Olivia's Hunger Strike Comes to an End

I am very happy to report that Olivia's hunger strike seems to have come to an end. Yesterday they stopped one of Olivia's antibiotics and I guess it really had been doing a number on her stomach because she ate well all day. Olivia had been on Zyvox to treat her persistent sinus issues. Common side effects of Zyvox include: Bad taste in mouth, constipation, diarrhea, dizziness, headache, nausea, tongue discoloration, trouble sleeping, and vomiting. They started her on a liquid suspension 3 times a day but it tasted so awful that she couldn't get it down. I tried it and it made me vomit. So they switched her to a pill. She was on an adult dose, 200 mg three times a day so we are very glad to be done with this nasty med! She had a wide variety of foods today and while she didn't eat any real meals she did snack consistently throughout the day. She ate Cinnamon toast crunch cereal, toast, chocolate covered pomegranate seeds, BBQ potato chips, Doritos, Spaghetti noodles with butter and Parmesan cheese, hot dog, popcorn, chicken nuggets, french fries, ravioli, apple, and to top all that off she had 3 Popsicles before bed. Just thinking about all of that gives me a stomach ache! She also drank almost an entire pediasure.

I think that Olivia is also in a much better mood now that she's off of the yucky zyvox. There were several times today while we were playing that she was laughing so hard that she started to cry. It was the cutest thing ever. It was hilarious and I know that my laughing was encouraging her. Peter even got in on the act when he realized that climbing into the laundry basket with the socks was making his sister laugh. We all laughed so hard we were in tears! So precious! It is really fun watching them play together.