Last night was Abigail's first night with her brace.
She was supposed to wear it for one hour last night, two hours tonight, and then straight through the whole night this Wednesday, tomorrow night.
Honestly, I'm not sure how she'll make it through on Wednesday. Here is how just the 1 hour went last night:
10:00 getting in bed and strapping it in just like she practiced earlier that day in the office. Happy, smiling, thinking almost that this is no big deal
10:20 still 'arranging it' and trying so hard to get it doable. (which never happened)
10:30 lights were out and we told her she could take it off in an hour or just leave it on if she fell asleep.
10:30-11:30 Scott and I waited up for the hour just listening.
Silence - that's good.
10:50 moaning, king of her being annoyed I could tell
10:55 we heard her whispering, "alexa, what time is it?"
11:00 Five minutes later, "alexa, what time is it?"
And then that repeated over an over until at
11:30 we went in, told her it had been an hour and she ripped that thing off.
Today was no school and she slept until 9:30.
Tonight is two hours on and she has to get up at 6:15 am.
So there we go.
Today we started this book.
I read chapter one. Honestly, the description of how the mom felt in the doctor's office when they told her daughter she needed to wear a brace was accurate.
Please keep sleeping for Abigail in your prayers.
Grateful for:
- no school today so she could sleep in
- her {mostly} positive attitude
- that she {only} has to wear it at night and not during the day
- for being her mama
Tara, I love that you use books to help your kids through/with difficult moments. Fiction is so powerful, isn't it? I hope Abigail will get used to sleeping with her brace after a little while. Wishing you all the best.
ReplyDeleteThis is a tough thing to go through. Stay encouraging even when you are so frustrated for Abigail. It seems like a long journey, but set up short term goals. And take naps in the weekend! Hang in there.
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