One Year Ago...

At this time one year ago Caydence got her trach and G-tube. The decision to move forward with the tracheostomy was the hardest decision we had to make throughout the whole hospital stay. It was extremely scary sending her in for that procedure "knowing" how it would effect the next couple years of our lives. We thought we had a good perception of how things would be having an infant with a trach and on a ventilator, but we really had no idea how things would be. It's been a whole year now since we started this journey and I'd have to say its a lot different then we thought. It is still very difficult dealing with all the day to day duties we have to do to keep Caydence as healthy as possible and to keep her moving forward developmentally. This little girl surprises me so much with all she can do. She really doesn't let anything hold her back. Next month will be one year since we brought her home from the hospital. We were told before leaving that babies like Caydence will most likely be in and out of the hospital constantly for infections and other things, so when we got home we set a goal that we would make it at least one year without having to be readmitted to the hospital, we've made it this far and I'm confident we will make it to our year mark next month. 

Here are some pictures from last year after her trach and g-tube surgery.

This was the first time we saw her complete face with nothing on it. Beautiful!!  

Look at those cheeks!

And this is her today!! :)