"Feed me, Seymour / Feed me all night long - That's right, boy! - Go to it, Feed me Seymour / Feed me all night long / Cause if you feed me, Seymour / I can grow up big and strong." That's what Audrey II said in the movie, "Little Shop of Horrors."
And that's exactly what we are trying to do to Carsten. Feed him! But he can't grow up big and strong if he doesn't eat. His feeding is our biggest concern and prayer request. It's not that he doesn't like to eat; it's that he doesn't stay awake long enough to finish his bottle. Ten minutes and he's out--asleep. A WET wash cloth, poking, pulling, nothing will wake him up. We believe his heart defect is the primary reason he doesn't have sufficient energy to finish a feed which normally last 20 minutes. He works sooo hard to eat the amount that he does. We can see how much he tries to breathe after feeding. We can see his shoulders rise along with his chest as he leaves his mouth open for air.
Currently, we are alternating bottle feeding and tube feeding. And whatever he doesn't finish in the bottle feed, which is usually half, is fed by tube. We were told today that they would allow us to go home with a feeding tube. While that doesn't seem like good news, it is good news if feeding is the only reason we would be staying at Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH). And though it will add difficulty to our lives, we believe the tube will be temporary. We still have sometime yet here at ACH to make some progress.
Feed Me Seymour, Feed me. That is what we want to do more than anything, right now, Carsten. Eat little man, eat!
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Mat 5:6 "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled".
Bless you little Carsten! May you continue to improve and grow big and strong! May you be kissed often by angels and wrapped in love.
The Mize Family
I would love to say something more eloquent than the Mize family, but instead, AMEN! Our prayers are with you, Chad, Kari, and Carsten!
- The Walkers
Courtesy of Roy Lessin: "Just Think" Carsten "Just think. You are here not by chance, but by God's choosing. His hand formed you and made you the person you are. He compares you to no one else - you are one of a kind - you lack nothing that his grace can't give you. He has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfill his special purpose for this generation." He will eat. I promise. We've been there, and it will get better. Just think - it already has!
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