Daughter Ellen 6th day post op

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Hi,

First I would like to thank everyone who has posted messages on this

site. It really helped me anticipate what was going to happen with

my daughter's surgery. We all made it through the first couple of

days because we were well informed.

My daughter Ellen (15) had her upper jaw advanced 5mm and her lower

jaw moved back to match the new upper jaw location. The surgery was

last Thursday afternoon and she's wired until Aug 11. I was amazed

at how well she did following the operation. She was drinking water

within 5 hours, went for a walk the day after surgery and quit using

the morphine pump 12 hours from when she let the recovery room.

Although her sinuses were congested, she never had trouble

breating. We went home 36 hours after surgery. She has very little

swelling and looks great!

Now for the hard part - She won't eat. She was alergic to milk for

years and even though she can now eat all dairy products she hates

the taste of milk. She also doesn't like the chocolate or

strawberry flavors used in most liquid meals. Ensure, shakes or

instant breakfast are a real problem right now. Ellen also does not

like the creamy feeling in her throat. Makes her feel like she

needs to cough it up or throw up. I've tried to convince her that

she needs to eat, but have not had much luck. She has only had

soup, Gatorade and some vitamins since the surgery. She only

weighed 80 pounds before surgery.

Any food suggestions or strategies would be helpful. I would also

like to hear from anyone who has suggestions for a liquid calcium

supplements or liquid vitamin suggestions.

Sorry for the long posting but I'm stuck

Thanks