Sunday, July 21, 2013

Sadbh’s update – July 21st 2013


Sadbh slept well but woke up upset and asking to see her cousin Annabelle. When Katie explained that she was sleeping Sadbh pleaded to see her and said that she wanted to wake her up. Katie told Sadbh that Annabelle loves her and Sadbh gave Katie a small smile and said she loved her too.  She wanted to see videos of Fionn in the hospital. After seeing a few videos and photos of Fionn, she said that he’s getting bigger and bigger.

After breakfast Sadbh Skyped with Nini and her mum Carina in Munich. She was busy telling them about a fall that she took during the week and she was very dramatic in her description.

Later we all pilled into the car and headed off to Snoqualmie Falls to check out the waterfall or “water mountain” as Sadbh calls it.
As we arrived in town we could hear a train rumbling down the track and who was it but Thomas the tank engine. Sadbh was completely blown away and we had to pull over so she could wave at it as it passed by.

The train station was packed with kids so we decided to not risk any chance of Sadbh catching a cold. She was not too pleased about this decision but we got to get up close to Thomas for a photo.

Our next stop was to the water mountain and Sadbh loved getting wet due to the mist. It was very busy there also but we had no problem finding a good viewpoint so Sadbh and Sophia could check out the falls.

On the way back to the car Sadbh stopped to chat with a woman and explained to her what she had just seen.

Sadbh took a thirty-minute nap on the way back to Seattle and by the time we arrived downtown the clouds had burned off and the sun was warming everything up.
Pike Place Market was packed and Sadbh loved it. There was so much to see and we were lucky that she agreed to stay in her stroller otherwise it would have been quite the task trying to keep from losing her.

When we got home Sadbh Skyped with Nana and Granddad. She showed them how well she can climb up and down the stairs and how she can put her shoes on and off without any help.
After she was done Skyping she turned to Katie and asked her to take her trach cap off. She said that it was hurting her. 

The rest of her evening was spent playing with Sophia. The two girls have bonded really well and Sophia read numerous books to Sadbh out on the back porch.

We managed trach care just before bed and afterwards Sadbh only wanted to snuggle with mommy. I convinced her to sit on my lap long enough to give her a saline nebulizer but as soon as we were finished it was time for mommy to take over.




All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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