Hi, LJ and Yeah for the 3 lbs.! The discription of "running a race" sounds pretty accurate.Some suggestions in the foods he might be able to swallow: poached eggs, angelhair pasta with a thin cream\cheese sauce, pureed brocalli-cauliflower soup in milk or cream base-oatmeal thinned with water and mllk. Please let us know how he is doing with food. There ae a bunch of good recipes on this forum.Amy in Oz