Gracie has come down with some nasty virus. On Monday night she hardly slept at all as she was coughing all night long and it was hard body wracking coughs, where she had problems catching her breath. I felt so bad for her. I ended up keeping her home from school and daycare on Tuesday and giving her some good old fashioned TLC. She needed it. She would go play for a bit, then she would come and snuggle with me, then go play for a bit again and then it was snuggle time again. She was in a good mood throughout and wanted to be happy, but you could just tell she felt miserable.
In the afternoon she took a 2-1/2 hour nap and woke up a new child, then she wanted a bath. That is always good therapy for her too. She didn't want much to eat for supper, but had eaten a good lunch, and seemed to have more energy. She had a really good night sleep and only woke for 30 minutes with coughing at around 2:45 a.m. She awoke with a smile this morning...a very good sign.
Now for Gracie's exciting accomplishment...puzzles are not Gracie's strength. We have some wooden big piece puzzles, but Gracie has never been able to put a piece of the puzzle in on her own and she gets very frustrated with it, even when we try to help her. We have a puzzle with all animals and when you put them in, the puzzle makes whatever sound the animal does. Last night she put every piece in by herself and told us what each animal was. Jeff and I were both amazed. There was some celebrating at our house last night. Gracie will do what Gracie will do when Gracie is ready to do it! We were so proud.
Tomorrow we increase her seizure meds as she has reached 55 lbs. I'm happy to say we are just being proactive and have not seen any seizure breakthrough. YAY!!!!
Hope you are staying healthy!
Love,
Lisa, Jeff, and Gracie
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