The Transplant Road was soothed with MetroMint Water.

There are a lots of bumps on the road to discharge and some of the simplest things need to happen to get us out of here. One is drinking and eating.

To every one's great amazement she has been doing both throughout the entire process.  They were offering her IV pain meds, nutrition and fluids about 4 days into her preparation chemo therapy and radiation. 

Her drinking started to slow down because for some good reasons water started to hurt and not taste good.  It is not an unusual sort of thing to happen because total body radiation.  Your salivary glands are affected big time and it takes awhile for them to recover.   Last time I went to the grocery and bought every kind of drink they had in stock.  She would drink her way through them with some being rejected and others would work for a day or two. 

This time when water became a problem I did the same dance.  This time I went looking for suitable drinks I knew I was looking for soothing drinks.  Ginger ale, minty tea sorts of things.  It took awhile but I loaded my cart and headed back to the hospital. We tried bottle after bottle of drinks.  About half way through the process we stumbled on MetroMint Water. 

It worked, it slid down with no problems.  She was able to swallow the water and it tasted good.  She tried them all but settled on the Peppermint, and the Citrus Mint.  Each morning the bone marrow team would come around and were amazed that she was drinking anything and able to take her pills. The mint water also helped her eat.  She could slowly chew even when she had her nasty mouth sores that keeps most from eating. The water helped and provided something that would wash down the food.   

Her day started off with one bottle, then two and now she is drinking almost three a day.  I am so happy that someone came up with this water.  Her success has been passed on to others here at Children's and also on to the adult patients. 

We love when good things happen.

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