Imagine choking on water, because its too thin.
Challenge: When drinking, add some thickener to your drink. Or, get the thickest drink you can find and spend a day drinking just it.
Some people with cerebral palsy cannot swallow water or juice, without choking on it. This can be dangerous for them.
For some people with cerebral palsy, water and juice are too thin.
So, thickener needs to be added to all their fluids.
Dexter needs this.
Scoops of thickener are added to his water bottle, so he has a drink wherever he goes, during the day.
While the thickener is pretty disgusting, it can be added to anything. Dexter has enjoyed some red soft drink, because we added thickener to it. He loved it!
Without this thickener, Dexter could swallow fluid into his lungs, which could lead to pneumonia.
(Drinking can take a lot of energy, for some people with cerebral palsy.)
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