Post Post Operation
The last two days have been hard on Miss Hannah. Which in turn has made it hard on Gabriel. Hannah has not liked how raw her throat has been feeling. She tried to breath out of her neck. I kept reminding her she has not had a trach in a year. I reminded her she needs to use her nose and mouth. So a great deal of the day involved comforting her. Gabriel was on his second day off from school. He has had all these plans, but all he keeps hearing from me is: “That sounds great! I just can't do that right now.”
When I took moments to give Gabriel attention,Hannah flared out in a painful coughing fit that usually needed some g-tube venting, saline nebulize treatments, orajel and cuddling. Gabriel tried to stay upbeat and be more independent. I felt proud and tried to stifle my frustration when he pulled the DVD Movie case from a high shelf and spilled its contents all over the floor. I had to run and intercept him when he tried to pull his own toast out of the toaster oven. I got him an oven mit. In the end, of course, he did a great job.
He really is a great big brother and son.
Mom
