The courts ordered that SM could not be around the kids unsupervised

[Anonymous 1]

Overall she isn't a horrible person but she just doesn't listen when she doesn't feel like.

My son has troubles swallowing. He can only have thickened liquids and not thin liquids. This is what the doctors and speech therapists say is best.

SM thinks it's stupid but my ex and I thought she was following the diet orders. Nope she's been letting him drink whatever he wants. He's 6.

He was in the hospital two different times earlier this year. The second time he almost died because the pneumonia he got from drinking the thin liquids was so bad. That is when SM admitted that she was giving him it because we couldn't figure out why he kept getting pneumonia.

She promised it would never happen again but I can't trust her. I took it to court that she couldn't be around the kids unsupervised. My ex didn't like it because it makes their lives harder but he didn't really fight it either.

I am pretty sure she hates me now but I don't care. I will do anything to protect my kids from people who are trying to harm them.

[Anonymous 2]

Just stop. There have been some decent posts here lately. You don't need to keep doing this.

[Anonymous 3]

Good for you. I would have done the same.

Why does drinking thin liquids cause pneumonia?

[Anonymous 3]

Just stop. There have been some decent posts here lately. You don't need to keep doing this.

Stop what? She's making a post about something that happened to her and her kid. Not everything that seems weird to you is a troll post.

[Anonymous 1]

Just stop. There have been some decent posts here lately. You don't need to keep doing this.

What? I haven't posted on here in a long time. Some people have bad things that happen in life and I'm not sure why I can't post it.

[Pjmm]

Good for you. I would have done the same.

Why does drinking thin liquids cause pneumonia?

He’s probably aspirating fluid into his lungs. It’s like swallowing the wrong way I guess but he can’t cough it up or he does it all the time. So they thicken the liquid with some corn starch like stuff. At least they do that with stroke patients who need to relearn correct swallowing. Now why the sm can’t put the thickener into his drinks idk. I think you can use it in any drink. I’d probably hit her over the head with the canister myself.

[Deleted User 1977]

In my brain, I'm thinking a thicker liquid would cause worse issues with his swallowing? Is he able to drink water?

Has he been to an ENT and a pulmonologist?

[Anonymous 1]

Good for you. I would have done the same.

Why does drinking thin liquids cause pneumonia?

It's called aspiration pneumonia. When fluids get into your lung it can cause an infection.

[Anonymous 1]

In my brain, I'm thinking a thicker liquid would cause worse issues with his swallowing? Is he able to drink water?

Has he been to an ENT and a pulmonologist?

He has been to every type of specialist. Thickened liquids are easier to swallow when you have dysphagia and less likely to go into the lungs. He can drink any thickened fluid he can not drink thin/regular water or fluid.

[Pjmm]

In my brain, I'm thinking a thicker liquid would cause worse issues with his swallowing? Is he able to drink water?

Has he been to an ENT and a pulmonologist?

They do use thickener with stroke patients who need to relearn swallowing. I’m not a speech therapist but the thickener makes swallowing easier somehow. The kids should be seeing a speech therapist, OT, and Probably has PT also. An ENT probably isn’t a bad idea. My youngest has speech apraxia and until recently would gag on certain foods. Spit them up. I couldn’t get speech to look into because he ate well enough for them. I’m encouraging him to eat vegetables which he can if they’re in soups or dips. Idk why it’s a problem but I guess it’s the speech apraxia.