[Becky]

Oh darling girl, things will improve. You have been through so much - 2 major surgeries, wbr, decadron. Make sure you eat nourishing food that you can add extra calories to easily. There is whole milk yogurt (hard to find but in grocery stores there is Yo'Baby for babies who have to have whole milk). Add butter to vegetables and gravy to meat. Dense foods are what you want. Eat constantly but small and tolerable things. 1/2 a banana (more calories than apples etc). Use Boost or Ensure as your beverage. A small milkshake or smoothie. Whole milk in general - no fat free anything. Fat has alot of calories so think of creative ways to use mayo, butter, olive/canola oil. Eat cream based soups - cream of broccoli or asparagus. Now is not the time to necessarily eat right - eat calorie dense. Cheese - a small bite of something every 1/2 hour. Snack, snack snack. Nuts are also energy dense as is peanut butter (Peanut butter and jelly on a couple of crackers or cream cheese on crackers or peanut butter on apple slices with raisins). Unless you are dealing with nausea, force yourself to build up your strength. This may be why you are somewhat weak. Can someone help you do some toning exercises to build up your muscles? Some physical therapy may help and the exercise involved might also help your appetite.

I am thinking about you constantly and I know you can get yourself on a better foot soon.

Love from me to you.