This is great news....love hearing every accomplishment as it is part of his miraculous journey... ThereseAnn On Friday, October 28, 2005, at 10:41 PM, Karen wrote: > especially as we have had all this talk about g-tubes. > Alex is eating apples!! > > Even though Alex has been an oral eater for a while now there have > always been some foods that he couldn't manage. And one of them is > apples. He LOVES apple juice and apple puree. And he would reluctantly > eat a few mouthfuls of fresh apples if the were peeled, cored and > sliced very finely. > > However one day the other week when I was eating an apple he asked me > if he could have one to take to school for lunch. I said of course > (fruit is free to eat any time of the day or night in his house) and > so he grabbed an apple. I asked him if he wanted me to send the apple > peeler to school for his aide and he said no he could eat it with the > skin on. I said mmmmm and figured that I would get one very bruised > apple home that afternoon. > > But I didn't. The next day I sent a text message to his aide and asked > if Alex ate the apple and she said yes but that she was surprised too > especially as it had the skin on. > > Since then he has taken them to school a few times. And even this > afternoon whilst I was in chat he took an apple and ate it - the core > is out in the kitchen (we cannot throw anything directly into the > bin!!!) And OK so he will still peel them if he has the opportunity, > and he is leaving a lot of waste on the core, but my darling is eating > apples!!!! > > Sorry - only you guys would understand what a HUGE thing that is for > me!!!! Its almost as good as the first time he ate a cheeseburger :-)) > > "We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to > see an imperfect person perfectly" > Sam Keen > > Keep Looking For Rainbows!! > _--_|\ > /Karen \ > \ _.--._ / > v Karen, Mum to Alex (11 years, T-18 Mosaic) > http://members.optushome.com.au/karens > > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows > www.trisomyonline.org > Families Helping Families On-line > Building ___ooOOoo__ Rainbows www.trisomyonline.org Families Helping Families On-line