Swallow Study fun

Ever since Rylan had his tonsils and his adenoids removed we began to notice a new habit Rylan has begun. Have you ever tried to talk to some body that seems to have something in the back of their throat and then they clear it? Well this seemed to be a non-stop thing for Rylan.....and we were concerned his chances of aspirating were getting pretty high.So his wonderful pulmonologist got us in for a swallow study.
So off to TMC we go.....

waiting ever so patiently

We head over to radiology and they check us in....we wait in the waiting room and they call us back......to wait in yet another waiting room

watching Barney....he was not amused

Finally the speech therapist arrives and get a brief history on whats been going on.....the nice thing was she has been there for the other swallow studies with Rylan so she had a very accurate outlook and what to do.....they get the room ready and off we go

getting set up in his "special chair"

The funny thing about this entire test was Rylan was in love with the therapist he was flirty and very excited.....

So when the test had begun we became very relived the there was no aspiration....due to the fact Rylans soft pallet does not come down he relys a lot on gravity to do the work for him. therefore the junky sound is the liquid hanging out in his throat.......we were taught different ways to position his head so that this problem may eventually go away.

Well with fingers crossed we will hope that his swallowing will stay decent.......and the feeding tube is still light years away