[Sca-cooks] Re:invalide foods

[henna]

a favourite from when I was a kid:
hot water with lemon juice and lot's of sugar
(not very nutrious apart from the vitamin C and the calories)

Otherwise, what I feed my housemates when they're sick: thick chicken soup


Finne


On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:42:25 -0800 (PST), CLdyroz at aol.com
<CLdyroz at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 02/01/2005 8:16:36 PM Central Standard Time,
> sca-cooks-request at ansteorra.org writes:
> 
> > 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
> >
> 
> Mordonna;
> 
> Poor little guy!
> 
> Have they spoken about the possibility of transferring him up here, to
> Children's? If they do, please let me know, privately, and we'll figure out
> something for you.
> The IVs are giving his body the message that he doesn't need to eat or drink,
> while his body is using up his body fat and muscle for energy to fight the
> illness. He is not eating, because he doesn't know he is hungry.
> 
> One thing I always want when I am sick, is Sherbet. Orange, lime, pineapple,
> and especially raspberry-it didn't matter. It is so soothing to the throat,
> and it would provide some needed calories. I prefer it to ice cream, really.
> 
> One thing that might help is Alphabet Soup. Tell him he has to hunt and eat
> his name, his parents' name, his friends, his pets, whatever it takes to make a
> small bowl disappear.  Start small-say a quarter of a cup and build up.
> Perhaps, if you make a game of it, it will help.
> 
> Please keep us informed-he is certainly in my prayers.
> 
> Roz
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