Chicken and Dumplings at 3 weeks out? Is she nuts? I'm 11 years out and I doubt I could get that down now. Granted he will need foods with lots of sauce and gravies which is why Thanksgiving is a good choice, lots of different things to try. Take very small portions and eat what works. For me I think it was turkey with gravy, mashed, cranberry sauce, apple sauce, pie with no crust all washed down with lots of water and milk. I was 4 weeks out and it was Christmas.

I had no peg so lived on Ensure Plus for about 4 weeks and ate some to supplement that. I ate cream of wheat with honey and lots of butter and hot milk, french toast with lots of maple syrup and butter, scrambled and poached eggs, home made cream soups, rare lamb chops with mint jelly, rare steak with crisp green salad with blue cheese dressing, lobster with lots of butter. Took hours to get any meal down so read a magazine while eating. Everything needs to be cut to tiny pieces.

If he is drinking his water and maybe getting some juice down, he is exercising the swallowing muscles. Maybe he can drink some of the stuff he is using in the Peg. Watch for trismus also. That sneaks up on some people.

Take care,
Eileen