Gracie had an extremely restless night last night as a head and chest cold has set in. She didn't need to eat as often through the night (only every 3 hours) but was stuffed up and kept coughing. We'll need to keep a close eye on her cold, as immunities are compromised when on steroids, so something as small as a cold could turn into something much worse. We had hoped to take her out in her new sled tomorrow, but I think that will have to wait a bit longer.
Gracie's tummy was bothering her again today. With the extra added weight, I think it puts pressure on her stomach. Today she sat up after drinking a bottle and threw it all up. Yet, she eats like we never feed her. It's hard to know when to limit her food intake, we do pretty good at making sure snacks are small and nutritious, but at mealtime it's hard to limit her. However, we must or she would eat herself sick. At first she stuffs it in her mouth by the hand fulls, then slows down a bit.
Gracie took a 2-1/2 hour nap this afternoon. She wanted to be held for a good part of the afternoon, but did play a bit and thought it was hilarious when she pushed her V-tech walking toy over, on purpose. I'm amazed at her strength.
Music seems to be Gracie's great soother. She was restless this afternoon, so I turned on the CMT music award reruns and she sat on my lap watching the performances. She rarely just sits on someone's lap and is content. We also listened to a couple of CD's and danced, that is usually a hit. We got great giggles when I sang how "Gracie and Mommy are buddies!" A made up song that Auntie Sheila used to sing to her kiddos.
She is now sleeping, but is again quite restless. Once again we are ecstatic to say...no spasms today...this is day #17! Wendy...no coincidence, we have waited upon the Lord and he has answered our prayers.
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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