Saturday, March 30, 2013

Sadbh’s update – March 30th 2013


Sadbh slept really well last night and despite moving to the opposite end of her cot she did not wake until 6:40.
We had asked Danielle, her new nurse, not to cap her trach so she could become familiar with Sadbh’s baseline sats under normal circumstances and thankfully she got to experience Sadbh sleeping in a very comfortable state.

Sadbh had a fun morning playing with her toys and hanging out with Nana and Granddad.
Since it was such a beautiful day we decided to head off to La Conner and Anacortes for a road trip.
We were hoping that Sadbh would nap on the way but she was too excited and after a short while she wanted to get out of the car.

By the time we arrived at Anacortes, Sadbh was very happy to get out of the car. She could not wait to stretch her legs and to start checking out all the shops.
We headed down to the waterfront to check out the marina and Sadbh was excited to see all the boats.
She was even more excited every time a motorcycle drove by and since it was a gorgeous day there were plenty of them to catch her attention.

We next headed back towards La Conner and stopped off along the way to check out a tulip nursery. By now Sadbh had fallen asleep so I hung out in the car with her while she napped. When she woke up thirty minutes later it did not take us long to catch up with everyone else.
Sadbh was still a little sleepy and only wanted Katie, but she soon cheered up when Nana and Granddad bought her an ice cream cone.
She was in her element and soon her face was covered in vanilla ice cream. She did not want to share but did a great job holding the cone with both hands so as not to drop it.

The flowerbeds were incredible to look at and Sadbh really enjoyed herself. We next headed into the town of La Conner and as soon as we got out of the car Sadbh came across a sculpture of a dog and kept calling for it to follow her. “Come on doggie, come on”. It was so funny and she even gained an audience from a few passersby’s.

La Conner is a beautiful town and we all had a great time. Sadbh even made a couple of friends while we were having dinner.

The sun was starting to set just as we were leaving town and Sadbh could not stop saying good-bye to the sun.

Sadbh ended up going to sleep an hour and a half later than usual and as soon as she had her bath and was snuggled up in her pajamas Katie and I started trach care. Thankfully she was out cold so we were able to get things done fairly quickly. Despite the fact that both Katie and I were exhausted after a long day, we managed to get trach care set up and completed in record time.




All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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