By: Dawn Thompson
It seems like only last week, Dylan was a couple of pounds smaller and almost an inch shorter than he is today. Come to think of it, it was just last week!
After a growth arrest for over two yearsm it is amazing and such a blessing to see our little man grow up almost over night. They say you are what you eat, but in Dylan’s case it was how his body absorbed the nutrients…..or didn’t, for that matter. This was the second time he stopped growing in his little life and for years he wore the same size clothes and shoes. It was especially hard for him around school-time not going up a size to get ready for his new grade, but instead wearing the same thing he did in 3rd and 4th grade.
It’s been about a month since Dylan’s surgery and he is doing GREAT! That doesn’t mean there hasn’t been obstacles, pain and discomfort to overcome. It means that the feeding tube is doing was it was supposed to and getting Dylan his nutrition!! In less than four weeks, he has put on over two pounds and GREW half an inch, which in INCREDIBLE to a kid who hasn’t grown a spec in two whole years. He is taking in an extra 1,000 calories a day but more importantly, he is absorbing them. The trick is a slow rate of eight to twelve hours of feeding each day through a pump and getting to eat whatever you want, when you want (within reason of course 
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We took the 11 year old for a big boy haircut today too, and then home so he can rest. His stitches come out Thursday then it’s back to school for this 5th grader!
