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Friday, Jan 8, 2010

It’s 2ish on Friday and I haven’t been to the hospital today. However, I did receive the news of the morning. Chloe had her swallowing test done at 9 AM. From what Dana said, she and Sandy had a hard time watching it as they kept expecting Chloe to start choking.

The two people in charge with the test did a fantastic job. Although the test wasn’t complete it did show enough promise that everyone was excited. There is a lot of activity in her throat. Things are starting to wake up. She still needs the tongue to cooperate a bit but she was able to swallow without aspiration. Keep in mind this is a minuscule amount of light pudding and some liquids. It was enough to test the mechanisms though and they seem to be doing what they need to do. We still need that left side vocal cord to come back online but she is working around it right now. Chloe wants more food though so I’m sure we will get there.

I’ll have more for you later.

There are many fine comments on my “crash blog” of last night. With the hits approaching 20,000, it’s obvious there is a lot of interest in keeping Chloe, AND the team safe. Thank you so much for all of this. It takes a village… It has also been a resource for the doctors and nurses to see what we are thinking and hoping for.

Organizers of help looking for ideas. I’m not sure about websites coordinating something like this as I prefer hands on, however, whatever works for the masses will be perfect. The food deliveries have been wonderful. It’s one less stress reliever for Dana and her team. Colin is also a huge concern for Dana. We keep checking in with him, but, being a 14 year old, it’s sometimes difficult to drag out of him what is truly his desire or need.

Ivey is another big concern for Dana. The poor dog thinks she has been abandoned. Not sure what to do about that but if you are one of many who is at Dana’s house for any reason, please take some time to play with Ivey. She does like her toys and loves to run in the backyard.

Sure, I’ll ask. My computer is trashed. I don’t know what it caught but if there’s an expert at cleaning out a virus or unwanted programs out there I would accept that help. It seems to be my lifeline lately. My laptop is still healthy at least, but I can’t even use my MSN right now and it takes an hour to reboot my desktop.

Thank you all for all you do and all you hold for us.

Ron