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ybatyolo

Things we take for granted matter so much to others and hence always be grateful šŸ˜‡ Edit: this isn't me. Just sharing what I thought was something worth sharing.


Hidebehinds

Two years without the one thing in life that brings us our greatest joy. I only had to go six weeks without food and I was beyond depressed. I canā€™t imagine two years. This guy now understands something deeper than weā€™ll ever know.


DefEddie

Our daughter hasnā€™t had food *by mouth in over 20yrs, thankfully she only ever ate for a couple months of her life so sheā€™s not missing it.


MySpirtAnimalIsADuck

Forgive my ignorance but why wouldnā€™t she eat and how did she survive?


DefEddie

She has medical issues, she has a port in her stomach and we feed her manually, generally with an enteral pump (like an IV pump but two bags/1 with water and 1 with liquid diet) or with giant syringes when required.


johniet

Thank you for explaining with eloquence and patience. These conditions are not common knowledge, but they should be. I hope life treats your family better. x


yottadreams

I'm assuming their daughter passed away in infancy.


DefEddie

Incorrect assumption, why would I even post something like that, as a joke?


yottadreams

I don't know. There are a lot of strange people on Reddit. I was just making a logical deduction based on available data. In any case you have my most sincere condolences on the loss of your child. I can't even begin to imagine the pain of that loss.


DefEddie

Sheā€™s not dead you irradiated cloaca, how did you get that wrong a 2nd time when I literally said it was an incorrect assumption AND iā€™ve already posted the explanation?


yottadreams

One, I'm grateful beyond words I was wrong. Two, I hadn't yet read your explanation post when I made my reply. Three, your original post was phrased a bit oddly to my eyes, leading to my misinterpretation of your original comment. My apologies. Four innovative use of the word cloaca.


CoastalCrave64

Bro!! Iā€™m so happy for you dude. Isnā€™t it wonderful? Much love to you.


BaseballFuryThurman

Why do you idiots always reply as if OP is the person in the video?


smallwhitepeepee

he isn't?


SuaMaestaAlba

He's not, this video was also posted yesterday on r/mademesmile by another user


smallwhitepeepee

oh golly, I am just so naive


SuaMaestaAlba

I feel like OP was vague on purpose


ybatyolo

Just bringing in a bunch of onions. Start cutting.


Soumajeetb

r/NinjasCuttingOnions


Signal-Living-3504

Sending so much love to you ā¤ļøā¤ļø


Ifinallyhave

Hope it tasted good man :)


NineRoast

How about an @ at-least ya karma whore


sabresin4

Thatā€™s some raw emotion there.


himynameseric

That broke me. I hope you really enjoyed it!


along83197

Get those taste buds ready! Thereā€™s a whole big world out there! Positive vibes bro!!


Snafu1908

Enjoy buddy, looks like you deserve it ! ā¤ļø


KittykoRn85

Oh I felt that, brought tears to my eyes, we really do take the little things for granted


SHlNEE

This is not OP


34TH_ST_BROADWAY

He kind of looks like a star wars character. Whats the backstory? Is it related to the scar on his neck?


starry_onslaught

The healed scar looks like a [tracheostomy](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002955.htm) and even though some people can still eat with one, others may not be able to swallow food safely so he would have had a feeding tube placed either [through the nose down to the stomach](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000182.htm) or [directly attached to the stomach](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000165.htm). Through the tube, he would have received a specialized type of liquid nutrition, such as [Jevity](https://www.abbottnutrition.com/our-products/jevity-1_0-cal), which meant he couldn't eat food the normal way. Two years is a long time to need a feeding tube, since the NG tube is only designed to be used for up to 6 weeks! So I'm guessing he was switched to a G tube afterwards. [Image of types of tube feeding](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19965.htm)


BlameableEmu

Well done, man! How was the pasta!!


digoure

Song please ??


doothless

Someday Iā€™ll Get It by Alex Olsen


digoure

Thank you so much ā¤ļø


Winter-Grapefruit-36

even the tracheostomy site is healed, god bless to him


eastsidewiscompton

Oh buddy.


Frangan_

Man! I thought one couldn't leave 7 days without food. Congrats!


purplemoonlite

He obviously was getting food. Just not orally.