Sadbh slept great and
managed to wear her cap for a total of 41 minutes (over two sessions – 33 min
and 8 min). Danielle offered to
stay a little later so that Katie could sleep in a bit and Sadbh slept in a little
too. She woke up at 6:40 and
wanted Mommy right away.
There was an exciting day
planned and the fun got going when Clodagh and Suzie came by later in the
morning. Sadbh and Clodagh played
around the house for a while and Sadbh was working on learning how to share her
toys.
Ali-Baba arrived soon after
and before too long, we decided to do trach care. It took Sadbh a little while
to settle down, but Ali-Baba held the phone (to calm and distract her) while
Suzie held the trach and Katie cleaned.
Suzie did fantastically (it was her second time and her first time doing
it while Sadbh was awake!).
Sadbh’s neck is very raw and
sore and she has one of the biggest breakdowns she has ever had. Katie paid
extra attention to it and put two bandages on it to hopefully heal the wounds
quickly. Sadbh was a trooper and
although she was a fairly active, trach care went smoothly.
After trach care, Clodagh
offered to have Sadbh snuggle up and the two girls watched a little bit of a
show together. A little while
later, Sadbh, Clodagh, Suzie and Katie packed up and loaded into Suzie’s car
while Ali-Baba headed home.
As soon as the car got
going, both girls promptly fell asleep.
This foiled the plans a bit since we wanted them to have a little
rest. We had been planning to go
downtown and walk along the waterfront and visit the sculpture park. Instead, we headed east and over to
Woodenville where, after the girls had a good hour nap in the car, we enjoyed a
pizza sitting outside by a water fountain. Sadbh was over the moon to play with Clodagh and every
little thing delighted her.
After lunch, we went to
visit a small farm and Sadbh was able to see her first live horse. Not only was
she able to see the horse, she was also able to give him some hay and pet his
nose! It was very exciting and
when the horse had a sneeze, both Sadbh and Clodagh jumped out of their
skin. Sadbh scrambled to get away
as quickly as she could, running first to Katie and then further away to Suzie. It was quite the sight.
Shortly after we got home,
we had another visit from a very special friend, Michelle. Sadbh was exhausted, but she managed
still to spend a little time with Michelle while she ate some dinner. After a bath and a quick snuggle with
Katie, Sadbh was out in no time.
It was a very special day
filled with laughter and fun.
Thanks to Suzie and Clodagh for spending the day with us!
Despite all the fun, after
we got home, Sadbh still mentioned that she missed Dada and was very sad. We still can’t wait for him to come home on Tuesday!
All the best,
Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.
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