Thursday June 27, 2013

We have to admit, Ariella's progress at times is hard to truly appreciate without knowing how far she has come. Some of you may have forgotten, while others of you may not have known that Ariella barely ate anything through her mouth when she was first born. We tried very hard to nurse, but to no avail. What we did not realize at the time, was her inability to nurse was the result of her muscle weakness, which made it impossible for her to swallow correctly and furthermore, because her swallow was so weak she could have easily aspirated and drown in her own secretions, which she came close to doing following her muscle biopsy back in January. Given how far our precious warrior has come over the last several months you can imagine that we are so grateful to God for Ella's unpredicted success. Please enjoy the following vidoes of Ariella doing what only God knew she would do, EAT THROUGH HER MOUTH!