[tri-med] Re: Breakfast reading

How funny!  Caroline throws up on almost a daily basis, often a few times a 
day.  It is usually first thing in the morning due to mucus build up or at 
the end of a feeding.

I was visiting my mom a few weeks back and we were eating lunch.  Caroline 
started gagging a little so I picked her up and continued to eat while 
trying to either calm her down to prevent the vomiting or catch it if I 
can't stop it.  My mom mentioned that maybe I should take her away from the 
table where others are eating.  I kind of took offense to it, as she has 
been around Caroline enough to also get used to it, but then again she is 
right.  I guess the retching sound may bother others as they eat.  To us, it 
is just the norm and we keep on eating without a second thought.

Irene
(Christina -3  y.o,  Caroline - born 6/28/03 with partial trisomy 17p, AND 
baby #3 due 6/16/05)
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/c/carolinerochelle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruth" <t18mom@xxxxxxx>
To: <tri-med@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 12:43 PM
Subject: [tri-med] Re: Breakfast reading


> Though not as much as before, Matthew still throws up. We have a plastic
> container the counter, a plastic cup in Matthew's back pack and a nemesis
> container in our van. Whenever Matthew coughs, the whole family gets up 
> and
> looks to see if he is gagging...it's almost funny now. One time, he threw 
> up
> in the waiting room to have an x-ray. I was having light conversation with
> others. I had Matthew in the stroller facing me and continued to have the
> conversation while he threw up...he did it so quietly I don't even think
> anyone noticed...except when I had a clear plastic cup full of "used"
> Pediasure and asked where I could dispose of it :). We got out another
> bottle and started over like we always do! Since then I have tried to use 
> a
> colored cup (not clear) to minimize the "ewww" factor.
>
> It is amazing what becomes our normal, isn't it?
>
> Ruth, wife to Rudy, mom to Brendon (19), Scott (17), Joshua (13), Matthew
> Rudy
> (Full T18, born 09/13/01, and Rudy Matthew (born 08/13/04)
> http://members.cox.net/t18mom
>
> Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience 
> of
> trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and
> success achieved. ~Helen Keller

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