Brinley has quite the set of exercises to do every time she’s awake. It’s all I can do to keep her awake long enough to do all of them. As a matter of fact today she actually started falling asleep towards the end. We had been working for a little over an hour [...]
I hate physical therapy!!
Eye Surgery
Today Brinley had her eye surgery to correct her cross eyes. Actually what she had is called esotropia, which is when the eyes point in towards the nose. This morning we headed out around 6:30 to get her to the hospital. She was so happy and content before surgery. On her way back, however, we [...]
Brinley’s Health Updates
I’m sure many of you know the ongoing health problems Brinley has been dealing with. I thought I’d update you on the latest developments. Let’s break this down to one category at a time.
Eyes– Brinley has her right eye patched for 3 hours a day. We’re trying to get her left eye working [...]
Tracy’s Wedding, Memorial Day, and More
Despite my lack of blogging lately a lot has been happening in our lives. First, and probably the biggest news Tracy and Kevin were married this past weekend (June 5th). We all made a trip down to Laguna Beach for a fun beach wedding. I have never been to California before so I loved this [...]
Sleep Study Results
We received Brinley’s sleep study results yesterday. And in the doctor’s words Brinley is, “consistent with severe obstructive sleep apnea and moderate hypoxemia.” Looks like Brinley will be on oxygen when she sleeps, but I haven’t heard from her ear, nose, and throat doctor yet so we’ll see what he says. The sleep [...]
Visiting the Class and Updates on Brinley
Yesterday Brinley and I had a big day. We went to visit my class for their field trip at the park. Brinley was very good during this trip. She slept all the way there and then laughed and smiled at the kids the whole time. Even though they were surrounding her [...]
Sleep Study
Aaron mentioned that Sunday night Brinley and I went to have a sleep study done on her. We started by getting locked outside of a deserted parking lot right around dusk for a good 20 minutes. Then the process of attaching all of the sensors to Brinley began. She was intrigued by [...]
Blog Updates
Hey everyone. Remember me? Yeah, I’m still here. I took a bit of a break in the middle of transitioning our blog to its new style, but now we’re back in business and I think it’s all systems go. I’ve added a link to our photos, fixed a few design issues, and hooked up a [...]
Aye aye matey!
Brinley has had crossed eyes since she was born. We thought they would correct themselves but apparently not. She has to wear a band-aid patch everyday for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, she’s going to need surgery around 6 months to correct the problem. I think she makes a dang cute pirate.
Brinley also hates to [...]
Mean Mom
This weekend I noticed that Brinley’s fingernails are getting so long that she scratched a sore on her nose. I decided to cut them so she wouldn’t hurt herself. I’ve done this several times and I get nervous every time. I had her thumb held down pretty well and just as I pressed down to [...]