Friday & Saturday

Sorry no blog on Friday - I fell asleep with Gracie when I was putting her to bed. It was an exhausting day that started out with her refusal to swallow her food again. The very food that contained her seizure meds. She was fine after that little battle was over and had a good day at daycare. Jeff picked her up late afternoon and headed to the clinic for Gracie's OT appointment. I met them there. She has such a great time there, she loves all of the clinical assistants, but has a major attachment to Rachel. Rachel always takes the time to take her for walks and they get chased by another clinical assistant, Jan. It is just a riot to watch and Gracie just giggles and giggles.

Gracie was pretty unmotivated during OT. She did everything asked of her, but was not interested for long. She seemed tired and we noticed that she has been drooling a lot more the last couple of days. I'm not quite sure what that means. When we got home she was in a very unhappy mood and we could not get her out of it. She once again took her meds in her mouth but would not swallow them. Come to find out she was over hungry and when she gets to that point she gets so upset that she doesn't even realize what the problem is. Once we finally got supper in her, she also took her meds. The rest of the night she was in a great mood. It was like someone turned a switch.

Today, Saturday, was a great day, other than the fact that she had another of her nasty bloody noses and awoke with blood everywhere. Once we got her cleaned up, all was well. She was agreeable, happy, and so full of words and understanding. She awoke at 7:00 a.m. and we had a lazy morning. We all sat down to cinnamon rolls for breakfast and Gracie took her meds with no problem at all. She had a ton of fun in the bathtub and after lunch and nap, Aunt Sheila came over. Gracie was full of snuggles for her and had a great time playing with her.

Gracie seemed very tired this afternoon and evening, but was in a very good mood and was playful and happy. She was so fun to be around. She fell asleep very quickly tonight. I think we wore her out.

Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie