Reanna's Intensive Feeding Therapy Retching

This is a clip of one of Reanna's retching episodes during her Feeding Therapy. I have uploaded this video for people to see one of the obstacles that I experience when feeding her. This was very common prior to the Feeding Program. Other behaviors included gagging, fighting, crying, smacking at the spoon and refusing to take foods at all. To learn more about Reanna visit http://www.myspace.com/millerrenee

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Education

Tags:

• sensory
• integration
• townes
• brocks
• retching
• g-tube
• weaning
• acid
• reflux
• gerd
• nutrition
• health
• feeding
• therapy

[MerBaBii07]

and eww she is chewing it! );

[millerrenee]

I had a really hard time with the representation of this bite because of the amount of thickened saliva in it.

[millerrenee]

It really isn't vomit. She has mild cp and when she gets upset she produces a large amount of thick sticky saliva. That is what you see in the video mixed with her food. She learned that retching does not keep her from eating. Thank goodness she rarely ever retches anymore and now is able to eat a 10 to 12 ounce meal. Before this therapy she would not eat 5 or 10 tiny bites during a meal. Which would be about 1/2 to 1 ounce of food. Then the rest of her nutrition would be fed through a tube.

[dannyfan4life]

THATS MY NAME REANNA !!!!!

[millerrenee]

You have a beautiful name!

[welldonal]

i think its because you are feeding her the food she just spit out or the vomit

[millerrenee]

I can understand that it would look that way. But actually she would retch to get out of eating her food. This was mainly psychological. I did have a hard time with representing this particular bite because of the amount of thick saliva.

[meggzy10]

why does she gag?

[Thesmurfgang1]

i know a boy who does that but it look much worse

[OrchardLoOve]

i dont understand what's happening, what are they doing !?

[juina14]

what kind of food do you give to her???

[815daffyduck1]

I can't believe that nurse!! I wouldn't even give that to my dog!!

[drzmejia94]

my daughter does that :( she wont take anyting by mouth without puking

[mizzdainty2cute23]

I feel soooooo bad for her

[Lotiolenti]

Wow, you guys should watch the later progress. This is amazing!

[IceBkk]

I actually cried for her :(

[cavigo]

@welldonal true that! flmao