Kaylia slept in this morning ... and in the confusion that created, she missed her morning medications. By midday she was highly anxious and climbing the wall! It clearly showed that she needs the drugs! 15 minutes after being dosed she was back to her normal self.
We're now having some playtime at HJs and there's a very noisy group of kids. She's coping well.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
#283 Friday 10 June
Progress! Since the op I've been 'sleeping' (ha ha) in a separate room ... things have now improved to the point that I was able to sleep in the proper bed last night.
Strange though .... at the same time Kaylia had great trouble settling to sleep last night ..... she was singing & dancing till 10pm .... I think. I was so out to it I'm not sure!
Evening
We've all had a good day I think. Kaylia has had playground time ... I've been getting on top of all the paperwork that had piled up while I've been crook ... and Naomi's been buying furniture for the villa! A satisfying day all round.
For the record .... this is a photo of the incision in my wrist ... 10cm long. All the swelling is gone and it's much more comfortable than when the previous photo was taken the day after surgery.
Strange though .... at the same time Kaylia had great trouble settling to sleep last night ..... she was singing & dancing till 10pm .... I think. I was so out to it I'm not sure!
Evening
We've all had a good day I think. Kaylia has had playground time ... I've been getting on top of all the paperwork that had piled up while I've been crook ... and Naomi's been buying furniture for the villa! A satisfying day all round.
For the record .... this is a photo of the incision in my wrist ... 10cm long. All the swelling is gone and it's much more comfortable than when the previous photo was taken the day after surgery.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
#282 Thursday 9 June
It's bed-time and boy do I need it! I've worked a full day today ... the first day the operation. I did it .... but it's taken it out of me and I'm stuffed.
At this time of the evening Kaylia is usually snuggling ing bed but tonight she's full of beans .... she has gathered us up in bed .... and then gone downstairs herself! She's singing and dancing. At this rate she'll wear herself out and sleep well.
Our life totally revolves around work and Kaylia these days ..... no space for anything else!
By the way .... welcome to Vida .... follower #13.
At this time of the evening Kaylia is usually snuggling ing bed but tonight she's full of beans .... she has gathered us up in bed .... and then gone downstairs herself! She's singing and dancing. At this rate she'll wear herself out and sleep well.
Our life totally revolves around work and Kaylia these days ..... no space for anything else!
By the way .... welcome to Vida .... follower #13.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
#281 Wednesday 8 June
No drugs again last night and I handled it much better. Stitches out today. Things usually go better then. Fingers crossed.
Kaylia is being a gem at present .... she is nearly always well behaved. The nagging is a problem but I think she understands that and she is trying to do better.
We are so fortunate that we have Kaylia now (in this day & age) .... and we have some understanding of how to manage her. We can hope that she will have something approaching a normal life .... in the bad old days she would have been in a 'home' .... remember those times? Shut them away and forget them! So sad!
Kaylia is being a gem at present .... she is nearly always well behaved. The nagging is a problem but I think she understands that and she is trying to do better.
We are so fortunate that we have Kaylia now (in this day & age) .... and we have some understanding of how to manage her. We can hope that she will have something approaching a normal life .... in the bad old days she would have been in a 'home' .... remember those times? Shut them away and forget them! So sad!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
#280 Tuesday 7 June
Before this wrist saga began I had ideas that it would be like a broken arm ... you see people back at work the next day almost - with a bit of inconvenience and not much more. Instead it has laid me low for 2 weeks now. If I weren't so debilitated, I'd be amazed. Last night I got through the night without pain-killers for the first time .... I didn't sleep till 2am but I did it! The Kaylia woke at 3am and was very noisy till it was time to get up. So I didn't sleep much at all!
Today I'm having to recover from the night! Then this afternoon, Kaylia will have her first therapy session with her new therapist. Since it's been a 6 month break from therapy, it may be hard to get her back into the groove.
Evening: Therapy went very well .... she just slipped back into the groove. Even having a new therapist didn't put her off. Well done Kaylia!
Today I'm having to recover from the night! Then this afternoon, Kaylia will have her first therapy session with her new therapist. Since it's been a 6 month break from therapy, it may be hard to get her back into the groove.
Evening: Therapy went very well .... she just slipped back into the groove. Even having a new therapist didn't put her off. Well done Kaylia!
Monday, June 6, 2011
#279 Monday 6 June
11:30am All's well .... sort of .... Naomi & Kaylia are off swimming. Kaylia is still 'nagging' for things she wants .... but we have a distraction strategy which seems to be working well. When she nags, we warn her and if she then continues, we sing "Bob the builder" song ... this tells her that we are not going to listen to nagging. She understands and is exasperated at first ... then she treats it as a joke & joins in! If the distraction doesn't work and she goes on nagging, then it is time-out. But so far, the distraction often works.
We topped up the ball-pit with some more balls yesterday .... she loves it. Since it is in her room, it's at a comfortable temperature and she can spend lots of time 'swimming' in the balls. She likes to get right under them .... I hope that when she is able to talk to us, she will still remember what it is that she likes about it so she can tell us.
We topped up the ball-pit with some more balls yesterday .... she loves it. Since it is in her room, it's at a comfortable temperature and she can spend lots of time 'swimming' in the balls. She likes to get right under them .... I hope that when she is able to talk to us, she will still remember what it is that she likes about it so she can tell us.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
#278 Sunday 5 June
It's been a good night .... Kaylia has slept well. When I took her for her midnight loo stop, she was fast asleep on the loo! Now at 8:30, she is in her "ball-pit" .... she sounds very happy!
Wrist Record: The pain is not high but has changed nature ... initially it was muscles & tendons .... then as they recovered, the joint itself took over .... now the joint is not painful (provided it isn't moved of course) but there is a swelling underneath the joint and a deep ache under the wrist. Not a high pain level ... the sort of ache that has you wanting to groan in response. This is likely to be the body protesting at having 'fill up' the space left where the scaphoid used to be. I took a Big-O at midnight so I slept well .... I may have to take another today to cope with the ache. I'll leave it till after I've tackled the laptop.
The laptop is not showing signs of life after being doused .... this morning I'll put the drive into an external case so I can access the data (which hasn't been backed up since before I went into hospital!)
Today: Probably a mummy/daughter time at the swimming pool in the morning ....then to the shops for some more balls .... then we'll try finding the new play place with the ball-pit in the afternoon.
Yesterday, Kaylia, Sally & I did the circuit round the Mundaring Weir to Kalamunda and home via the Zig-Zag road. Something about it reminded me of a facet of our aupair strategy .... I've saiid this before .... the aupairs are like sprinters .... able to do magnificent things for the short time they're with us .... and we are the marathon runners .... we can't do the magnificent things but we have been doing our thing for a long time now .... and we have an even longer time ahead of us!
(Happy noises from the next room ... she likes the balls!)
Wrist Record: The pain is not high but has changed nature ... initially it was muscles & tendons .... then as they recovered, the joint itself took over .... now the joint is not painful (provided it isn't moved of course) but there is a swelling underneath the joint and a deep ache under the wrist. Not a high pain level ... the sort of ache that has you wanting to groan in response. This is likely to be the body protesting at having 'fill up' the space left where the scaphoid used to be. I took a Big-O at midnight so I slept well .... I may have to take another today to cope with the ache. I'll leave it till after I've tackled the laptop.
The laptop is not showing signs of life after being doused .... this morning I'll put the drive into an external case so I can access the data (which hasn't been backed up since before I went into hospital!)
Today: Probably a mummy/daughter time at the swimming pool in the morning ....then to the shops for some more balls .... then we'll try finding the new play place with the ball-pit in the afternoon.
Yesterday, Kaylia, Sally & I did the circuit round the Mundaring Weir to Kalamunda and home via the Zig-Zag road. Something about it reminded me of a facet of our aupair strategy .... I've saiid this before .... the aupairs are like sprinters .... able to do magnificent things for the short time they're with us .... and we are the marathon runners .... we can't do the magnificent things but we have been doing our thing for a long time now .... and we have an even longer time ahead of us!
(Happy noises from the next room ... she likes the balls!)
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