Power Outage, Battery Update, Reflux, and More

Yesterday we had a short loss of power around 1:30pm. It lasted only about 3-4 minutes. Pat Gamble, Connie Carr, and Karen did a great job of getting Peggy on the external battery right away. They were just about to get the generator going to plug in her bed, yankaur, etc. when the power came back on. We were lucky - Hanna said the power was out for an hour at Queen Emma's.

So this brought to our attention that the external battery didn't seem to be fully charged. Not sure why. Please be sure to recharge the battery after using it. And remember that now we have a new type of charger. We no longer have to remove the cover of the battery which will prevent damage to the wiring which indeed seemed to be the problem.

I talked to Nancy from Respiratory and she said she would bring our spare battery last night, but she did not. Hopefully it will arrive today. She told me that she got all the wiring fixed on a bunch of cases. I asked her to price out another type of battery for us. This type of battery would possibly last us 24 hours. But it is more expensive and very large. We'll keep you posted.

Another reminder - Please remember to sit Peggy up in the bed when she is hooked up to the feeding tube. When she is hooked up and reclined she gets reflux.

I left the house in the early afternoon yesterday since I'm feeling a little under the weather. But Eric brought Sawyer back to his mom's house to see a very special visitor - his Godmother! It has been 10 years since she was here last.

Peggy is planning to do Nose Painting with Marvel tomorrow afternoon. I have scheduled Marvel to stay for an extra 4 hours after her morning 10-2 shift so that she and Peggy can focus on painting. Lolo will be coming in from 4pm to 10pm to overlap/relieve Marvel.

And FYI - Peggy has decided not to go to the HCA party on Saturday.

Also - if you're wondering what all the crap - oops - I mean "super special project" is in Peggy's room, she is working on going through all her Christmas decorations before they go back up to the attic.

One more cute thing - Sawyer loves Peggy's spellboard. He always tries to attack it and grab it when we're spelling. So Peggy had the great idea of making a mini one for him! So we made one out of and 8x10 mat! It is the perfect size and he LOVES it! You have to seem him with it - it is so adorable!