Day 46 - Sunday January 29, 2012I

I'm pretty sure I didn't mention this yet--so, when the doctor removed the trach Steph wanted to get a picture for Bridgett so she could see what it looked like (later on of course) but they put the dressing on so quickly she didn't get one.  I said, it's OK we'll get one tomorrow when they do trach care.  So, the NEXT DAY when they cleaned the site, Steph and I had gone home for the night.  We asked Mark to get a picture and guess what--the hole already closed in one day!  CRAZY!  I mentioned that to several of the therapists, and the CNA's and they all said that sometimes it takes weeks for the site to heal and they've never seen one heal that fast.  So, Bridgett's body is trying to mend quickly! The hole is closed and it should just take a few days to heal up completely.  Today we went to church again, only this time Arrianne and Stephany joined us.  It was really nice.  I told the branch president before the meeting that hopefully Bridgett would remember to whisper and not disrupt the meeting. He said, she's doing so great.  None of us will mind at all.  I think there were over 40 people there today.  Bridgett sang along with the prelude music and all the hymns, by memory.  She whispered although her whisper is now louder.  Hopefully we didn't disturb anyone.  It was a nice day.  We had a few family visitors.  By evening Bridgett was very tired.  One more Sunday in rehab and only nine total days left if everything goes according to plan!  By the way, they are putting topical antibiotic on the peg and it is looking better.  Oh, Penny told me that Bridgett will learn everything again, but it will be days not months to learn compared to when she was a baby.  So, yesterday's new experience--learning how to blow her nose.  Remember trying to teach your little ones about that!  But, by today she was making feeble attempts at it.  When we played on the therapists ipad today, she got over half of the answers right compared to none last weekend.  Yeah!