Yesterday, Wren and I enjoyed watching diggers doing demolition at Nathan Hale High School in Meadowbrook. I used the little movie clips and iMovie to make little show with Wren. Please enjoy:
Showing posts with label toddler. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toddler. Show all posts
Friday, September 11, 2009
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Cheerful Morning
Morning Pictures
Wren is feeling cheerful this morning and I am feeling a bit rested too after 7 hours sleep. We remain in the 3-West intensive care where Wren is the least intensive but most conversational patient.
Before breakfast we looked at photos of home and played with the breast pump parts that are no longer needed. Wren is not sure whether the pump attachment is a trumpet or a toe-parasol. Here is is trying it out and reading pictures.
He is hooting "Mummy...Wren.... EAT.... egg... num-num" telling me about his breakfast.
Unfortunately, my 8 course breakfast of french toast with syrup and yoghurt and orange juice AND milk and cheerios (which would have kept all of us fed all morning) was lost in the transfer and we have the BASIC breakfast of unsalted scrambled egg with marshmallow-like white bread and petrochemical margarine. It is not going to get me down because Wren had a good night and only 20ml of chest-tube output in 24 hours.
We hope to lose the tube today and I will talk about the IV. The IV is is last remaining peripheral tube and its causing problems. Its leaking a serosanguinous mixture [that's our word-of-the-day Tam] fluid onto the "big bandaid" arm splint. If we leave the splint off it is even worse because his movement at the elbow occludes the line and causes backflow and leaking.
We will either remove or clean it today.
We have also been told that his sternal incision will be undressed today (uncovered) for better healing and observation.
Joshua is having a shower and will cycle over here in a little while.
Wren is feeling cheerful this morning and I am feeling a bit rested too after 7 hours sleep. We remain in the 3-West intensive care where Wren is the least intensive but most conversational patient.
Before breakfast we looked at photos of home and played with the breast pump parts that are no longer needed. Wren is not sure whether the pump attachment is a trumpet or a toe-parasol. Here is is trying it out and reading pictures.
He is hooting "Mummy...Wren.... EAT.... egg... num-num" telling me about his breakfast.
Unfortunately, my 8 course breakfast of french toast with syrup and yoghurt and orange juice AND milk and cheerios (which would have kept all of us fed all morning) was lost in the transfer and we have the BASIC breakfast of unsalted scrambled egg with marshmallow-like white bread and petrochemical margarine. It is not going to get me down because Wren had a good night and only 20ml of chest-tube output in 24 hours.
We hope to lose the tube today and I will talk about the IV. The IV is is last remaining peripheral tube and its causing problems. Its leaking a serosanguinous mixture [that's our word-of-the-day Tam] fluid onto the "big bandaid" arm splint. If we leave the splint off it is even worse because his movement at the elbow occludes the line and causes backflow and leaking.
We will either remove or clean it today.
We have also been told that his sternal incision will be undressed today (uncovered) for better healing and observation.
Joshua is having a shower and will cycle over here in a little while.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
3-West!
Wren has been prepared for transfer to 3-West. I left at 2pm to change shifts with Joshua and we received word that he will be transferred at 2.30pm. They are moving a patient from the critical-care hub of the CVICU into our spot and a new post-operative patient is coming into the unit.
Our room has already changed a lot today. The two older kids with pulmonary valve replacements were discharged. Not just to the floor, but home! Wren was third in line for the Ward but because they were discharged he got to go early.
We are very excited but now have to take a greater responsibility for his moment-to-moment care and will sleep in the room with him.
While I was there over lunch he had his central line removed and his dressing changed. The incision looks excellent. He now has only his chest tube, left arm IV and the pacer wires which stick out of his chest in an alarming way. Frost's friend Dylan would find it fascinating because they look just like wires to plug into something (which they are, kind of). They are there for "an emergency" and will be one of the last things to be removed.
Pictures
Here is Wren having his echo done yesterday. He was very good and watched a video about animals which included the fascinating fact that sloths can swim. We saw a segment of swimming sloths in a swamp. Its enough to take your mind off things.
Here is Wren this afternoon, shortly before central line removal. The central line goes into his neck and you can see the little white disc covering it. You can also see his "big bandaid" - the blue splint - which stops him bending his arm and occluding the IV. He is playing on the telphone, calling Ky-ky and saying "ello" in a singsong voice.
Our room has already changed a lot today. The two older kids with pulmonary valve replacements were discharged. Not just to the floor, but home! Wren was third in line for the Ward but because they were discharged he got to go early.
We are very excited but now have to take a greater responsibility for his moment-to-moment care and will sleep in the room with him.
While I was there over lunch he had his central line removed and his dressing changed. The incision looks excellent. He now has only his chest tube, left arm IV and the pacer wires which stick out of his chest in an alarming way. Frost's friend Dylan would find it fascinating because they look just like wires to plug into something (which they are, kind of). They are there for "an emergency" and will be one of the last things to be removed.
Pictures
Here is Wren having his echo done yesterday. He was very good and watched a video about animals which included the fascinating fact that sloths can swim. We saw a segment of swimming sloths in a swamp. Its enough to take your mind off things.
Here is Wren this afternoon, shortly before central line removal. The central line goes into his neck and you can see the little white disc covering it. You can also see his "big bandaid" - the blue splint - which stops him bending his arm and occluding the IV. He is playing on the telphone, calling Ky-ky and saying "ello" in a singsong voice.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Wren likes painting (and Frost does too)
This morning I brought out the paints and let Wren have a go. Last time I tried he was not keen on the mess. However, today he was very happy and I have some lovely pictures of him painting and (shock, horror) FINGER painting. Again, he used to be very opposed to the idea of finger painting because it got his hands dirty.
As Frost played with painting, I was a bit alarmed to discover that he did not know what colors were created by mixing. He had no idea that blue and yellow make green [was he only doing scrounge art?] or that red and yellow make orange, so we spent some time experimenting. This started because he told me that "blue and black never make other colors when mixed with anything". That was quickly disproved. He also seemed to expect any pair of colors to make brown and was pleasantly surprised at the range of colors beside brown which resulted from our three primaries and green.
More color theory shall be forthcoming!
As Frost played with painting, I was a bit alarmed to discover that he did not know what colors were created by mixing. He had no idea that blue and yellow make green [was he only doing scrounge art?] or that red and yellow make orange, so we spent some time experimenting. This started because he told me that "blue and black never make other colors when mixed with anything". That was quickly disproved. He also seemed to expect any pair of colors to make brown and was pleasantly surprised at the range of colors beside brown which resulted from our three primaries and green.
More color theory shall be forthcoming!
Friday, August 22, 2008
Wren's Olympics
I am not sure whether Wren has been influenced by gymnastics on TV or he just enjoys the sensation of hanging, but he has been very keen on the high bar the past few days.
It started by him hanging on the handles of the minivan while he waited to get in. After that he started to hang off the kitchen table, the island and to try to hang up on chairs.
Eventually I balanced the broom handle across the kitchen counters and Wren loves to go "on two three GO" and swing on the broom. It really looks like a toddler high bar routine.
Here is a little movie of Wren doing high bar this evening after Joshua arrived home. He says "boy hang, boy hang, BOY" at the end, a few times. You also get to see him touch his nose as he says "1-2-3-GO." We don't know why he does this but he does it every time.
It started by him hanging on the handles of the minivan while he waited to get in. After that he started to hang off the kitchen table, the island and to try to hang up on chairs.
Eventually I balanced the broom handle across the kitchen counters and Wren loves to go "on two three GO" and swing on the broom. It really looks like a toddler high bar routine.
Here is a little movie of Wren doing high bar this evening after Joshua arrived home. He says "boy hang, boy hang, BOY" at the end, a few times. You also get to see him touch his nose as he says "1-2-3-GO." We don't know why he does this but he does it every time.
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