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Bodie has officially proclaimed the last 3 days the “Best 3 days ever.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And with good reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This morning, he had his follow up appointment with ENT and Speech Therapy to look at his vocal cords and evaluate progress in swallowing. Although the scope itself was SO uncomfortable for Bodie, the results were fantastic! They were shocked to see the improvement in just a month!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is now cleared to drink as much as he wants of all thickened liquids. We need to thicken to a Level 2, which is similar to a nectar consistency. It’s slightly thicker than water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND he’s cleared for even thin liquids, as long as I’m observing him, he sips (no gulping or choking) and takes it slowly! And he needs to make sure to give himself a break if he feels himself starting to aspirate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means, HE CAN DRINK DIET COKE! (He has to sip it slowly and make sure I’m observing, but even so, he gets to drink it again!) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(No, please don’t lecture me on the dangers of Diet Coke. Read the room peeps – not the time or place for that lecture. The boy loves himself some Diet Coke and has been so sad that he hasn’t been able to drink it. The smile on his face today was pretty epic!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND he can eat ice cream again! (Ice cream melts to a thin liquid, so as long as he wasn’t permitted thin liquids, he wasn’t allowed to eat ice cream.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He celebrated by double fisting with Diet Coke and a McFlurry from McDonalds!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The best part is that his group of best buddies (we call them “The Quad Squad”) sent him a picture of them a few hours later, also double fisting sodas and McFlurries from McDonalds to celebrate Bodie!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I mean, how can you ask for better friends than this?!? Bodie misses them so much and can’t wait to get back home to be with them again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other reason the last 3 days have been so fantastic is that, in addition to the 3 miles he walked on Sunday night, last night we went on another walk. I let Bodie lead the way, and he chose several Pok\u00e9mon routes. In the excitement of following the routes, we may or may not have totally gotten lost and ended up in the next town over! All told, we walked over 5 miles and he did AMAZING! He’s never been able to walk far like that before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a summer with a lot of rough moments, we’re so excited to have some really great ones to celebrate! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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