{"id":11378,"date":"2013-09-30T22:50:55","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T05:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/?p=11378"},"modified":"2013-09-30T22:50:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T05:50:55","slug":"year-2-week-49-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2013\/09\/30\/year-2-week-49-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 2 – Week 49 – Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today started with a visit to Brendan’s pulmonologist. Trevor stayed home and “helped” Daddy work while I took Brendan myself. Having him facing forward in the car helps, and I put him on Trevor’s side so that I could see him easily and reach him if I stopped the car.
\nWe even did an experiment and took the smallest stroller. Brendan travels so much lighter now!
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He is dialing Daddy to give him the update after his appointment
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“Hi Daddy. Checkup good, no changes. Ventilator at night all winter to give me strength to fight off germs. Try to keep capping, work toward getting oxygen off all day. Doc says my last chest xray is improved and I look good!”
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He tried to fall asleep on me on the way home
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This is the last day of the month, so our new tradition is to bake something. Tonight we made some Oatmeal Scotchies. Trevor is a huge helper, he packed the brown sugar for me.
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He kept telling me it was “dirt” and poking his fingers in to it!
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Brendan was eager to learn how Trevor helps to clean up
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He has to learn by doing
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Here’s a long montage of some of the silliness
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