Mickey's Home

          Mickey came home this afternoon!  The entire place was so excited.   I was in the middle of helping prepare for the party this afternoon when Gertrude called to see whether I could go to the hospital to pick him up when she returned.  Of course I said "yes."

          As soon as Gertrude unloaded the truck, Gabriel, Brilner, and I climbed in and headed downtown to General Hospital.  Mickey was all ready when we arrived.  The doctor gave me the last of his medicine--an IM drug that needs to be administered once a day.  I should only have to give it to him tomorrow because then Suse, Gertrude's sister, will be back.  She's a nurse, so I'm hoping that she can take over giving him the injections.  

          Mickey was pretty tired when we got back, so he took a nap right away.  He got up for supper and sat outside with the other kids for about 1 1/2 hours before he needed to go to bed.  Mickey's a picky eater, but he loved the strawberry yogurt and asked for two more containers!  Our goal is to get as much protein into him as possible.  Yogurt, eggs, Pediasure, protein shakes.  Anything that tastes good that has lots of protein.  

          I was feeling pretty confident until I had to change the regulator from the small tank to the large oxygen tank.  I couldn't get a tight seal on the new tank, and I had a moment of panic thinking that we'd made a mistake in bringing him home.  But, I asked Brinel for help.  I showed him what he needed to do, and he was able to get a tight seal.  I just wasn't strong enough to get it tight enough.  So, all is good for tonight.  

Backpack Art

Keloke and his suncatcher.

Christella

Oriol, singer and turor

Keloke as a cat in the play

Kethia as a butterfly in the play

          The party for Sherry's birthday went . . . . I could say it went "well," but that would be stretching it.  The kids were great.  The adults, not so much.  My friend Oriol who agreed to lead the singing showed up at 3:30 instead of 2:00.  The nannies wouldn't stop talking during the kids's play.  And the high school kids who were supposed to be helping were pretty much taking the food and eating it.  Next time, more kids and fewer older people!  

          Tomorrow after church Marg, Emily, and I are going to go out to lunch.  We're going to take a Tap Tap so that I can learn how the system works.  That way, I won't always have to depend on Gertrude's driver to take me places--I'll have a bit more independence!