Day 19
We just wanted to reiterate our appreciation to everyone for all of your positive thoughts.
Afton is stable and continuing to work on her bottle feeding. She definitely knows how to eat with a bottle but hates doing it. She either pretends like she is sleeping (playing possum) or cries when we try to get her to eat. The doctors believe that she is very uncomfortable when she swallows, so it could be reflux or the feeding tube is irritating her throat. She will probably be in the hospital for at least another week if not two weeks. Our hope would be to have her home for Christmas, but we need to just stay patient.
Today was Afton’s first encounter with a celebrity and we have to admit that she has the biggest claim to fame of anyone in the family. Will Smith was so great and positive. He gave so many kids in the hospital such a good experience. Everyone was smiling and most were speechless. It gives us a lot of respect for him to take time out of his day to make these children forget about their illnesses for just a short amount of time.
