Halloween



Sunny finished up her course of IV antibiotics and was cleared for takeoff. This round was much simpler than our first and we got to leave in our own car, together as a family. 

Thankfully, this week too was simple. We have a nice little break before her outpatient appointments start back up again, which has been nice to get ourselves resituated. It's SO nice to be home and even though we're exhausted, we're so grateful. 

Sunny has been back to her normal self. Her in-home nurse has commented several times on how much better she seems. She was pretty sleepy the first couple of days home, but she's having some more awake days lately and that's fun. 

We had our initial evaluation with Early Intervention on Thursday, and we're so excited to continue her PT workouts with them. Our first goal is helping her neck strength. It's definitely gotten better - even in the last month, but she's still needing a lot of support throughout her whole body. I'm excited for us and for her. 


Prayer requests:

- general health for the Good household 

- finding the right fit for our in-home nursing positions.


Happy Halloween!! I just woke up from my nap in attempts to recover from night shift duty, but we're gonna try to get her in something:)


Love,

Chris, Alyssa & Sunny

Waiting for the OK to go home

🫐

First time exiting via the Atrium and front lobby elevators.

Home♥️

Going to church!

Fine until music started. I thought it was too loud but even the lobby wasn't cutting it....

But once I changed the poopy diaper she was trying to tell me about, she zonked out on the lobby sofa.

Sister naps

Night shift is cute


Walks on these beautiful fall days

nite nite


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