Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Sadbh’s update – September 18th 2013


Sadbh slept well and only woke up once, sat up, took a look at Crystal and flopped back down to sleep.

Katie took over from Crystal at 6 and when Sadbh woke up a short time later she peeked over the rail of her cot and called out for me. When Katie came into the room Sadbh kept asking where I was.

As soon as I got up Sadbh gave me a huge smile and told me to go back upstairs. She was heading that direction herself and did not want me to miss out on the fun.
I was hoping to make her some breakfast but she was not having any of it. Instead we played upstairs with her two dolls and some food from her kitchen.

After her real breakfast and a nebulizer we both headed off up to Capitol Hill for a walk. I retraced our steps and stopped by a couple of the shops in the hope we might find the doll we lost yesterday but unfortunately it was to no avail. Hopefully some other kid is enjoying Sadbh’s doll.

We had a great walk up to Capitol Hill and were able to stop off to buy a few new books for Sadbh.
She was in the stroller for most of the journey so we headed over to the Seattle U park so she could stretch her legs. A few blocks away from the campus we came across a construction site and Sadbh did not want to leave. She was fascinated with all the heavy equipment and could not get enough.
It reminded me of her first five weeks in the NICU at Children’s Hospital and all the construction going on outside.

Sadbh had a great time when we got to the park. She flirted with all the students and had so much fun walking along the curb next to the path.
On our way home we bumped into Aoife, Conor and Aibhin. Aibhin was sleeping and Conor was not long for his nap. Sadbh should have been napping by now and was very energetic to say the least.

Shortly after we said good-bye Sadbh was fast asleep in her stroller.
She slept for only and hour and wanted go out for a ride on her trike. She lasted on the trike for a block and a half and then wanted to push the stroller the rest of the way.
She stopped along the way to pick and smell some flowers. I don’t like her picking flowers, especially when could be pissed on by dogs etc. Sadbh did not care and quickly told me, “stop, I want to smell the flowers”. Couldn’t argue with that.
The rest of her evening was spent having fun and when it came to dinner she had the biggest appetite I have seen in a long while. She ate for almost an hour and a half and still wanted more.

She was exhausted when it came time for trach care and was in a very giddy mood. Thankfully everything went well and she was fast asleep moments afterwards.




All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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