Tonight I saw an article in the Omaha paper about the feeding program that Tatum was accepted into at the beginning of the year. We consider ourselves lucky to have our insurance approve this very controversial treatment for Tatum but also feel so fortunate that she hasn't actually needed the program yet. When she was evaluated to see if it was something she would benefit from was about the time that she was starting to actually eat better. Even though she was doing better, she had gone back to her old bad habits of not eating so many times before we were almost sure that we would end up going through the program this summer. We are so glad that hasn't been the case because we have had such a great summer. I can't even imagine going to Omaha ever day for 8 weeks of our summer. We haven't been making a huge issue out of meal time lately and sometimes she will do great and others she doesn't. She is maintaining her weight pretty well though. Tonight she was still about 26 1/2 pounds so we are pleased with that. Hope you all enjoy the articles. It was very nice to hear some good things about the program in the article and also get a little better understanding of it. When you have never been around a child with a feeding disorder it is hard to believe that a child would just refuse to eat. I still don't understand it at all and hope that we are on the road to recovery.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090802/NEWS01/708029907
http://www.omaha.com/article/20090802/NEWS01/708029915
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