Ped follow up and an attempt at introspection.

Y'all are going to jump ship due to my lack of pictures. What can I say? I've been a little busy and I am not about to photograph a poopy diaper or my kiddo screaming as she got 5 vaccinations today. I do believe she called that medical assistant something ugly. It was too organized to only be babble ;0)

Her respiratory issues are much improved as are her ears. Hooray! We will continue the antibiotics and the inhaled meds for 10-14 days and, hopefully, be able to bid adieu to that chapter of the homecoming. Unfortunately, we need more bloodwork on Friday due to a need to evaluate some abnormals further. I'm not expecting any dire news so we'll just see what the week brings. We return in 6 weeks for pediatric follow-up.

In the meantime, it is the pediatric ophthalmologist, pediatric dentist and early intervention up next. Good thing I was fortunate enough to have some time off because little Wing is a full-time job plus right now.

Sleep was better last night. The occasional orphanage scream and right back to sleep was it. Tonight I gave her ibuprofen because of all the vaccinations today. Hopefully it keeps her comfy. We just had one screaming episode but that was instigated by a need to poop and being a bit constipated. We are still finding the groove right for her. We birthed a poopy and it was right back to bed where she was asleep in seconds. (Never in my life did I think I would ever type that sentence.) Even at her worst with sleep, which I thought was horrid, it could have been so much worse and I am thankful she is seeming to adjust without too many hitches.

I love seeing the Wing's personality continue to bloom as she feels better, adjusts to the time changes and the culture shock. I am getting those smiles and giggles now with much more ease. There is still guard but it is far, far different. As well, she LOVES the cats. This was not mutual at first but now they quite well dig her back when she spits or drops her food on the floor.

Day by day we are growing in our comfort as a family. It feels good to know that inside. The first couple nights home were so very hard that I really wondered if I was going to feel okay about it all, if I was really up to it. Already, that feeling has dissipated and it is so much easier to be there with my all when I let go of those concerns. I don't know exactly when it was but something just clicked in these past days and it is no longer a 'me' totally apart in consideration from a 'you'. It is 'me and you' together. I'm thinking far less of what I cannot do that I could have by myself and far more of all the new avenues of the things we can do together. It's very different but it IS all good. It just took me a little time to wrap myself around that. Of course, I've known intellectually for years how different it would be. Still, that matters little until one really experiences the changes. Reading about it or seeing it and doing it are two totally different animals.

I'm looking forward to new discoveries, growing and changing with every day.....and I don't just mean for my daughter.