parents came for a visit yesterday and my mom and I took the girls to the mall where we got them some hair accessories and earrings. Emily got herself all dolled up – right down to the hair accessories this morning and now we’re going to go to Chuck E Cheese Full disclosure: I LOATHE Chuck E. Cheese and swore I would never set foot in there again a few years ago, but Emily can’t run, swim, jump, dance or do anything remotely related to summer and she loves ski ball…so…yeah. She also loves to bowl but I think it may be a bit soon just ten days after hip surgery.
Here’s a shot of Emily’s new earrings (well, one pair – we bought like five.)
Here’s Ana wearing a pair of her new earrings (donuts). They look delicious!
So, food update: we discovered that Emily absolutely loves the mashed potatoes from Popeyes Chicken – they have one at a rest stop that we go to on the way home from the hospital and Emily and I both got some while my Jim and Ana got chicken. It was very satisfying and the mashed potatoes are very smooth (no lumps). I’m guessing they’re made with tons of cream or fat or whatever.
Emily had the mashed potatoes with some yogurt last night for dinner. The yogurt was like dessert – I find she’s way more open to eating sweet stuff if she can have some salty stuff first. We’ve also been blending Maple Brown Sugar oatmeal in the morning to a fine powder before mixing it with water – Em was resistant to eating this first, but now she gobbles it up. Oooh, and one more thing – Italian ices! Emily loves these and they’re like 100 calories each. I let her eat as many as she wants. Not the best nutrition, but at least it’s got calories. We’ve had no luck with soup except Miso broth which has very little calories.
Emily has been napping daily since she’s on this diet – she sleeps for a good two hour nap a day. I figure with all the carbs, plus the reduced calories – she needs the break. I lie down with her then peel myself away when she falls asleep (unless I fall asleep too).
Emily has another follow-up visit this coming Thursday and I’m hoping we can graduate to soft foods. Keep your fingers crossed for her.