Today Ella had her feeding test. She passed it with flying colors! The test was intended to verify that Ella is able to feed normally through her mouth without getting food into her lungs. Ella actually reached that conclusion a week ago and pulled out the feeding tube that was placed in her nose. But today that assessment was official. (not that we ever doubted Ella’s own objectivity). The test consisted of the feeding experts feeding Ella various types of food (that was all colored with Barium) and watching on an X-ray screen to see where it went. Ella ate anything they put in her general direction. Liquids, mushi stuff, you name it. When she started eyeing the x-ray solvents, they asked us to leave. So we are officially off the tubes and eating like a horse.