First Step to Healing

    The last couple days in the hospital G was drinking Modulen which was one of 2 choices for enteral nutrition.  Doctors explained that this formula is everything the body needs, but broken down to the cellular level so there is no digestion required.  The drink itself comes in a can similar to baby formula, and you mix it with water.

    We left the hospital with strict instructions that he could only have Modulen, with the occasional chunk of Grana Padano or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese...yep the good stuff.  So we dutifully went home and suffered through Modulen well shaken, served as popsicles, and occasionally flavored with cacao powder.  This guy was such a trooper!

    Drinking Modulen for a full month led to a 10 lb weight gain.  The first picture is in the hospital when he swallowed a pill cam.  He actually swallowed it, just like The Magic School Bus episode.  And the second picture is worlds different!  He was energetic, and so much healthier!

 

    At that follow-up appointment the doctors were thrilled with his progress, and told us to stay the course for another 2 months.  Amazingly he did it, and after 3 months of Modulen he reached clinical remission but not full remission.

    We were thrilled with this progress, and thankful that he reached any remission so quickly!  The Modulen definitely gave his system a break from the struggle of digesting food and allowed him to heal.