The learning process

Hi everyone,

Yesterday (Monday) was a big day with firsts for all of us. For Michel and me, it was our first trach change. We have to take Peter's trach tube out and put a new one in every two weeks. As IKEA furniture assembly instructions used to say, you have to be two people for that. One person takes the old trach out and the other slips the new one in, lickety split! It was easier than we thought it would be, and Peter did not get upset. Our trach instructor was there with us, which gave our confidence a boost.

Later that day, Peter had his first close encounter with a bottle. The occupational therapist introduced him to a bottle filled with his special non-fat milk. We have been practicing sucking with him all along, but learning how to suck and swallow is a whole new thing. He practiced again today and is beginning to get the hang of it. Soon we look forward to being able to bottle-feed Peter ourselves!

Daniel spent the day with his friend Arielle. On the way home afterwards, he said he wanted to marry her. We said he had to wait till he finished school, but after that it would be fine with us.