Gook and sleep

Hannah has been really congested for the past few days to the point where she has been throwing up at least once a day or so.  Today was three times.

But it is not normal throw up, as it is only mucousy stuff.  Basically because she either coughs out and swallows the gook she brings up (like how we cough and swallow), it seems to be backing up in her stomach to the point where she can’t control it any more.   Each time we try to suction her, barely anything comes back because she is so good at controlling it herself.

We are pretty sure it is not another trachiitis infection because everything is coming back clear and just a bit white.  Nothing yellow or green or dusky.

The Zyrtec Hannah’s pulmonologist recommended has definitely been working to control it in the evenings, and she rarely is junky at night anymore.  This is because her Zyrtec dose was 2.5 mL at nighttime.  Tomorrow, we are going to start doubling her dose – 2.5 mL in the morning and evening.  Hopefully, hopefully this will help control her secretions better during the day by drying them up a bit more.

She has also been sleeping a lot during the past few days.  I hope it is related to her feeling congested and junky.  Today, she napped from 8:30 am until 10:00 am and 1:00 pm until 4:oo pm!  She just crashed for the night just now at 9:30 pm.

I took this video the other night after Ethan and Abigail were already asleep.  Hannah was beyond exhausted and, like true Hannah fashion, she fought sleep as long as she could. She thought it was so hysterical when I kept telling her to go to sleep. She was completely giddy at that point. Because of her trach she has a silent laugh until the point where she is laughing so hard you can hear some sound sneak through!