Good Night...

Does anyone else's Grandmother say, "good night a livin'?" Mine does and it cracks me up! What in the world does that mean? Anyways, our family had a good night. Darrell had gone home last night to see the little ones and catch up on sleep and tonight I got to do the same -although I haven't made it to bed just yet. I have sort of a caffeine high maybe more like a Judd and Caroline high. It was so great to hug and kiss on them and hear their silly laughs. They are doing great and have been so well loved on by family and friends that they may ask Grace to go back to the hospital more often!

Grace and Darrell also had a good night. She got to be on Radio Lollipop at the hospital. She won a coloring contest and so they announced her name over the radio and she is as proud as if she had won a Grammy! This morning she delayed her plans of doing all the things she had promised yesterday but by the end of the day - she came through and she got it done! Medically speaking she is doing amazingly well. The verdict on to what degree the surgery improved her speech is still out. We are beginning to notice changes already but the next few months and year will reveal the full benefits. All good stuff. I will try to give more detail on the procedure they did and why it was necessary in a post soon.

She is definitely more herself, playing and interacting. She was still fighting and protesting meds and trach care during the day but Darrell said she did well tonight. My prayer all day has been that we could get just one good experience to grow on with trach care and it sounds like tonight may have been just that! She gets so worked up about it that it becomes 20x's more traumatic than it should be. If she could just see it is easier when she cooperates our jobs would be so much easier. A pretty general parenting concept, I suppose!

There is a lot to do in prepartion for us coming home according to the hospital. They have to be sure we have the medical equipment for the trach, the supplies and also nursing services arranged before we can be released. D and I also have to pass our classes on trach CPR (which I hope to never use) and trach care. That one includes learning how to take it out and put a new one in - yikes! I fear this could be yet another fainting opportunity for me! D and I will be competing for teacher's pet so class should be fun!

Good Night a Livin', I just saw the clock! My concept of time is horrible! Tommorow is almost today - so good night and good day until next time! Bridget