Journal entry by Barbara Bradley — Jun 21, 2015

Yesterday-
Not much sleep for the girls last night. Katie went from agitated and in pain to falling asleep only to be interrupted a dozen times. After all that she didn’t want to sleep. She insisted on asking to ride her bike “bike out, peeeez!” I tried to sleep next to her but she’d point at me with her tiny hands and yell “3,2,1….wake up time, mommy!” “M-o-y…mommy!”

I tried to sleep separately from her and she would take off her chest leads and make the monitor beep. Uuuugh, she can pester the spots off a dog.

I then tried to sleep with her and she would just whine.

Her left eye is swollen shut and she isn’t keen on sitting up but she ate and drank today more than she has. OT and PT came by today and she wasn’t too keen on that either. But later in the evening we managed to get her sitting up in a wheelchair and wheeled her around the floor. It was short lived but brightened her spirits.

Billy stayed with her last night and she is staring to get back on a sleep schedule.

The drain was clamped shut yesterday morning. After a quick CT at noon the drain was removed. This didn’t go as well as we had hoped but it’s done. She is over being messed with. She cried for an hour. Billy and Katie are both sleeping in recovery of that procedure. It isn’t supposed to hurt actually but the hole and flap are supposed to close on their own. Katie was so upset she kept causing her pressure to increase and the fluid to keep rising. This makes it painful. She finally calmed down so hoping the flap closes and all is well.

Her surgeon came by and is pleased with Katie’s recovery. We hope to bust out of this joint soon. “Bye bye Duke!”

Nathan told me last night at the hotel, (He stayed with me while I did laundry cuz I was chicken to stay by myself) he knew everything would be ok but he was glad to hear Katie speak because then he knew she was still his sister. *sigh*

Thank you prayer warriors.