boy hugs

A couple of chicken wings

Before bed. 

I need to eat more in the day. 

When you fast- fast. 

When you eat- really eat! 

Make a grown fattie cry. 

I’m actually quite happy these days. 

5 hard days 

Or 6 easy days

Is my sweet spot. 

The boy hugged me 

First thing in the morning. 

Both arms. 

It took over a year

To release his arms 

So they could move. 

I’ve also been moving his lower jaw

In a process called “Mewing.”

Which I also do to myself. 

It might move one MM 

A month. BUT-

In a year that’s about half an inch! 

Now his lips can close. 

He can swallow! 

And eventually talk. 

And breathe much better. 

It made me cry. 

How powerful Nursing is. 

How you can actually suffer

At the hands of a bad nurse. 

And thrive with a good one.