Sadbh slept great and Helen gave
her a break from wearing the cap to allow her to rest before her surgery.
Larissa took over from Helen
at 6 and Sadbh woke up around 7:30 in a great mood. She was not hungry and was
eager to get stuck into some serious fun.
She kept telling Larissa
that she wanted to go to Hawaii and that she was going to see Dr. Inglis today.
Sadbh’s appointment check in
was scheduled for 11:15 and she did really well up until 9:30 or thereabouts.
She soon started to get very
sleepy and extremely cranky. We had all done an excellent job distracting her
and keeping her mind off of food.
By 10 I started to give her
some of the toys that she got from Nana and Granddad and she was so excited
when I gave her a stuffed toy of Tiger and Arnold from her favorite cartoon,
Kipper.
Soon we had the car loaded
up and we were on the road. Sadbh fell asleep very soon afterwards and slept
right through check in.
When she woke up she was
very happy and was very chatty to everyone around us.
We were so lucky as I’m sure
she was starving and she could have been very difficult to handle.
The procedure went very well
and after a good thorough look at Sadbh’s vocal cords and airway Dr. Inglis
concluded that he could not see any significant improvement. He noticed that
she did not have any granuloma build up which is good as it is less likely to
be an issue in the future.
Dr. Inglis even changed out
Sadbh’s trach and saved us the hassle since it was due to be done this week
anyway.
When she arrived back in the
post op room she was extremely upset. She wanted desperately to remove the IV
in her hand and all the leads that were attached to her chest. I made the
mistake of taking a bunny cracker from her and you would have thought the world
had ended. She couldn’t stop
crying about it for the longest time.
It took ages to calm Sadbh down and thankfully the nurse helped out by
removing everything that annoyed her.
On the way home we stopped
off to get Sadbh an ice cream treat. She had not eaten much after surgery but
soon devoured her dessert.
Both Katie and I were wiped
out after the day’s events so we decided to head off for a walk up to Capitol
Hill for dinner. Sadbh was in an excellent mood and wanted to walk most of the
way.
When it came time for bed we
gave her a nice bath, the second one today, and as soon as she was dry and in
her pajamas she was soon fast asleep in mommy’s arms.
Thanks for all the well
wishes today.
All the best,
Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.
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