Saturday Update

Believe it or not, at the moment, both girls are sleeping quietly. Not sure how long it will actually last, but thankful for the time anyway.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. Mommy and the girls hung out at home while Daddy worked (Suit and tie and to the courthouse). Other than Dad's trip out in the morning, we pretty much hung out at home. Mom's cousin Heather and her family came out for dinner and we ordered Pizza (thanks again to a gift certificate). It was good to see them and spend some time visiting. Kelbe and Morgan helped by playing with the girls while the adults visited.

When I went to put Rebekah to bed, I noticed that Rebekah's dressing around her central line was coming off and the "tubes" were not looped up like they should be. So I called for Daddy to help with a dressing change. Rebekah does not care for the dressing changes, but it really needed to be done. The dressing was coming undone enough that it was no longer sterile, the tubes no longer had any protection against pulling (ie. the loop) and I wanted to see the site to make sure that everything looked just fine (which it did). While we were taking care of the dressing change, our guests were tidying up for us - clearing the table, etc... Thanks!

The girls slept pretty well last night. I'm having some trouble sleeping and not exactly sure why - different noises, worried about the girls, the allergies or cold that I'm dealing with, stress, who knows...

Daddy was up early this morning trying to do some "urgent" work. After a bite of breakfast, the girls and I headed in to the outlet mall where we met up with Ashley (who is here helping us out again today - yipee) and did a little shopping. We did find a few things - a nutritional supplement to help with Rebekah's mouth sores, some flannel two piece jammies for Rebekah (the footie jammies don't work well right now because she needs to be connected to her nutrition over night) and some slippers for Rebekah (she had outgrown her last pair and you can't buy slippers during the summer-uugh!). This time, I bought her current size and the next size.

Then we came back to the house and got some lunch, put the girls down for naps and worked on a little laundry. It has been a lazy couple of days. At least, I'm feeling a little lazy. I haven't had much energy to do much of anything, so I guess it is ok to be lazy once in a while. Sarah got a bath and is back down for another nap (her first one wasn't very long). So we are getting some things accomplished. Ashley has been a great help! Her help makes it possible for me to get some things done and not have to worry about the girls.

Tonight we will be going to Ashley's house and having dinner with her family and then tomorrow we will be heading for home and getting ready to be back in the hospital Monday morning.