Danielle kept a close eye on
Sadbh last night and only suctioned a few times.
Sadbh slept great and woke
up just before 7.
She had a few minor plugs in
her trach but it was not as bad as yesterday.
Katie was able to suction her
trach clear and afterwards gave her an Albuterol nebulizer treatment. Nini was there to help and Sadbh and
Nini watched Kipper for a little while during the treatment.
Soon Amy arrived and it was
breakfast time. Then Larissa joined and Sadbh continued to eat a breakfast of
champions, including toast with jam, yogurt, 2 bowls of O’s, and a whole
banana.
After she was finished, Amy,
Larissa and Sadbh got ready to go and they all headed out into the sunny day
for a walk. They walked up to the field at Seattle University where they played
a game of “chase me”, which Sadbh thought was fantastic.
There were dogs playing
fetch and one of the dogs even came up to Sadbh to check her out. The dog’s
owner was surprised and mentioned to Amy and Larissa that her dog was normally very
shy and never approached people.
They then headed into the
church there and Sadbh thought of Nana and Granddad, as this was one of the
places they loved to take her to. On
the way home, Sadbh played with sidewalk chalk on the yard outside the church
and ended up with a large audience of students checking her out.
She then ate a cereal bar,
fruit leather and had milk and strawberries on the way home.
After a great walk and lots
of snacks, the gang headed home.
Sadbh was very excited to take a bath and she even helped Amy fill the
tub with water. She soon
fell fast asleep, but shortly afterwards had a large coughing fit so Larissa
and Amy decided to forego trach care.
Sadbh had a very long sleep
and woke up after I arrived home at about 4:30. She ate a good meal again and when Katie got home awhile
later, we decided to talk Sadbh through trach care and then all go for a
walk. Sadbh was a star, as always,
and she stayed very still while we managed trach care. I promised her ice cream
if for staying still and this obviously worked.
We headed off to Madrona and
Sadbh enjoyed the walk. We stopped off to say hi to the chickens along the way
however Sadbh was a little be afraid of them for some reason.
We decided to stop off for
dinner along the way and Sadbh was keen to climb all over the place. We had to
give her Katie’s phone so she could watch Kipper. This worked a treat and kept
Sadbh calm until her ice cream arrived. She was interested for the first few
spoon full’s and then lost interest.
On the way home there was a
really good jazz band playing in another restaurant so Sadbh popped her head in
the door to check them out. She was in her element and the band lapped her up.
When their song finished Sadbh gave them a huge round of applause and they all
waved to her as she headed off with Katie.
It was quite the experience
for her.
Bedtime was a very painful experience,
as Sadbh had no interest in going to sleep. She was tossing and turning and was
very playful. She finally fell
asleep at 11pm. The more excited she got the more often we had to suction.
Thankfully she eventually tired herself out and fell into a deep sleep.
All the best,
Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.
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