Tonight Blair decided the garbage was too full so she took the bag out of the can and put in a new bag. Before I knew it, she was outside. I went to check on her and she was closing the lid of the big can outside. "Look Mom," she said, "I'm getting bigger. I can do all of the garbage by myself. I'm like a real mom!"
I don't know how she got the idea that taking the garbage out made her a real mom; I'm always avoiding that job. She sure was proud of herself though.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Easter
The kids were excited about Easter for weeks and Spence and I were too. The Easter bunny came to an agreement that Easter would be a bigger present holiday this year, not Christmas. The day before Easter my mom had the kids while Spence and I worked for hours putting together the swing set. My parents brought the kids home just in time for bed Saturday night and they didn't notice what was in our backyard.
At 4:15am, Davis came running up the stairs to our room yelling "There's a swing set in our back yard!" He was thrilled. Why was he looking out the back window into the yard at 4am I'll never know. He was way too excited to sleep after that and we were too. At 7:15, we let Davis wake up Blair and the fun began. It was all he could do to keep the swing set a secret until Blair saw it for herself. The Easter bunny hid the baskets outside this year, so the kids had fun looking for baskets and playing on the new toy all morning.
When it came time for church, Davis had been awake too long and he had a full on meltdown, but he settled down in time to sing in Sacrament. It was the first time my kids have done this and it made me cry to see them up there- I don't know when the got so big.
Spence gave a great talk in Sacrament (Of course and it felt like it'd been forever since he spoke last- about six months. I'm still used to him speaking every month on high council Sunday) and Davis was a reverent child in Primary. I'm sure no one in Primary knew what to think. Davis has a hard time sitting still most of the time. He doesn't talk, but he doesn't hold still. We practiced being the reverent child all week and he stood up there like a champ- folding his arms and not moving a muscle. He was so cute. Blair gave a talk in Primary and did so good. In the middle of her talk, she got frustrated with me trying to help her and said, "Mom!" in a loud and very annoyed voice. I about died laughing. Of course she didn't need extra help.
After church Grandpa and Grandma Davis came to visit and have dinner. We had so much fun. It's not often that Grandpa isn't totally booked with church on Sundays, but Easter landed perfectly between semesters at BYU. We had a fantastic day.
Davis waking his sister up with his "horn".
Blair wasn't sure Easter was worth waking up for.
The Easter Bunny and Santa decided the big present should come in the Spring because it would be warmer. Too bad that didn't work out. Christmas morning was much warmer than Easter morning.
Aunt Sue taught Blair how to use Robin Eggs for lipstick a week or so before Easter and she thought it was the greatest thing ever. Davis has decided that Aunt Sue loves Robin Eggs so he won't eat his. They're in the pantry waiting for the next time we see Aunt Sue so Davis can give them to her.
Of course the kids had to pose with the annoying bunny.
At 4:15am, Davis came running up the stairs to our room yelling "There's a swing set in our back yard!" He was thrilled. Why was he looking out the back window into the yard at 4am I'll never know. He was way too excited to sleep after that and we were too. At 7:15, we let Davis wake up Blair and the fun began. It was all he could do to keep the swing set a secret until Blair saw it for herself. The Easter bunny hid the baskets outside this year, so the kids had fun looking for baskets and playing on the new toy all morning.
When it came time for church, Davis had been awake too long and he had a full on meltdown, but he settled down in time to sing in Sacrament. It was the first time my kids have done this and it made me cry to see them up there- I don't know when the got so big.
Spence gave a great talk in Sacrament (Of course and it felt like it'd been forever since he spoke last- about six months. I'm still used to him speaking every month on high council Sunday) and Davis was a reverent child in Primary. I'm sure no one in Primary knew what to think. Davis has a hard time sitting still most of the time. He doesn't talk, but he doesn't hold still. We practiced being the reverent child all week and he stood up there like a champ- folding his arms and not moving a muscle. He was so cute. Blair gave a talk in Primary and did so good. In the middle of her talk, she got frustrated with me trying to help her and said, "Mom!" in a loud and very annoyed voice. I about died laughing. Of course she didn't need extra help.
After church Grandpa and Grandma Davis came to visit and have dinner. We had so much fun. It's not often that Grandpa isn't totally booked with church on Sundays, but Easter landed perfectly between semesters at BYU. We had a fantastic day.
Davis waking his sister up with his "horn".
Blair wasn't sure Easter was worth waking up for. 
The Easter Bunny and Santa decided the big present should come in the Spring because it would be warmer. Too bad that didn't work out. Christmas morning was much warmer than Easter morning. 
Aunt Sue taught Blair how to use Robin Eggs for lipstick a week or so before Easter and she thought it was the greatest thing ever. Davis has decided that Aunt Sue loves Robin Eggs so he won't eat his. They're in the pantry waiting for the next time we see Aunt Sue so Davis can give them to her. 
Of course the kids had to pose with the annoying bunny.
Our Favorite Aunts
The kids' favorite aunts came to visit one weekend while Grandpa and Grandma were in Europe for a month. Davis and Blair were thrilled to have the girls come and slightly disappointed they only came Saturday afternoon and Sunday. We had a blast while they were here- we went bowling (a favorite of the kids) and went to dinner (Davis choose pizza of course). All four kids (can I still call the girls kids? It doesn't feel like that these days.) had fun and came home to veg later. Sunday night came too fast, but we loved every minute they were here.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Easter
The kids have a bunny that sings "Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail". It is perhaps the most annoying toy ever, but we deal with it for one month a year.
Yesterday at my parent's house, my mom was putting together an Easter basket for Morgan and Kristi before they move for the summer. Blair was looking at the basket with Davis came in and asked, "Is that a basket full of Easter joy?" That is, after all, what the song says the bunny brings.
Tonight he was taking about Easter joy again, so I asked him what it was. He quickly replied, "It's about Jesus."
We'll have to get the two separate parts about Easter sorted out in the next couple of days. Either way, we're excited for another fun, family holiday.
Yesterday at my parent's house, my mom was putting together an Easter basket for Morgan and Kristi before they move for the summer. Blair was looking at the basket with Davis came in and asked, "Is that a basket full of Easter joy?" That is, after all, what the song says the bunny brings.
Tonight he was taking about Easter joy again, so I asked him what it was. He quickly replied, "It's about Jesus."
We'll have to get the two separate parts about Easter sorted out in the next couple of days. Either way, we're excited for another fun, family holiday.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
The Last Month
For the last month, since Blair came home from the hospital, our life has been pretty mellow. Spence has been super busy with tax season and the kids and I have been hanging out at home most of the time avoiding any germs and letting Blair get back to her normal self. The blogging has suffered since it's a pretty busy time for my work too. Here's what we've been up to:
A bunch of the pictures were taken on my phone- sorry about the poor quality.
We spent many days in our jammies, but not without a bow in Blair's hair. According to her, "You can still be fancy when you're sick." The picture above was the first time she walked down the stairs by herself after coming home. It amazed me how fast she regained her strength and got around normally.
We spent lots and lots of time in the bath. The kids love the bath and since we had no where to go, we could play forever.
We went to Grandpa and Grandma Davis' house when we needed to get out of our house. The kids loved all of the attention and the change of things going on. I enjoyed talking to other adults and having some time to get out when Grandpa watched the kids and I ran a few errands with my mom.
A bunch of the pictures were taken on my phone- sorry about the poor quality.
We spent many days in our jammies, but not without a bow in Blair's hair. According to her, "You can still be fancy when you're sick." The picture above was the first time she walked down the stairs by herself after coming home. It amazed me how fast she regained her strength and got around normally.
We spent lots and lots of time in the bath. The kids love the bath and since we had no where to go, we could play forever.
We went to Grandpa and Grandma Davis' house when we needed to get out of our house. The kids loved all of the attention and the change of things going on. I enjoyed talking to other adults and having some time to get out when Grandpa watched the kids and I ran a few errands with my mom. Grandpa bought this new fun toy for his backyard and the kids love it. The call the backyard a park now. I think the new toy put them over the top. It is a pretty fun place for kids.
Aunt Mandy made this darling quilt for Blair. She was absolutely thrilled and it is her new favorite. She won't sleep without it. Mandy quilted it too- what an amazing aunt.
This is one of the first few days we ran a couple of errands. I told the kids to grab some shoes and get ready to go. I had to take a picture when they came out with boots that didn't go with their outfits and a few toys that they needed to make the trip to Lowe's. They surely sported this look in public too. You can wear anything to Lowe's, right?
We had some really nice weather for a few days and the kids were excited to get out of the house. We rode scooters and bikes and even went to the park for a little while. It was so great seeing Blair play outside with her toys like nothing had happened.
On the 11th, we went to Blair's second follow-up doctor appointment. They did another x-ray of her lungs and it looked great. By this day, she was almost back to 100 percent of her normal physical activity. Her running was a little crazy still, but everything else was normal. The doctor said she could go out a little more, but to be careful with school and church and other activities like that because it is still respiratory season.
My cutie pie at the doctor
Happy St. Patrick's Day. The kids were thrilled to see the treats that the leprechaun left. Unlike all the good mothers that made their kids green pancakes, eggs, muffins, or something, I let my kids eat their treats for breakfast. I think they thought it was the best day ever.
Aunt Mandy made this darling quilt for Blair. She was absolutely thrilled and it is her new favorite. She won't sleep without it. Mandy quilted it too- what an amazing aunt.
This is one of the first few days we ran a couple of errands. I told the kids to grab some shoes and get ready to go. I had to take a picture when they came out with boots that didn't go with their outfits and a few toys that they needed to make the trip to Lowe's. They surely sported this look in public too. You can wear anything to Lowe's, right?
We had some really nice weather for a few days and the kids were excited to get out of the house. We rode scooters and bikes and even went to the park for a little while. It was so great seeing Blair play outside with her toys like nothing had happened.
On the 11th, we went to Blair's second follow-up doctor appointment. They did another x-ray of her lungs and it looked great. By this day, she was almost back to 100 percent of her normal physical activity. Her running was a little crazy still, but everything else was normal. The doctor said she could go out a little more, but to be careful with school and church and other activities like that because it is still respiratory season.
My cutie pie at the doctor
Happy St. Patrick's Day. The kids were thrilled to see the treats that the leprechaun left. Unlike all the good mothers that made their kids green pancakes, eggs, muffins, or something, I let my kids eat their treats for breakfast. I think they thought it was the best day ever. This week we went to Sweet's Candy factory for the Joy School field trip, Blair has been to dancing, the kids are going to school tomorrow and we'll try primary on Sunday. Both kids are very ready to get back to their normal routines and spend time with their friends. I'm still a little paranoid, but I can't protect them from everything forever.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Our Cute Little Blair
Blair is trying to walk more and more each day. Here is a video from Saturday. She's got the whole front room of our house to practice walking with no obstacles because Spence took our furniture to stage a house we have for sale. He said it'd only be gone for a short time, but that was at the end of December...
Valentines Day
We celebrated Valentine's Day on Friday at our house. The kids were excited to make Valentines for Dad and Blair used more glue on her daddy's valentine than anyone else would use making ten. We made heart shaped rice crispy treats and had a fun night as a family. My mom's friend made these cute shirts for the kids.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Better Each Day
Blair is doing better each day. Today we had a follow up doctor appointment and everything looks pretty good for now. We have another appointment in two weeks and they'll do a last chest x-ray to make sure her lungs are looking good.
She is getting more and more confident standing and walking a little bit on her own. She can stand up for a second if she's getting off a chair or a step and she's getting better at standing up from the middle of the floor. Yesterday, she could only take one or two steps before falling, but today she's put together a few more steps a couple of times. She's doing great with sitting up and using her arms. She only had one potty accident today and I think we're going to try wearing underpants to bed tonight. She's being a pretty good sport considering everything she's gone through lately.
Our cute girl crawling around. Yes, her bangs need to be cut in a big way, but it obviously isn't on my priority list right now.
Happy to be walking
Davis wanted to show me how he walks too. He always says, "Blair can't stand much. I stand much." He is being very nice and helpful to his sister now though.
She is getting more and more confident standing and walking a little bit on her own. She can stand up for a second if she's getting off a chair or a step and she's getting better at standing up from the middle of the floor. Yesterday, she could only take one or two steps before falling, but today she's put together a few more steps a couple of times. She's doing great with sitting up and using her arms. She only had one potty accident today and I think we're going to try wearing underpants to bed tonight. She's being a pretty good sport considering everything she's gone through lately.
Our cute girl crawling around. Yes, her bangs need to be cut in a big way, but it obviously isn't on my priority list right now.
Happy to be walking
Davis wanted to show me how he walks too. He always says, "Blair can't stand much. I stand much." He is being very nice and helpful to his sister now though.Sorry the video is so shaky. I was trying to get her standing and then move back without missing anything.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
First Day Home
We had a pretty good night last night. We woke up to all of the alarms for medications and Blair took them like a champ. I've got quite the list going of what needs to happen each hour, but I don't want to miss anything that needs to be done.
I've been pretty worried about how Blair would get around at home, but she's doing better than I thought. Yesterday during her physical therapy, they worked on crawling with her. She doesn't do awesome with it because her arms are pretty weak too, but she can sure get where she wants to go by crawling. When I put her in bed at 9pm (much later than the normal 7:30pm bedtime, but earlier than her hospital bed time), she came downstairs and into the kitchen before I knew it. It turns out that she can slide down the stairs on her belly just like she did as a baby. It's a little crazy watching her get around like that, but at least she can move around the house on her own.
We were all so happy to see Davis this morning and he was thrilled to be home with us. He went right upstairs and woke Blair up when he got here. They've been playing together great all day long. I've had to have a little talk with Davis because he said, "Only babies crawl" and he told me to put her in time out when Blair had an accident, but he's understanding a little better now. We're all learning to adjust and I think things will be back to normal in a couple of weeks. Right now, we're just thankful for all the blessings we've been given lately.
I've been pretty worried about how Blair would get around at home, but she's doing better than I thought. Yesterday during her physical therapy, they worked on crawling with her. She doesn't do awesome with it because her arms are pretty weak too, but she can sure get where she wants to go by crawling. When I put her in bed at 9pm (much later than the normal 7:30pm bedtime, but earlier than her hospital bed time), she came downstairs and into the kitchen before I knew it. It turns out that she can slide down the stairs on her belly just like she did as a baby. It's a little crazy watching her get around like that, but at least she can move around the house on her own.
We were all so happy to see Davis this morning and he was thrilled to be home with us. He went right upstairs and woke Blair up when he got here. They've been playing together great all day long. I've had to have a little talk with Davis because he said, "Only babies crawl" and he told me to put her in time out when Blair had an accident, but he's understanding a little better now. We're all learning to adjust and I think things will be back to normal in a couple of weeks. Right now, we're just thankful for all the blessings we've been given lately.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Day 21: We're Headed Home
Our cute girl happy to be in her own PJs
Ready to get home
Today Spence needed to go to work so Blair and I hung out all day. It was a lot harder without Spence around because Blair doesn't like to be in her room alone even for a minute. Also, she's starting to try to move around a little more, but has no balance, so she'll sit up and try to move and about fall out of her bed. I ran downstairs for some breakfast while she was sleeping, but other than that, I didn't leave the room all day. Blair wanted her own PJs on today, so we put them on her, but she had an accident and had to go back to the hospital gown. The poor little girl is so confused from going back to a diaper for three weeks after being potty trained for so long. Also, when she was first ex-tubated, they needed her to go in her diaper and she wouldn't. She'd hold it and wanted to go potty, but she couldn't get out of bed, so we spent all day trying to convince her she should just go in her diaper. Now we're working on getting over that and back to going in the potty 100 percent of the time.
Blair is doing great with her breathing, but they're still working on weaning her medications. They did, however, decide we could finish the weaning process from home. Tonight we were able to come home. It was a little crazy today because this morning, the doctor told us to plan on going home tonight, but later tonight, she wasn't so sure anymore. I had a total meltdown. Three weeks is a long long time and Blair is doing so great with everything that it's a major job entertaining her all day in the hospital room. They have playrooms and things for the kids to do, but since she has RSV, Blair isn't allowed to leave her room. She gets pretty tired of her bed sometimes.
It was finally decided that we could go home tonight. After a bunch of packing and getting all of the orders clear from the doctor we were on our way home at 7pm. It took a long time to go over what we need to do at home because the medication schedule and amounts given change each day during the weaning process. When I stopped at the pharmacy at the hospital to pick up her medications, the person helping me jokingly said, "It must have been a big year, you've already reached your out of pocket maximum on your insurance. You don't owe anything tonight." Yeah, I'm pretty sure due to the ambulance ride, the ER in Layton, and the helicopter ride, we reached our out of pocket maximum before we even got to Primary Children's Hospital. Thank Heaven for insurance.
Blair is in bed now upstairs by our room, I've cleaned out the fridge since mostly everything had gone bad while we were gone, I've gone to the grocery store to re-stock, but I haven't put everything away from the hospital and other random things that were left out the two times we were home for a few hours. I'll work on that in the next few days.
Tonight, we've got to set an alarm for 12am, 4am, and 8am (we're on a little bit of a late schedule from the hospital) to get up and give Blair her medicine. It's a little crazy, but I'd much rather set a few alarms and deal with waking up in the night than stay in the hospital any longer.
We are home and getting settled. Grandpa Erickson will drop Davis off in the morning and it will feel so good to have all four of us together at home.
Thank you all so much for your concern, prayers, and support during this stressful time for our family. We love you all and appreciate everything you've all done. We are not, however, going to be able to have visitors at our house for the next couple of weeks. Blair is still pretty weak and needs more time to heal. Thanks for your understanding.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Day 20
Nothing really big happened today other than the fact that Blair took at real bath for the first time in what seems like forever- really only 20 days. It felt so good to have my little girl really clean. It was much faster and easier than a sponge bath and hair wash in her bed.
Last night, they decided to turn off her feeding tube for a while so that she'd be hungry enough to really eat something. After they stopped feeding her through her tube for a while, she ate a pretty good dinner at 6:30 and didn't throw anything up. The doctors still decided that they wanted to put some more food in her belly though the tube though. At 8:45, they started pumping food in her tube. About halfway through putting in the allotted amount, Blair said her belly was full and she didn't want any more food in it. The tech that was doing the feeding talked to the nurse, but the nurse said to go ahead and she'd be fine. About 3/4 of the way through it, Blair said again that she didn't want any more and her belly was too full for more. They finished the rest anyway and Blair said she didn't feel good. About a half an hour later, she threw everything up all over the place. When she was throwing up, there was so much force that her feeding tube came screaming out of her nose. That was the one part she was happy about in the whole throwing up episode. They decided to let her leave the tube out for the night and they'd make a decision about it in the morning. This morning, she's done well enough, that they didn't put it in again.
After her bath today, they also decided that she didn't need her vitals measured constantly, so they took the leads off of her chest- another cord off of her body. This afternoon, they took out her PICC line (the long IV type thing running from her elbow to the large vein going into her heart) and now all she's hooked to is the oxygen saturation monitor. She is doing awesome. She stayed high on her saturation last night and they said if she was going to have a problem, it would likely happen during the night. It feels like she's over the breathing problems.
They're working on weaning down some more of her medications and if she does well through the night and tomorrow, we could be going home tomorrow night. I think this should happen no problem. We'll see though, she's surprised us before...
Blair is doing so much better with her physical therapy. Today she will sit up on the edge of the bed herself for a pretty long time. She's still pretty shaky, so I don't let her sit there when we're not right by her, but she's holding herself up. She's also doing a little better standing and walking. She can confidently stand while holding on the bed or the chair and she's requiring a little less support while walking. It's been interesting watching her learn to use her body again. For some strange reason, when she stands, she feels like she needs to lean back really far and she's totally off balance, but she doesn't realize that. I think that with a little more time and a little less medication, she'll be getting around by herself. I'm still pretty nervous about the stairs at home though. I think she'll be sleeping upstairs in the room next to us for a while, not in the basement with her brother.
My cousin Dawn came over today and brought the kids some cute books and stayed for a great visit. She is so awesome and so thoughtful and I love anytime I get to hang out with her. It made a long, uneventful, would be boring afternoon, fun.
Blair played with toys, play dough, and read a ton of books. She loved ordering whatever she wanted to eat whenever she wanted it and getting all the juice and slushies she wanted. She also discovered chocolate pudding. She hasn't had it before, but the word 'chocolate' made her want it and she was ecstatic about it. It was pretty funny to watch.
Her voice is getting better and we can understand most of what she says when she tries to talk loud. The last few days of playing with her non-stop have been pretty fun. If only we had her brother here...
A cute girl after her real bath. She's loved playing with the stethoscope and a syringe. She's the doctor to her daddy and her stuffed animals and dolls and they need to be checked often. She also likes looking like a doctor in her special hospital clothes.
Blair and Dad enjoying some of the treats that Dawn brought us.
Last night, they decided to turn off her feeding tube for a while so that she'd be hungry enough to really eat something. After they stopped feeding her through her tube for a while, she ate a pretty good dinner at 6:30 and didn't throw anything up. The doctors still decided that they wanted to put some more food in her belly though the tube though. At 8:45, they started pumping food in her tube. About halfway through putting in the allotted amount, Blair said her belly was full and she didn't want any more food in it. The tech that was doing the feeding talked to the nurse, but the nurse said to go ahead and she'd be fine. About 3/4 of the way through it, Blair said again that she didn't want any more and her belly was too full for more. They finished the rest anyway and Blair said she didn't feel good. About a half an hour later, she threw everything up all over the place. When she was throwing up, there was so much force that her feeding tube came screaming out of her nose. That was the one part she was happy about in the whole throwing up episode. They decided to let her leave the tube out for the night and they'd make a decision about it in the morning. This morning, she's done well enough, that they didn't put it in again.
After her bath today, they also decided that she didn't need her vitals measured constantly, so they took the leads off of her chest- another cord off of her body. This afternoon, they took out her PICC line (the long IV type thing running from her elbow to the large vein going into her heart) and now all she's hooked to is the oxygen saturation monitor. She is doing awesome. She stayed high on her saturation last night and they said if she was going to have a problem, it would likely happen during the night. It feels like she's over the breathing problems.
They're working on weaning down some more of her medications and if she does well through the night and tomorrow, we could be going home tomorrow night. I think this should happen no problem. We'll see though, she's surprised us before...
Blair is doing so much better with her physical therapy. Today she will sit up on the edge of the bed herself for a pretty long time. She's still pretty shaky, so I don't let her sit there when we're not right by her, but she's holding herself up. She's also doing a little better standing and walking. She can confidently stand while holding on the bed or the chair and she's requiring a little less support while walking. It's been interesting watching her learn to use her body again. For some strange reason, when she stands, she feels like she needs to lean back really far and she's totally off balance, but she doesn't realize that. I think that with a little more time and a little less medication, she'll be getting around by herself. I'm still pretty nervous about the stairs at home though. I think she'll be sleeping upstairs in the room next to us for a while, not in the basement with her brother.
My cousin Dawn came over today and brought the kids some cute books and stayed for a great visit. She is so awesome and so thoughtful and I love anytime I get to hang out with her. It made a long, uneventful, would be boring afternoon, fun.
Blair played with toys, play dough, and read a ton of books. She loved ordering whatever she wanted to eat whenever she wanted it and getting all the juice and slushies she wanted. She also discovered chocolate pudding. She hasn't had it before, but the word 'chocolate' made her want it and she was ecstatic about it. It was pretty funny to watch.
Her voice is getting better and we can understand most of what she says when she tries to talk loud. The last few days of playing with her non-stop have been pretty fun. If only we had her brother here...
A cute girl after her real bath. She's loved playing with the stethoscope and a syringe. She's the doctor to her daddy and her stuffed animals and dolls and they need to be checked often. She also likes looking like a doctor in her special hospital clothes.
Blair and Dad enjoying some of the treats that Dawn brought us. Sunday, February 20, 2011
Day 18 & 19: We're Moving On Up
Yesterday morning, Blair was having a hard time. She had woken up before we got back to her room and she was upset that we weren't there. When we came in her room at 7:15am, she reached out to give me a hug and said, "I want to stay with you all day today. Don't go ANYWHERE!" Since then, we've been taking turns going downstairs to eat so one of us was always with her. Last night, she refused to go to sleep unless we were sleeping in her room, so we scooted her over and I slept next to her and Spence slept in the fold-down chair. She must be feeling much better because she moved enough to kick me in the side the whole night. She did wake up a few times and was happy we were there.
All day yesterday she played and was a pretty happy little girl. Her diet was upgraded to soft foods, and she was pretty glad to get some applesauce. She did great with the applesauce and a few bites of banana at mid-morning, but she had a few bites of mashed potatoes and part of a roll last night and it all came right back up. This morning she ate some more applesauce and some yogurt and she's done fine.
Yesterday afternoon, they turned off the last of her medications that were on constant drips. She's done pretty well and only had withdrawal symptoms for a little while last night- sweating and fever. Now they're working on weaning her off the drugs that help her get off the drips. She has to be mostly off all of these before they'll send her home.
This morning, they had the doctors from the Children's Medical Unit come and check Blair to make sure they were comfortable with her moving out of the ICU. She's now moved to the third floor Children's Medical Unit room 3045. She's watching movies and eating her root beer slushie and happy as can be. Since she's come upstairs, they've turned off her oxygen totally and she's still got a high oxygen saturation level. Her nasal cannula is still sitting right by her bed in case she desaturates and needs oxygen fast.
When the doctor was in talking to us this afternoon, she said she thought we could go home as soon as Tuesday, but it may be Wednesday. We're hoping for sooner rather than later, but we want to make sure she's totally ready before we take her home.
Cuddling Dad and Mom after a sad morning
Blair has a room service menu that we order her meals from. This was her first meal in almost three weeks. When they brought her food in, she was thrilled. She looked right at Spence and said, "Are you so jealous, Dad?" We both cracked up.
Our clean little girl after a bath- I can't wait until I can just throw her in the tub again. Baths in the bed are such a pain.
Before we moved rooms, she was checking out all of the posters and cards people have sent her. They were a little hard to see when they were on her wall.
Dinner on the way in...
Practicing standing up with Dad
Happily settled in a new room watching Cinderella
All day yesterday she played and was a pretty happy little girl. Her diet was upgraded to soft foods, and she was pretty glad to get some applesauce. She did great with the applesauce and a few bites of banana at mid-morning, but she had a few bites of mashed potatoes and part of a roll last night and it all came right back up. This morning she ate some more applesauce and some yogurt and she's done fine.
Yesterday afternoon, they turned off the last of her medications that were on constant drips. She's done pretty well and only had withdrawal symptoms for a little while last night- sweating and fever. Now they're working on weaning her off the drugs that help her get off the drips. She has to be mostly off all of these before they'll send her home.
This morning, they had the doctors from the Children's Medical Unit come and check Blair to make sure they were comfortable with her moving out of the ICU. She's now moved to the third floor Children's Medical Unit room 3045. She's watching movies and eating her root beer slushie and happy as can be. Since she's come upstairs, they've turned off her oxygen totally and she's still got a high oxygen saturation level. Her nasal cannula is still sitting right by her bed in case she desaturates and needs oxygen fast.
When the doctor was in talking to us this afternoon, she said she thought we could go home as soon as Tuesday, but it may be Wednesday. We're hoping for sooner rather than later, but we want to make sure she's totally ready before we take her home.
Cuddling Dad and Mom after a sad morning
Blair has a room service menu that we order her meals from. This was her first meal in almost three weeks. When they brought her food in, she was thrilled. She looked right at Spence and said, "Are you so jealous, Dad?" We both cracked up. 
Our clean little girl after a bath- I can't wait until I can just throw her in the tub again. Baths in the bed are such a pain.
Before we moved rooms, she was checking out all of the posters and cards people have sent her. They were a little hard to see when they were on her wall.
Dinner on the way in...
Practicing standing up with Dad
Happily settled in a new room watching Cinderella
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