Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Sadbh’s update – March 12th 2013


Sadbh slept great and did not wake until 6:45. Hopefully she is getting back on track with her sleeping schedule after the time change over the weekend.
Larissa tried out the trach cap a couple of times during the night and Sadbh did really well. She tolerated it for 22 minutes the first time and for 16 the second time.

She was delighted to see Katie when she woke up. It was time to head up stairs so Katie could get ready for work and Sadbh got a chance to catch up on Kipper on her iPad.

She drank a lot of milk this morning for her breakfast but only wanted a small amount of cereal
As soon as Katie left for work Sadbh had another shot at breakfast and she did much better this time all while wearing her trach cap.

After a busy morning of playing with her toys it was time to head out for a walk up to the university campus. Granddad and Nana were very impressed since she wore her trach cap for the entire walk.

It did not take long for Sadbh to fall asleep for her nap when they arrived home. She was out like a light so trach care was very straightforward.
She slept for two and a half hours and woke up hungry but happy.

Her evening was full of fun and she even helped unpack some of her medical supplies that arrived. She loves to help out, but we have pay attention to where she puts things so we can be sure to find them.

Before bed, Sadbh decided that her dolls needed to take their clothes off and use the potty.  Katie remembered that when we were at the Swedish Hospital NICU, just after Sadbh was born and before we were transferred to Seattle Children’s, one of Sadbh’s nurses packed up a set of teeny tiny baby nappies, nappies that would fit babies that were born to early. The nurse told us that some day Sadbh could put these nappies on her baby dolls. As soon as Sadbh seen the miniature nappies she started to put the nappies on her dolls.  Some of them were so small that it is impossible to believe a little baby could be that tiny. Sadbh was quite pleased with herself.


It took an obscene amount of time to get Sadbh to sleep tonight and just like the last few nights she insisted on having her back rubbed.

All in all she wore her trach cap for over four hours today.



All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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