We went to see her pediatrician today and she was up seven pounds from ten days ago! The doctor was really happy about that and so were we! I know some of that is because she was so close to dehydration earlier but hooray!

Belinda told the doctor that it was all me, and that made me feel really good. However, Belinda deserves a lot of credit too! She doesn’t like drinking the shakes but she still forces herself to do some every day. Not the four I wish she’d do, but two is definitely better than nothing.

I also think that seeing how well we did will help motivate her through the next three days of full liquid diet and then the three days of clear liquid diet.

I talked to some of the moms on the achalasia group on fb, and the doctor, about what’s allowed on full liquid diet and she can have pureed potato soup or really thin mashed potatoes pureed! She was really happy to hear that, and that’s what I’m making her for dinner tonight – really thin mashed potatoes with broth in them and maybe a bit of cream, covered with gravy.

Right now she’s on a zoom call about her Harvard summer school classes, but I’ll get her dinner ready when she’s done. She’s killing it!