Update on Matt and Halloween

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First the update on Matt. Matt had his cookie swallow test yesterday to see if he is still aspirating his food since getting his stents out. He passed his test with a thickened feed. They are starting to feed by bottle with additional rice cereal in his milk to help him swallow it properly this morning. The feeding tube will no longer be needed if he does well. That is great news! Now we wait to see how he does and then there may be a plan for him coming home.
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At the hospital they had given Matt a little Halloween costume too. Enjoy the cuteness!
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Halloween was a blast! The kids had so much fun even though it rained. At first Zach did not want to be in his costume and kept trying to pull it off, so that is why there aren’t great pictures of Zach in his costume. He refused to wear the head piece that had the ears on it, but he wore the rest of the costume. After the kids were done going around to the houses to get candy they loved helping to hand out the candy to the kids still coming to our house. Grandma and Pap had come over to help hand out the candy while we took the kids around. We did not have as many kids come this year and all the years past probably because of the rain. We now have tons of left overs. Too bad we didn’t get anything chocolate this year. Lots of Dum Dums and Smarties left over.

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4 Responses to “Update on Matt and Halloween”

  1. Grammy says:

    Praise God for Matt’s good swallow test! And I love the Halloween costumes on the kids, even Matt! Becky dressed as a Steeler’s Fan here, complete with Terrible Towel, to hand out the candy. It was cool but no rain, and plenty of kids came.

  2. Kate Wilson says:

    oh that sweet little pea!! i love it! he sure is looking good. almost smiling in some pictures, it looks like!

  3. burghbaby says:

    So glad Matt is doing better. Hope he’s home soon!