Day 12? Making Good Progress

I am so sorry to not post any updates in over a week!  We flew home from Cincinnati last Monday night and I went back to work Tuesday morning (while Fred became nurse and teacher at home!).

I have been wanting to do an update ever since we got home.  Faith had a MAJOR MILESTONE that night.  For those of you who saw my update on Facebook, this won't be news, but for the rest of you, I have to tell you about it!

Fred and I were saying goodnight to Faith and she started laughing about something (I don't remember what) and all of the sudden I noticed her nostrils flaring just a tiny bit as she was laughing.  I realized she was exhaling through her nose!  So I got her to do it again, but first I covered her trach completely and said breathe through your nose.  I'm not sure whether she breathed in through her nose or mouth but I had my finger just below her nose and she exhaled this big puff of air on my finger and I just was so stunned!  This is the first time in her life to be able to pass air through her nose!  And after just 5 days of turning her distraction pins!   It is so exciting to think she will suddenly be able to truly smell, what a new world that will open up to her!

I've been wanting to capture a video of it ever since, but I just haven't had time.  I did though get a short video of her playing a game of Trouble with all of us, she has been playing this game about 10 times a day and wins most of the time!!

Also, we have been receiving some really wonderful videos from Faith's class.  These have been so sweet to watch.  Faith sometimes doesn't want to look at the videos,  I think it makes her miss her friends.  But she is warming up to it and tomorrow her teachers are coming to visit!!  I will try very hard to at least get a picture of her with all of them!

Here is today's morning news from Faith's class:

We are working on scheduling an X-ray appointment for Faith this week so we can send Dr. Gordon an update and make sure everything is still progressing well.  I will try to post some pics of her progress very soon, but I'm just too tired tonight and need to go to bed.

More soon!
Robin