The Avocado Episode: Dr. Becker (pediatrician) thought Ella is not gaining enough weight. Although she was convinced Ella is not getting enough milk from what I described, I asked about high calorie foods like avocado which Ella liked when I gave it to her a couple of months ago and then stopped (Yvette thought it too heavy). Wednesday night I got a little carried away I guess and let her eat to her heart’s desire. The next day she refused to eat or drink anything and she cried in waves throughout the whole day. By the evening she hadn’t slept and she had a slight fever. Rectal temperature-taking worked like an enema and by the next morning she was at least willing to take some milk. By Friday night she was okay again. We gave her only milk until yesterday (Sunday). We were happy to have our normal, smiley, contented Ella back by the end of the weekend and happy to have gotten through the whole episode with no seizures. The pending hemispherectomy now looms before us. Dr. Black’s office gave us a tentative date: May 1st. We have alot of hope for her development after the procedure, but there are no guarentees about anything. Now that we even have a date, it becomes that much more real and scary.