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| Breakfast. Roger has eggs and bacon or sausage every morning, plus fresh fruit, juice and about 1/4 cup of various pills. |
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| Lunch - a high calorie protein shake. If I concoct it just right, I can pack about 700 calories into one of these babies. |
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| Dinner. Mashed white potatoes and gravy and sweet potatoes seem to go down pretty easily. He disperses the rest of the food on his plate to make me think he ate it. I expect next I'll find bits of dinner hidden in his pockets. |
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| Drinks. Magnesium in a quart and a half of fluid. Shaken, not stirred. | | | |
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| Dessert: more pills |
You will no doubt wonder how anyone on a diet like this could lose weight. Well, Roger doesn't really eat much. Mostly, he pushes it around on his plate. His taste buds don't work properly. He's bothered by the texture of foods and he's not motivated to work at it. He's been nauseous for the last month, although fortunately, that finally seems to be abating. He is rarely hungry. He feels full before he even starts to eat. Foods that slip down easily without a lot of chewing work best. I'll prepare anything he asks for, and I always add a few other things to his plate, figuring if it's there, he might just take a bite. You won't see a salad on this low microbial diet. It scares me to think I could not wash greens well enough to make them safe. It's not worth the risk. Anyway, why waste the effort of chewing on something that has no calories?
Healing from a transplant is such an unusual circumstance. Maybe he needs more calories than normal to fuel healing his body at the molecular level. On Wednesday we'll go for a clinic appointment and we'll find out if he's lost more weight. If so, I could make a fortune on the internet selling this as a weight loss diet.
I'd look behind the fridge for small uneaten bits of food too...it's always been a good hiding spot!!...eh, KC??? ; )
ReplyDeletePerhaps it's a good thing Sophie isn't there . . . I have a feeling she'd be the one gaining weight! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you're doing a great job, Candi!
Well, I now understand why you have been learning to cook all these years! You need all those experiences and skills to face the challenge of Roger's recovery! This is fascinating and gives me a sense of wonder and gratitude. I remember that you could get my kids to eat and they were not easy to please. You'll do it, my dear Friend. If anyone can, you can. (BTY...Clare is right, Sophie would be right there waiting for that morsel.)
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