13/12/2023
What makes more happy?
This was something i woke up to. One of my previous therapy client’s mom sent me the texts shared.
When he was referred from one of the other clinic, mother was near to exhaustion with her son’s fear of taking food. For every meal she tries to feed him, he would throw up minimum 2-3 times. So in a day she had to clean his mess up more than 10 times a day.She couldn’t attend any functions just because he can’t enjoy the food and if he throw up it would be a mess. His vegetative skills were also poor. The little one would tell me “vaanthi” just because he knew he is going to throw up and that would make his mamma sad and also to clean the mess.
We started working with him slowly dealing with his fear of food and also using the Talktools for working with his oromotor skills for feeding and this is what he has turned to be today.
I am super proud of him and his parents for not giving up on his feeding.
Fellow SLPs, there would be somedays when we think are we doing it right or are we really going to make a difference. That is totally okay. Not all the days in our profession would be good but i promise both the good and bad are our steps to get better.
I am grateful to God for all the learnings and the happy testimonies too. Without God, i am sure I can’t do any of these.
Much love
Hannah, TheHappySLP🌻❤️