Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Sadbh’s update – July 23rd 2013


Sadbh slept soundly and Helen was able to cap her trach for 34 minutes. Her blood oxygen level dropped down to 97% but she was still in a good range.
She must have been completely exhausted because she slept until 7:50.She was very unhappy when Katie left for work and Sofia for class, but soon was distracted by Larissa and Mariana.

Sadbh had her post op appointment with Dr. Inglis this afternoon so Katie and I arrived home shortly after noon. Sadbh was still sleeping from her nap so when it was time to go she was not too happy to be woken up.

Dr. Inglis’s visit went as expected. We had not seen much improvement in Sadbh’s condition since the last visit and noticed that her strider was more prominent lately.
He went over our options again and recommended that we stay the course that we are currently on and plan our next visit in 4-6 months.
He determined that we are probably hearing more strider due to the fact that as she is getting bigger she is drawing in more air and since her vocal cords are not opening as much it is causing her to struggle to get enough air in with each breath.

She was in a great mood throughout the visit and gave Dr. Inglis and his assistant Pam Thank You cards for all their help with the insurance problem that we had a couple of months ago. She even told him that she liked eating grass and chives like a cow. She is quite the entertainer.

After we were done we headed off to meet Sophia at University Village and to also get Sadbh some ice cream.

Mommy and Larissa managed trach care as soon as we arrived home and after that we headed off up to the Seattle U campus for a walk.
It was a beautiful evening and we all enjoyed being out in the warm sunshine.

Since we were out we decided to go to Café Presse for dinner and uncle Neil stopped by to join us. Sadbh had a great time with the wait staff and at one stage she was out dancing with Holly and having a blast.

She was pooped when it came time for bed and she was fast asleep in no time.




All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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