Half A Year

It’s been a great week and a half! We’ve hit a lot of milestones too. First, we passed the half a year mark since Hana was first admitted to the hospital (this time around). Hana turned 21-months. I celebrated a birthday too.

Unfortunately, Paul was pretty sick most of last week and kept himself and his germs away and at home. We really missed him a lot but we tried to make the best of it too by doing a lot of activities. It was hard and I had a lot of tension headaches, but Hana and I had a lot of fun. 

Hana is still climbing a lot but now she is better at it and I don’t worry quite as much. She has also climbed most things in the room and has moved on to identifying letters and numbers (no, this does not mean she is a genius, she’s just watched a lot of YouTube cartoons!)

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We continue to go to the music concerts on the adult side of the hospital. Hana loved dancing to the Latin jazz!

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We had a very special treat in that Poppy came for a short visit. Hana had the delight of feeding her treats!

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We are trying to get better at habitual hand washing but Hana turned it into a bath!

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Below is Hana saying some letters and numbers.

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This is what happens (many times a day) when Hana kinks her Berlin Heart pump.

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This week Hana’s been throwing up more. I hope she is not getting sick! We are grateful that she has been doing so well. Not everyone is as fortunate and it makes our hearts ache for them. In a lot of ways things are easier here than at home – I don’t have to get up to start feeds in the middle of the night, turn off feeds, give late night meds, wash as many bottles, I don’t wash syringes or draw up meds, I don’t fortify milk or mix formula, there’s no running to the pharmacy or lots of appointments, I don’t order medical supplies, I don’t have to do laundry other than our clothes, I can’t cook dinner or walk Poppy. Ok, the last two I wish were different. Another thing, there is always someone around to help when you need an extra set of hands! We are grateful!
188 days in the hospital, 170 days post-Berlin Heart, 162 days on the transplant list.