Great Ending to a Tough Day

(see previous post first) I have good news to report. For dinner, Ben was given his 3 oz. yogurt, 2 oz. peaches, and 1 oz. diced apples, and 4 slices of canned carrots. He began with the apples, and it still took him a long time to get through them, but he accomplished that more quickly than he did the raisins. He lost 7 of the 8 reminders, but was very aware that he still had one more chance. He gobbled the yogurt, made it through the peaches, and gagged nicely on the first carrot slice, but ate the next three like a pro. He drained his milk with lightning speed, and had 48 seconds left on the clock. Toward the end of the meal, his feeding therapist was definately pulling for him. She is usually a machine, and probably broke protocol a bit by showing happiness, but I think she knew how difficult lunch was for us. Ben burst through the door that leads to the hallway where I pretend I've been sitting all along, and I gathered him in my arms, and we celebrated together. Talk about joy! He is Level 3 once again. Congratulations Ben!