[Sca-cooks] invalid food

[Susan Fox-Davis]

On 2/1/05 3:00 PM, "Pat" <mordonna22 at yahoo.com> 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.
> 
> Mordonna
> 

Trying to think back to my pun-monia five years ago... Everything scratched
my throat.  Tasty tasty fluids, the chicken broth idea is a good one.

You Know You're In The SCA When... OK so it just hit me, Honey Butter is the
period prescription for his condition.  But do him a favor and serve it with
nice soft bread.

Love and healing, Selene