Ali swallowed some orange banana smoothie that I made and brought to her yesterday!!! So far she had just been using ice chips to work up to this and she said she had invented a new flavor “clear”.  The day before she wished she could taste mint so I gave her a drop of binaca breath freshener on an ice chip which she liked and said she wished she could have a whole mouth full instead of just a tiny ice chip. She still has work to do to build up her strength and abilities to get out of the hospital but it looks like we are over the hump on this it is a real breakthrough!!!  please keep sending love and healing to her

She wants to tell you that she is still unable to respond to your phone calls email or facebook but will as soon as she is well enough too. The hospital has a service where messages can be sent to her am not sure but it may be through their website. Two messages were delivered to her by staff yesterday which she read and enjoyed.