Things will get back to normal, as normal as our lives ever can be. But for right now, we are living in a temporary normal. We get up. I change Carlee and her bandages, haul her and her swing downstairs. Replace her bag and hook her back up to her feed. Then I try to clean up what the goblins have destroyed in the middle of the night. I'm not sure what happens, the kids are asleep, but somehow the house gets destroyed at night. Shane is off to camp this week, so there goes my real helper. Catch up on laundry. Life seems a bit easier, which is weird, Carlee can't move around a lot right now, she's mostly in her swing or being held. I don't have to feed her, so that's a bit more free time. But it's weird, it's like things are easier, but more hectic. There are more things to keep track of. She can't have much by mouth, everything has to be by syringe, and measured carefully. People have brought us dinners, so that's been really helpful, no cooking! At nap we haul everything back upstairs and after nap back down, and back up for bed. If nothing else, I should be a little stronger after this. She goes back to the doctor's on Monday, hopefully they'll clear her for walking around. The site is really sensitive right now, if something were to happen it's a whole other surgery. After it's all healed, it's not as serious. So we're just being really careful right now.She's actually doing a lot better than I thought. Not being allowed to have her cup, I thought would be horrible for her. She's quite happy to get her juice by syringe, but she's not angry about not having her cup. I'll be happy when she's back in her crib, but until that site heals, there's no way. She is actually sleeping better in the swing than in her crib, of course that may be the pain meds talking.
Tomorrow will be our first test, leaving the house. I have a sitter, so it'll just be me and Carlee, but that's for the best. We'll get to try out her backpack hook up. Also, her machine beeps. Loudly. I wanted to name it so I could yell at it. It's name is Grover. :)
