Feeding Time and a Good Son!

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Sometimes Elsa feeds herself, but a lot of the time someone helps her.  Scott and I came to the house bearing some Frozen Yogurt from the Yogurt Shack...Elsa's favorite is just plain "chocolate"...no add-ons for her! (unlike some of the family who add on oreo cookie crumbles, or chopped peanuts, hot fudge, mini chocolate chips pieces...you get the idea...yummmmm!!)  Scott sat next to his mom and asked if she wanted some yogurt, a shake of the head, "NO" was her response.  Are you sure?  It's chocolate!!  Okay, one little bite...and that one little bite ended up being the whole thing...well, it was probably only 3 ounces to begin with...but you know, the first bite tasted so good, it whet her appetite for more!!  I couldn't resist a picture, because she and I have talked about how she is a little baby bird opening her mouth to let me know she is ready for another bite.  I don't like to force her to eat more than she wants and I certainly don't want to shovel the food in her mouth.  She has always been a slow eater...the very last in the group to finish her plate.  This time should be no different...so we take our time, talk in between bites and relish each bite...then she opens her mouth and it is the cue to drop in more food!

One more picture...I am lucky she doesn't have a computer to check these out, she may not be happy with me, but I love her and these pictures, it is what we are going through right now.  So I went right up to her and gave her a kiss and  hug and complimented her on her MOHAWK.!!  She laughed and said that we should have a contest...I told her she would WIN!!  And we laughed some more!!  And then when Scott came and sat next to her to entice her with the yogurt, the first thing he says his, "Mom, you have a mohawk going on there..nice hairdo!!"

So for now, Elsa is still eating a little bit, she seems to have an appetite again and things actually taste good to her.  I made some soup, a recipe from the Olive Garden:  Zuppa Toscana and she loved it...it had kale, potatoes, sausage, some bacon bits and the creamy part was some whip cream...yummy...(we are trying to give her calories) she loved it and eats about a 1/4 cup at  time.  She only eats two times a day, sometimes we can encourage her to have a midday snack, and she is still drinking a little water...mostly when she takes her pills.  Scott and I are heading over there to see Bill and Elsa now, I will give an update when I get back.

Updated news:  yesterday, Sunday, Oct. 30 Elsa mostly felt like sleeping all day...Bill was very sad that he could not get her to eat anything.  That depresses him.  We took him to Tebo's and he ordered a big bowl of chile and a reuben sandwich...he brought 1/2 the reuben home with him and he told Elsa, "I didn't realize how hungry I was, Els, I ate the chile and 1/2 the sandwich!".  I made some potato salad and enticed her to have a couple of bites...it is her recipe and she gave me a thumbs up on the 'taste test'...she had about 4 little potatoes.  While at dinner, the caregiver called to say Elsa wanted some Mac & Cheese, so there happened to be a Stouffers in the freezer...Elsa ate about 1/3 cup of it!  We will visit later today with all the Great grand children in their Halloween costumes...I asked Elsa if that would be alright and she said to be sure someone had a camera!!  Now for Bill...Scott told his dad to take a Xanax before all the ghosts and goblins or cheerleaders or S.W.A.T. men (that would be Jalen) show up at their house!!  It is what it is!!  Thanks for checking in....until later....