Thankfully the last couple of days have been pretty uneventful around here. :) Rebekah is completely enjoying being at home with her brothers and just being a toddler! Aaron and Caleb and Rebekah painted pet rocks on Friday. Rebekah's rock was red. The rock wasn't the only thing that was red!! :) It is so much fun to see Rebekah feeling well enough to do projects with her brothers!
Rebekah has continued to have periods of coughing and choking over the last several days. She has done well with thickened liquids, and the coughing doesn't seem to be during meals or when she is drinking liquids. For a while, the coughing was mainly during the night and in the mornings when Rebekah first woke up. However, now she is coughing when she cries, and off and on during the day. I think we are headed to see the pediatrician in the morning to see what might be going on. I'm hoping that this is not the result of an episode of aspiration sometime before we started using the thickener in Rebekah's drinks.
Friday night I had the pleasure of meeting with a group of heart moms from our local area. Three hours flew by so quickly! It was so encouraging to spend time talking with other moms whose children struggle with some of the same things that Rebekah does. It was definitely worth the drive to get there!
While I was gone Friday night, Drew and the boys got out our Twister game. The boys had so much fun playing. I'm amazed at how twisted they were! :)
Saturday was Aaron's birthday, so of course we had to make a birthday cake! This little girl hasn't been into the chocolate at all, has she?! :) I love how innocent she looks - Who, me?! She took great pleasure in sneaking her little finger into the frosting when she thought I wasn't looking. In spite of her help, I thought Aaron's Angry Birds cake turned out pretty cute.
Our little Aaron-bear turned six years old this year. Wow! It's hard to believe our little peanut is this big. He is such a good helper and adores his little sister. We are so thankful he's a part of our family!!
This morning Rebekah had her vision check-up. We are very blessed to have a pediatric ophthalmologist less than twenty minutes from us. He was very pleased with Rebekah's eyes. Her ptosis seemed a little better to him today, so we are grateful for that. We will continue to see the eye doctor every six months indefinitely to continue to make sure that Rebekah's vision is not changing or worsening.
No, no, not another picture! :) Well, okay, maybe just one picture. You can really see Rebekah's black eye now. Hopefully it will start to fade in another couple of days.
Rebekah has been cleared by her cardiologist to resume therapy whenever we feel she is ready to start. Rebekah's awesome EI will be coming to visit on Friday, and we will set up PT to start probably next week. I'm just a little hesitant to push Rebekah too far, especially when she is having the choking and coughing. We'll see what tomorrow's doctor's visit brings.
I love Rebekah's beautiful outfit here. Strawberry shortcake scarf, hat and Great-Grammy's mittens. Rebekah asks to put them on and then takes them off about 3,286 times each day. I'm glad she loves all of her girly accessories! :)
No autographs, please! :)
I'll hopefully update sometime tomorrow after we find out what the doctor says. Pray that it's nothing serious and Rebekah will be feeling better soon!
Nancy
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praying. love you little one!!
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