Chloe and Dana spent the night at Good Sam\u2019s last night for the second part of the sleep study to determine the course of action for Chloe\u2019s central sleep apnea. The night before she went 40+ seconds without breathing and scared the nurse to the point she almost bagged her. She was starting to turn blue and wasn\u2019t rousing so it\u2019s time to figure out what to do. Up until that night things were not enough to get excited about. <\/p>\n
When we got to the hospital last night the tech that was to do the test seemed like a pretty good guy. However, there was one point that he stormed into the room and accused Dana of waking Chloe. It was a trying moment but I guess he realized his actions later and tried to smooth things over. It was a little late for Dana by then. Neither one of them slept, as was evident with them coming home and crashing for five hours.<\/p>\n
School starts on Tuesday and you wouldn\u2019t believe how hard Chloe is working to get herself in shape to look \u201cnormal.\u201d She is trying to excess as her butt found the floor once and really surprised her. Thankfully she didn\u2019t get hurt although it was a pretty good drop; Too quick for anyone to have stopped it.<\/p>\n
We are waiting for Jeremy to arrive. He\u2019ll be spending the night before heading back home to Canada. He\u2019s good energy around everyone so it will be nice to see him. <\/p>\n
The swallowing hasn\u2019t changed any, although she is doing a lot of taste testing and trying small swallows. I\u2019d love to have a switch to turn that valve back open but I guess we just have to continue to be patient. The speech therapist still says he is confident she will swallow again. <\/p>\n
Dana takes two days a week to be the night nurse but when she got sick on Monday I had a turn. I\u2019m really glad she didn\u2019t just push through it, as she would normally do. She needed the night off! Far too often she lets things fall on her back that don\u2019t need to be there. She can\u2019t be the problem solver for every situation that comes up. There are other hands available and other solutions. She, rightfully so, does what is ultimately best for Chloe though. <\/p>\n
Dana had a job interview the other day, at Doernbecher Hospital, in the rehab department. Now I ask you, who would be a better fit in that position? I know, rhetorical question at best. And I\u2019m off to an interview on Thursday for an online newspaper. Maybe we\u2019ll both have an income soon. Then it will be high tech juggling. <\/p>\n
A continued thanks to our food helpers. Tim and Kathleen, Barb and Karen have been amazing. They have certainly learned the benefits of giving of themselves. Without them we\u2019d survive, but we can actually have some living moments with them in our world.<\/p>\n
Be well,
\nRon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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