Oct. 15th, 2014 was the last time our Bella got to be outside, outside a hospital room to be exact. Since then she has been on protective isolation and yesterday we got a half hour of heaven outside in the sunshine.
Be prepared for some amazingly cute Bella Bombs!
Since being on isolation to protect Bella, even going down a floor to a clinic for any pre BMT work up was tricky. We are obviously not aloud to walk her around anywhere in public. So twice since October she has needed to go outside her hospital room and to do that they use an isolet. She absolutely loves these trips and she received so many smiles, and "awwws" from all the people in the hallway.
When our doctor saw how much of a joy this was for Bella she wanted us to take advantage of the beautiful weather and allow Bella to get some fresh air outside where there are no bugs. So we jumped on that chance yesterday and Bella loved every minute.
We put a mask on her to walk down the short hallway in the unit, to the back door that only unit 1 nursing staff go through.
From there we got to explore in the little garden/walking path area outside Bella's room, her bunnies home! We looked for the bunnies, but they weren't around today. Lyle took her for some fun scoots in the highchair, and then we walked around exploring trees, bushes, rocks and more.
It was, shall we say, 'A breath of fresh air' to see the joy on her face.
Today was the second ride in an isolet down to the dental clinic. Bella had her first dental visit today and her 5 teeth look beautiful. Her gums and teeth are very clean and healthy. Mainly due to the fact we have not been allowed to feed her and therefore her gums and teeth have not been exposed to much. None the less she has a super healthy mouth!
So great to see this! It looks like she loved her time outside! Fantastic!
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