Saturday, June 23, 2012

Sadbh’s update – June 23rd, 2012


Considering that Sadbh did not have a nurse last night, she had a great night sleep and only woke up a couple of times. Each time she fell back to sleep after being comforted by Katie and on the second occasion she joined us in bed for the rest of the night.
Around 6am, I woke up to Sadbh kicking me in the back, even though she was still fast asleep.

Thankfully we all got to sleep in until 8am and Sadbh was full of smiles, kisses and hugs.
Breakfast was spent eating and catching up on her baby signing time DVD.
Today she was learning the signs for different feelings. She really enjoys her DVD’s and picks up on new signs every day.

Katie’s father was staying with us and got to hang out with Sadbh for the morning.
After a few hours of serious fun, Sadbh started to get tired so it was time to start preparations for trach care.
She had a fun time splashing in her bath and when it came time to get dried and put on her pajamas, she was out like a light.

Trach care was very straight-forward, however her neck is very raw in places. You could tell that it causes her a lot of discomfort as she got fussy when I removed the medical tape that was covering her sores. I cannot wait for the day when she does not have to have a trach so her neck can heal up and not be so irritated.
That said, I could not imagine how her neck would be if we did not care for it as well as we do every day. I’m sure she would have some serious infections and discomfort.

Sadbh ended up having a nice long nap and well rested when it came time for her play date with Conor O’Brien.
In fact, we were about an hour late due to the timing fro trach care and Sadbh’s nap.
Sadbh was very excited when she met Conor and instantly they both hit it off. There were hugs and Conor was quick to share his toys with Sadbh. Conor even got to show off his battery-powered car. Sadbh got to take a spin in it, but I think she was freaked out and had enough after a few minutes.
Eventually Sadbh started to get very tired so we set off for home expecting her to fall asleep as soon as she got into the car. This wasn’t the case and she ended up not taking her second nap of the day.

Once we arrived home it was time for dinner. Sadbh had a lot of fun with her food and ended up with half her food on her face or on the floor.

When it came time for bed, she noticed three of her binkies on the dresser above her bed and despite already having a binky in her mouth, she had to have all of them.
Before we knew it, she had a binky placed over each of her eyes and one in her mouth with the last one in her hand since she did not have anywhere to put it. It was hilarious.

She had no problem going to bed considering it was almost an hour and a half past her usual bedtime.
It was a fantastic day spent with family and good friends.




All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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