My Granddaughter was released from hospital after a week.

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16 month-old Brie was hospitalized for a week with a viral infection which caused dehydration. Her oral aversion to solid food needs to be treated in therapy. But since she eats very little solid food, she had a feeding tube put into her stomach in February so that she can gain weight while being treated. She has been hospitalized 4 times since March.

Oral aversion is a reaction to early intervention where pain was experienced and then foods besides nursing were viewed as potential pain causers.It is a thing and challenging to treat.

When the state went into lockdown at the end of March, Brie could not get the therapy she needed and it was left to my daughter to work with her on making eating fun. But she has had issues with pain from the tubing. Infections and it has been very hard. And scary.

Brie will be going to a top-rated feeding program out of town from where they live soon. That hospital feels that she will eat when she associates food with hunger which is hard as she is getting tube feeds.

It also falls on my daughter who had to leave her psychology practice to supervise the active toddler as there is a tube hooked to a pump 16 hours a day and care has to be taken. Her 5-year old brother is very patient and careful with her.

Every time she is hospitalized my husband makes the 5-hour trip to take care of Blake. I can’t make that drive on my own so I am here with the aging pets. COVID has made this so much harder as the fear just layers on fear…

Thank you for your patience with my blog…Michelle

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Nature Notes (#534)-Thursday and Friday’s Partial Lunar Eclipse Was the Longest in 580 Years

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Rarely a week goes by where I have not been out in the yard, filling my bird feeders and birdbaths and then inside reading a good book. My husband has been taking care of the yard for me. I was more ill than I realized and it will take some time now to recover and get outside and do regular things. And no, I haven’t been out but my doctor reminded me that there is another person in this house who is out every single day and could have brought a virus back. Thankfully not COVID. Thank you for your patience and stay well.
 
There was a partial lunar eclipse on Friday but we were socked in with bad weather but I have a photo from 3015 when it was a clear night sky. Not a good photo as I didn’t get my tripod out.
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Thursday and Friday’s Partial Lunar Eclipse Was the Longest in 580 Years

“Thursday And Friday’S Partial Lunar Eclipse Was The Longest In 580 Years”. Nytimes.Com, 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/science/lunar-eclipse-full-moon-tonight.html. Accessed 23 Nov 2021.

A lunar eclipse occurs when Earth passes between the moon and the sun. The atmosphere acts as a filter on the sunlight, so the shadow that our planet casts on the moon resembles something like the light seen at sunset.

This eclipse was unusual because of its length; from start to finish, it lasted more than six hours. Other recent lunar eclipses have transpired more quickly because the moon was closer to Earth in its orbit. But the moon’s orbit is elliptical, and currently, it is near its maximum distance from us, so it took longer to pass through Earth’s shadow. The last partial eclipse of this duration occurred in the 1440s.

Another eclipse of this length won’t come around for many years, but there will be others to enjoy. A total lunar eclipse, visible to viewers on the East Coast, will occur on May 15
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Nature Notes (#533)-Winter isn’t coming, it is already here

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Join Nature Notes-What are you or have you seen and enjoyed in nature? It can be from your own backyard, the local park, out on a hike or anywhere. What plants and animals catch your interest? Do you garden? Have you read a good book on nature?

 

Sorry as I am a bit under the weather if flat out on the couch fits with that expression. I wanted to at least get the linky up. I need to visit last week too. Sloppy cold rain and snow here….. winter is here. Pond still open.
 

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