[Sca-cooks] invalid food

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 03:00 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote:
>Anyone have any suggestions?  My six year old grandson is in the hospital 
>with pneumonia, and isn't eating.  They've got him on IV fluids, but he 
>only weighed 41 lbs when he went in yesterday, and he's dropped another 
>pound and a half overnight.  Any suggestions on what might tempt him to 
>eat?  We've offered ice cream and all his favorite foods.  He said he'd 
>eat some chicken nuggets, so I went ten miles to the nearest Mickey D's, 
>and he ate half of one.  He loves root beer, but he won't even taste 
>one.  I'm about at the end of my wits.

Oh my!

Can he have milk products? (Sometimes they nix milk when you're having 
respiratory problems.) Would he take a little egg nog or maybe a bit of 
custard or pudding? Or popsicles- my kids liked popsicles when they were sick.

Do keep us posted- and make sure that you eat properly yourself- don't need 
two of you sick!

'Lainie
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