Sadbh had a fantastic night sleep. She slept from 8pm last night, until 6am this morning.
According to her night nurse, her blood oxygen level was 100 all night, and she did not need to be suctioned whatsoever.
At 6am, Katie was called down to feed Sadbh and by 7, Sadbh was back in a nice deep sleep.
She had an excellent day with Granddad and by the time I got home from work, Sadbh was exhausted and ready for trach care.
As soon as she was done with her bath, Granddad dried her off and got her into a nice clean gown, and within moments she was on her way into a nice deep sleep.
Trach care was fairly straight forward, and we were able to get it done without any issues.
That’s one of the benefits of having an oximeter with a heart rate display, you can easily tell what stage of sleep she is in at any given time. This allows us to know when to, and when not to work on Sadbh’s trach and neck.
Unfortunately her deep sleep was short lived and within no time, Sadbh was awake and ready for dinner.
By now, Katie was on her way home from work, so I decided to hold off on heating up a bottle and figured that Sadbh would probably prefer bonding with her mom rather than with a bottle.
Since she was so hungry, I heated up some sweet potato and tried to feed her, however she wasn’t having any of it.
Since she was so upset, it took a lot of distracting to keep her calm until Katie arrived home, and as soon as the front door opened, Sadbh almost jumped right out of my arms.
The rest of the evening was spent playing with each of us, and when it came close to bedtime, poor little Sadbh was exhausted and ready for sleep.
She was very upset when I started to change her into her bedclothes, but by the time I had her swaddled and got her into my arms, her eyes shut closed and she was out for the count.
I’m hoping that she has another good nights sleep.
All the best,
Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.
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