So last week, Annie got permission to move to a homemade blended food formula. My friend Jane let me use her costco # to order a new Vitamix (anything else can’t blend food small enough to go through her g-tube), and we are now the proud owners of a $400 blender. If anyone is looking for a really good condition preowned Ninja blender, we have one for sale… The formula the dietician gave me includes pea protein milk, chicken, spinach, apple juice, rice, chicken broth, olive oil, and lots of other goodies. It looks very green and smells unique. Annie hasn’t thrown any up yet, so I don’t know what she thinks of the flavor.
And Annie is a big fan of her new AFO braces. But they’re actually so big for her (despite being “custom made”) that her feet slip right out of them, but fortunately Dna, our PT, figured out that her old orthotics actually fit inside of them. So she’s double bracing it until we get back to the orthotist to have him fix them for her. She is definitely sturdier up on her feet when she walks with her walker or scoots with her scooter! (And yes, this poor little scooter has seen better days after heavy use for 12 years and four kids, so it actually doesn’t even turn with the handlebars anymore…we’re putting a new one on her birthday list!)
