Tuesday June 21

Yesterday was another great day. I was present when the speech therapist was in. Dad was sitting in a chair next to his bed and he was eating pudding with vanilla wafers, chewing and swallowing. He also took a cup of water, brought it to his mouth and drank from it. Two more days of doing this and the doctor said, he'll remove the trach. He's scheduled for a barium swallow test sometime today. This will tell us if any liquids are sneaking through to his lungs or not. All indications thus far tell us that he's swallowing without any complications. I was able to snap a picture of him yesterday smiling to the camera. I'm trying to figure out a way to post it on the blog. We'll see how today's therapy goes.