Sunday, February 1, 2015

Sadbh’s update – February 1, 2015


Sadbh woke up at two this morning and was desperate to come up stairs. Harjinder managed to get her back to sleep and she slept soundly until shortly after six. They both hung out chatting until I came down at quarter past seven.
I disconnected Sadbh from all her equipment and after seeing Harjinder off we headed up to Mommy and Cillian for a sleep in. Unfortunately our sleep in did not last long as Sadbh was itching to get the day going.

Sadbh had a busy morning and by lunchtime she was looking very tired.
Katie and I managed trach care and as soon as we were done we loaded up the car and headed out to run a few errands.
As expected, Sadbh fell asleep fairly quickly allowing her to get the rest she deserved.

Since Sadbh has so much medical equipment that needs to accompany her wherever she goes we decided to go to REI to try and find a suitable backpack that will allow us to consolidate everything into one bag.
The bags that we have used all along have served their purposes but now that we have Cillian’s baby stuff to carry we figured it would be a good time to find a new solution.

It took looking through a lot of different backpacks but with the help of one very dedicated sales woman we finally found a great bag. The bag needs a large compartment at the top to hold and protect Sadbh’s suction machine and at least four other compartments to hold her emergency trachs, two oxygen bottles, an Ambu bag and the rest of her trach supplies.
We landed on a camera bag that fits everything perfectly allowing us to consolidate from two bags to one.

After that we headed over to the bike section so Sadbh could check out a potential birthday present. She has a couple of trikes at home but never really enjoys riding them. Today she found a bike just her size with stabilizers on the back and she took off around the store. She was a natural but she has to work on watching where she is going.

We arrived home just in time to watch the Super Bowl. Sadbh was very excited for the Seahawks and wanted them to win.
It was a great game with a disappointing outcome and until she went to sleep she kept asking why did the Seahawks not win.





All the best,

Wayne, Katie, Sadbh and Cillian

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