21/12/2007

Hi all,
A very delayed post here I think. Lots has happened unfortunatley Abi's bad luck hasn't really changed she is still poorly has now lost quite a bit of weight and is really not herself just sleeping on and off all day.
It was her party for her 2nd Birthday today I can't believe it has been 2 years since I started this blog and my little bundle of joy came into the world!
Abi did attend her party perked up for a little bit but spent alot of it watching havng cuddles Ed seemed to enjoy himself though (it was at the wacky warehouse!!) When it came to blowing out her candles she wasnt too sure so I had to blow them out so now we need to get practising before sunday!
I have lots of photos to upload up here will try get it done over the next few days.
Marjolein came for the week at the beginning of december we had a lovely time very tiring! (those new lungs have definately given her a new lease of life!!)
We also now have our gorgeous chocolate lab puppy pippa who is keeping us very busy!
I hope you are all ready for Christmas I unfortunatley am not and am going into town with my star of a cousin tomorrow for lunch and to get the last bits.
Sending lots of love to you all x x x x

20/11/2007 One thing after another

It really is one bug after another for poor little Abi this winter. Abi now has croup and a chest infection so is on Steroids and anti biotics with raging temperatures and really struggling to breathe having coughing fits all day and night, none of us are getting alot of sleep including Abi as soon as she doses of she wakes up coughing again poor little thing is exhausted.

05/11/2007- a weekend away

I apologise for the lack of blogginess but I'm back now and have had a gorgeous weekend away. Julia took Abi and I away for the weekend to her parents house for the weekend, we've had a lovely time and been thoroughly spoilt. It was so nice to be away and not thinking every two mins oh I must do this and that. Abi loved having all the attention. Unfortunately Ed couldn't come as he works on Sunday. He really missed us and came in from work today with a huge gorgeous bunch of flowers for me :) I really am so lucky!
We're all settled back now and I didn't have too many emails to get through :) I'm getting much stronger and have more energy now just need to build my appetite back up.
I hope everyone is ok of course i've added I few photos of the weekend for you too see it was GORGEOUS!!!

17-10-2007

I'm sorry for the lack of bloggingness but for once I do have a good excuse!!

On Thursday night I was sat watching tv relaxing when I had excrutiating pains in my side under my ribs on right hand side which took my breath away. My immediate thought was that I had a collapsed lung and was rushed into hospital. Luckily it wasn't but not so lucky I have a gall bladder infection and possible stones!

I was admitted to a surgical ward put on a drip anti biotics and morphine Iv and told they couldn't opperate to remove the gall bladder straight away as the infection was so bad it could cause sepsis! great!!

Anyway i'm home now on oral antbiotics and strong painkillers (not quite like morphine though which completely knocked me out!!) and have to wait for infection to calm down and then go back to have my opperation to have my gall bladder out!

I'm just glad to be home now it was the most awful experience and i missed abi so much!

Hope this finds everyone well and I will keep you updated when I'm awake as when I eat it agrivates it and also not eating makes me very weak and just want to sleep!

A couple of hospital pics!!

Abi playing on daddies shoulders
Mummy and Abi having a cuddle the day I came home waiting for my drugs to come up very bored!!

Abi's rash on her face and neck after eating mango! So now thats apricot, plum and mango she can't eat!

A few kitten pics update

11-10-2007

Thurday lunchtime we went out to lunch with my good friend Tracey and her mum my "Aunty" Den. We went to Harvester it was lovely to see them and Abi enjoyed the attention!

She seems much better in herself just tires easily but I can understand that it has really taken it out of her! Anyway you'll see why this is a back dated post in my next post!

10-10-07

A cheeky little monkey sat watching mummy in the kitchen

Isis playing with her kittens

One little one venturing out!

A little kitten trying to find its mum

The view from my kitchen sink its so pretty with all the autumn colours :)

A quick update to say we couldn't get in a drs this morning was emergnacies only! Have updated a few photos for Becky of the kittens they have started to venture out of the box today and then cry their eyes out and get their mum to put them back in again.

Abi had Eleanor round to play for an hour today first time since before she was poorly after 40 mins she cried her eyes out asking to get into her bed! Bless it wore her out so much! As you can probably see she is still really pale.

Mum rang today from south africa - she did the most amazing thing today bottle fed a lion in a reserve! They are having an amazing time - abi was very confused once she'd spoken to mum as she thought she was back.

Got dinner on now ed due in any min so must dash.

09-10-2007

Abi and Aunty Alice at Pizza Hut
Daddy anf Edwin moving the sofa we borrowed while ours was being cleaned

Abi in her pushchair wearing last years coat as she doesnt grow!

One of the kittens once it'd had its flea treetment (was not impressed!)

Abi asleep in her big girl bed (we changed her cotbed from a cot to a bed as it was killing me getting her in and out all night while she has been unwell) - the bed guard we brought didnt fit so used the chair up against it to stop her falling out!

A nice one of Alice and Abi

Alice Rich (Alices boyfriend) and abi

A skinny abi doing some colouring in the kitchen

A quick update with some photos that explain the last few days. Abi now has energy for a few hours but is sleeping every 2 hours for 2 hours during the day and then a good 15 hours at night she is so exhausted and lost so much weight its horrible but positive that she is better than she was she finished her anti biotics yesterday and is going to see the dr again tomorrow to see what the plan is he wanted to see her 48 hours after she came off anti biotics so i'll let you know.

I took mum and steve to gatwick last night and stopped of at bluewater on the way back for a spot of shopping without abi it was really weird shopping without a pushchair - i brought abi a different side to her bed to stop her falling out and a certain person who reads this blog birthday present so wont tell you what that is!!

I'll update tomorrow once i've been back to dr

07-10-2007

Ooohhh a new colour get me!!!

Sat here lonley tonight as Ed is out at a Harry Hill gig! I'm sat with my feet up watching x-factor I've not got any ironing to do as I did that all yesterday Abi was in bed by 5.30pm and Ed did all the washing up from the roast dinner!! So i'm preety lost - always wanted it and now I want something to do lol! I even ironed my bed linen (now thats desperate!)

Mum and steve are off on their hunnymoon tomorrow to south africa for 2 weeks i'm taking them to the airport at 3pm. Going to really miss her and I think Abi will too!!

Abi seemed slightly better again today ate some dry cherios for breakfast 3 small mouthfuls of sandwich for lunch and 3/4 of a small portion of roast dinner for dinner - the most in over 2 weeks!

Isis and the kittens are doing well - they have been wormed and treated against fleas now and are growing fast!

Abi meant to have her swimming lesson tomorrow but she won't be going so will actually have a Monday mornin to myself for a change :) before I have to drive to Gatwick and back of course.

06/10/2007

Thank-you all so much for your kind messages. Poor little angel really has had a rough ride the last few weeks. I think the infection is finally shifting she keeps coughing and being sick mostly phelgm (only way she can really shift it I think as she cant cough it up) her temps are still coming and going but certainly much less.
We had an interesting 29 hours when the whole of our road had no power!!! With a poorly soldier that just wanted to watch barney on the sofa this proved rather tricky!!
I've just done 2 hours ironing so am all upto date now so thought i'd update you lovely lot!
It was so lovely today to see Abi actually eat something as she's gotten rather skinny the last few weeks even though there wasnt really anything for her to loose!
Hope this finds you all well. Off to do an online grocery shop now for all the fridge and freezer food we lost during the powercut!!

01/10/2007

A quick blog just to let you all know Abi was really poorly this morning with temp of 40.3 and hard to wake again so took her straight to dr - she has a chest and an ear infection so is now on yet another course of antibiotics. I really hope she picks up soon. Thanks for all your kinds messages and emails they really cheer me up :)

30/09/2007

Abi giving a little hello wave even though feeling poorly!

One of the kittens!

Aunty Becky and Abigail having a cuddle on the sofa

A quick update as Becky is here so I have 5 mins piece which is really rare recently!

We have had a quiet few days Abi seems better for a little bit then goes back down! The temperatures are coming and going thick and fast! Dr seems happy for me to carry on giving calpol to reduce them!

Ed had a great night out (ps rebecca i don't have clue who he is ;) ) Ed was full of telling me about it at 1am when he got in!! Julia and I had a nice couple of hours and ended up having a curry as she'd already had pizza that day and some diam bar cake from Ikea - YUMMY!!! She went early as Abi had a really high temp so brought her onto my bed and cuddled her!

We had Mum steve Becky and Harry round for dinner last night which was lovely abi refused to eat though!

This morning was the first morning that Abi asked for breakfast in over a week which is really positive!

Becky is here this morning as she has a cake bake at school tomorrow and needed to make some cakes. When she asked I did think it meant helping her - not making them for her while she laid on sofa with Abigail ;)

The kittens are now a week old and have trippled in size they are so cute. Isis is being a great mum. They are going to start walking and opening their eyes in the next few days which is when the trouble will set in i'm sure!!

26/09/07

Haven't updated for a few days as not alot has happened but I have a really poorly soldier again today. She went to bed at 6.10pm last night and woke up at 9.45am this morning but 11.30am she was asleep in my arms and slept till 3.40pm! She had a temp of just over 40 this eve (104 for you oldies ;) ) then was really sick which brought it down to 38.6 (101) and has gone back to sleep.
I really hope she is better tomorrow pool little thing!
The kittens are growing fast - doubled in size since saturday and are so cute they still can't stand up or open their eyes.
Isis has certainly given me a few heart attacks with them she sits on them carries them round and i find them everywhere so she is now confined to the kitchen!
Ed is off to croydon on fri night to see Derek o corer (spl ) guy from most haunted! So julia and i are going to have a girly night in once abi is in bed with wine and pizza are really looking forward to it!

Some more kitten pics

Kittens!!!

Well Isis went into labour just before 10 last night and by 2am this morning we had 5 beautiful tiny kittens :)

2nd one being born
2nd one falling out!!

3 feeding before number 4 was born

5 happy kittens having their breakfast this morning!!!

They are so tiny I didnt realised quite how small they would be!! Was a long night as Isis did not want to be left on her own bless her. She's a great mum been up washed and eaten this morning and is looking after her young so well!!! God knows how she feels as i'm shattered! Abi was so cute this morning when I showed her I wished we tooka photo!

poorly soldier

I have a little poorly soldier the last 2 days with a rotten cold and chesty cough which has set off her asthma (like mother like daughter!)

She is just laying around wanting lots of cuddles - which in a way is nice as i don't get many cuddles anymore! Her temp keeps going up and down and i'm not allowed out of her sight which is quite tricky!

We've had 2 sleepless nights with her coughing and wheezing all night its so hard as I can't really explain to her why its happening.

Lets hope she'll perk up this afternoon and be better to see daddy tomorrow :)

Ps Isis still not dropped yet!! ;)

19/09/2007

Was going to update tonight again and be really good and get back in the hang of it and now i've sat here i really don't know what to write apart from abi has yet another cold and isis hasnt had her kittens so i'll jus tput up a couple of recent pics of Abi playing at the park this week.