Monday, February 10, 2014

Sadbh’s update – February 10th 2014


Sadbh had a very good night and woke up at 7 in a very happy mood.

As part of our insurance appeal we have also applied for Medicaid and today we had a scheduled meeting with our case manager from the Development Disabilities Administration. Even Caity, Sadbh’s nurse supervisor rescheduled some of her meetings so she could attend, however the case manager postponed the appointment at the last minute.
This threw off our morning but Sadbh got some good quality time with Caity, which was very nice.

Later in the morning our friend Theresa stopped by for a coffee and Sadbh was very shy at first. As usual it did not take long before she came around and was soon driving her toy cars up and down Theresa’s arms.

The evening got very stressful as Sadbh grew tired and would not do what she was told. Every time she got fussy she would struggle to breathe resulting in having to remove her cap.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t always straight forward as you have wash hands, sanitize and then remove the cap. This went on for forty minutes or so and by the time Katie arrived home both Sadbh and I were exhausted.

During dinner she was still acting up so I had a chat with her to explain who is the boss etc, in which Sadbh responded with, “no you are not the boss, Mommy is the boss.” Yup, I can see some fun discussions in the future with this smarty pants.

Katie and I managed trach care at bedtime and thankfully Sadbh was very cooperative so we were able to get it down without any additional stress.
She was fast asleep within ten minutes of going to bed.




All the best,

Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.

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