Patience is a Virtue

Found rarely in humans, and never in a duck. We grew up quoting that line...it's from a Looney Tunes show.

I am evidently a duck. I want Dakin to be fully over this cold and back to his old self. BUT:

Fact: It takes people a while to get over being sick
Fact: Dakin has a neuromuscular disease with major respiratory involvement
Fact: It's a little harder for those with the aforementioned disease to recover as quickly.

SO: hurry up and wait. But I hate waiting.

ANYWAY. For your reading pleasure, a Conversations with Dakin piece:

Dakin: (Upon overhearing me say that night nurse Denise might need to suction him when he got in bed) No eeuh (that is Dakinese for suction)! No eeuh Dakin! No eeuh Daddy. No eeuh Mommy. No eeuh Denise. No eeuh car game. No eeuh car.

He agreed to let me suction his light stick, but then reneged.

Blah

Well, 2011 so far has been...suck.

Dakin is still sick--no fevers but a TON of chest secretions that just. won't. come. out. We have managed to keep it in his upper lungs instead of it solidifying in the lower parts. Thank goodness for that.

I have now inherited the sickness, though. Gaaah. It's not too bad, but I can see why Dakin is miserable without Tylenol or Motrin--headache headache headache.

I am going to bed.

One Last Post

For 2010 anyway.

What a year this has been. So much has happened...so much I dreamed of for Dakin. Visiting amazing places, acheiving amazing things. All in all, I can sum it up in a single sentence: in 2010 Dakin thrived. And I can't ask for more than that.

I hope you all have a blessed and wonderful New Year! And thank you all for your well wishes. I am now not sure if this is a cold or some kind of sinus issue, but he is doing better today, and I thank you!

A First

I do believe we are in the throes of our very first cold. Don't ask me how it snuck in...I have no idea. You would think the entire germ universe would know about me by now and run the other way when I approach...evidently not this one. Brave, he is.

Ah well. It was bound to happen sometime. I can't keep Dakin wrapped in a bubble forever.

Anyhoo, it's just a lot of lung secretions and dribbly nose and fever for now. Any well wishes or thoughts on our behalf to whatever part of the universe you worship or don't would be appreciated...I am really hoping to keep this out of his chest.

Volcano Nose and Christmas Weekend

First off, we had a wonderful Christmas. Nice and quiet, just like I like it. Dakin got a lot of wonderful gifts: a pet puppy (the kind that looks like it's sleeping--it breathes even!) that Dakin named "Question Mark" and will deign to brush occasionally, some play-doh stuff, a rotating light lamp from his girlfriend in Utah, DVDs from his aunt, a mini globe, a carousel music box (he loves merry-go-rounds), beautiful pillowcases from his great-grandma, some neat projector flashlights, 2 cars and lots more. I think, though, the most exciting one is the one Nana got for him (and he doesn't even know what it is yet!!): tickets for us to see the Imagination Movers in concert, and to attend the meet-and-greet following the concert! That will be awesome...more to come on that.

Now for Volcano Nose. I don't think he's fighting off a cold because he hasn't had a fever, but boy howdy, the secretions have been non-stop. He's never been junky like this--even to his nose dripping. Of course, the nose dripping is a great source of amusement to him, and he has dubbed his snotty nose "volcano nose". He enjoys trying to make it erupt too--he laughs so hard when he blows his nose and gets snot out. Hilarious, right? Yeah.

Anyhoo, it was a wonderful weekend. We hope everyone had an equally wonderful one!!

Although It's Been Said Many Times, Many Ways...

"May Kibby" to you.

(**notes: you might be wondering if Dakin is wearing what appears to be a tank top in the dead of winter...well, he is. It's his spinal jacket undershirt and it's really warm. :) Also, Big Jet is the bad-guy character on Little Einsteins and Dakin's newest obsession, in case you were wondering.**)

Merry Christmas Eve!

Just some random Christmas pics...here is Dakin 'helping' me make marshmallows for Christmas gifts: Powdered sugar on the head and nose...

And our yearly tradition, Santaland! This year we waited way. too. long. to go, and were thusly in a car line for TWO HOURS. Fortunately, the little one was in an exceptional mood the entire time and seemed to enjoy watching all the cars. We got him a 'glowy stick' from one of the roadside vendors and he just loved that. I think the part he loved best was making it turn off. We would hand it to him and he would tap it on the back of the seat in front of him to turn it off, at which point he would laugh like it was the funniest thing ever. One time it didn't turn off quickly enough, so he kept tapping it and (in frustration) finally said, "OK! Broken!" (because he wanted it to be 'broken'. Ha!) He also learned the expression 'bull honky!' from when a car cut in front of us. He repeated that quite happily for some time thereafter.