Ummm, yummy barium!

Ally had her video swallow test yesterday at CHKD, our local children's hospital. Even though she had to ingest some nasty, nasty, nasty white paste of varying consistencies, she performed like a champ and we were able to confirm that she is protecting her airway- meaning there is no liquid/ food going into her lungs when she swallows. While this is good news, it means that we are back to square one and still don't know what is causing her eating issues. The specialist we saw suggested an endoscopy of her esophagus and stomach next. I'm hoping to explore some other options first since I don't particularly like the idea of putting her under anesthesia just yet. Hopefully we'll get to meet with the doctor again next week to develop our plan of attack.

It was nice to have the day to spend with Ally yesterday- we got in some good play time once we returned from her appointment. She's made some amazing progress over the past 48 hours- I first caught her up on her hands and knees for a few seconds on Tuesday afternoon. Since then she's repeated the action several times for longer periods of time, she lunged forward from the position for a toy she was trying to reach, she can spin on her stomach in a circle (I'm waiting for her to start break dancing any day now) and she's just becoming less stationary in general. This is an exciting stage, but a little nerve wracking too. We'd better get started on the baby proofing soon!

Here are two pictures from play time yesterday. Don't you just love Ally's fashionable hat?