This is the amazing journey of our two miracles. John Craig was born on November 30, 2005 at 24 weeks and 5 days gestation. He weighed 1 pound 8 ounces and was 12 inches long. John is a true miracle and an inspiration to all that meet him! Hope Amanda, our perfect little girl, is currently recovering from two brain surgeries to remove a 6cm mass from the center of her brain. Hope represents everything good in this world and she too is an inspiration to all.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.
Jeremiah 29.11

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Barium "won't" swallow




As you can tell by the title, the barium swallow didn't go over to well. We have been waiting 3 months for this appointment and for the past month John has decided he doesn't want anything to do with the bottle. He won't even suck on his pacifier anymore. More than likely this aversion was caused by his NG tube. Anyhow, we were told if he wouldn't drink the barium they would put it down a tube. Well, they didn't. So, we still don't have any answers as to why he won't eat. The good news is...he didn't aspirate on the little barium that he did swallow. We will try the barium swallow again once he is eating baby food or is drinking from a sippy cup.

We are excited though because he is almost rolling over. As you can see from the pictures, he is so close. Any day now!

1 comment:

Jamie and Jill said...

It's a chalky like substance that you drink and then it's seen on an x-ray.