It never rains but it pours

Well what a time we've had since my last blog!!
Where I left it last time - i'll try pick up to fill you in but its been a while so might not remember it all!
I got up on Wed and rang to get an appt at GP for my ear, dropped Abi at nursery and then headed there with Oliver. I had a ear canal and middle ear infection so was started on ceflex 500mg 4 times a day and a steroid/antibiotics spray to put directly into the ear 3 times a day. He also said my chest was infected but I didn't feel it was but he started me on 750mg cipro anyway!
Picked Abi up from nursery and she was excessivly tired so we all had a small lunch and went to bed. We slept for about 3 hours!! When we finally woke up Abi went to go for a wee and was screaming in pain when she wee'd this continued over the next few hours and got to the point that she was refusing to wee because she knew it'd hurt - so I took her to the out of hours GP at the hospital - of course she wouldn't do a sample for him so he treated her on symptoms and said she had a urine tract infection started her on Trimethaprim twice a day. I gave her paracetamol and she fell off to sleep and after about an hour she did a big wee in her nappy and it didn't wake her up which was a good sign.
I kept her off tumble tots on Thursday for the obvious reasons we had a lazy morning. She was alot better and not crying when going anymore wasn't right though and had yet another afternoon sleep!
Friday she woke up and seemed ok so thought she'd be ok for nursery, although she wouldn't eat breakfst - this is pretty normal for her. within an hour they'd rung me and asked me to pick her up I was there within about 10 mins and got her home she had a temp and was just grumpy and crying, so I gave her some calpol and put her to bed she refussed a drink or lunch. I woke her up after 3 1/2 hours her temp was 39.6 and she was so lethargic and almost not with it. I gave her some more calpol and she fell straight back to sleep. When Ed got home we tried to wake her up but she wasn't having any of it and despite the 2 doses of calpol her temp was still 39.2 so I rang the dr's these things always seem to happen out of hours or at 5pm on a friday evening!! They told me to bring her straight down so Ed stayed with Oliver and I took her straight down, the dr saw her straight away she was very lethargic and half asleep on me as I carried her in the dr took her temp and even after being outside where it was freezing her temp was still 39.3 he said her tonsills and ears looked red and started her on some augamentin he said she was also showing signs of dehydration so to push the fluid and get 2 doses of antibiotc regualr calpol and re acsess at 10pm if no change to contact out of hours GP.
I went to pick up prescription and got her out of the car and carried her in still asleep. We got home and ed got her a drink and some antibiotic with alot of persuasion she took it and he laid her down on sofa and she was immediately sick all over herself and sofa.
We cleaned her up gave her a bath and got her some clean pj's and gave her a 30 min rest then tried again she seemed to keep antibiotic down and by now oliver was asleep in bed so Ed went off to work, she dosed off but woke up about 5 mins later being sick again took her temp and it was 40.2 C!!! I took her covers and pj's off and laid her back down while I was pottering abot doing bits about 10 mins later she started to fit - being sick while she was fitting her eyes were rolled back - it was so scary I didnt know what to do - after what seemed like ages but probably was under 2 mins she stopped fitting and was just staring like she was staring through me she didn't know who I was - I rang ed but he had a student there on his own who was only 10 so he couldn't leave but told me to ring him mum who lives in same road as us and she was here within about 40 seconds. We rang out of hours dr and by now although still extreemly poorly Abi knew who we were they said to go straight to A&E. I threw a few things in a bag my meds and hers and a change of clothes and we headed off and Hilary stayed here with Oliver - Poor Abi was sick about 3 times on way to hospital and by time we got there she was covered I rushed in and receptionist was lovely getting me some wipes and a little gown for abi who was by now shivving and a blanket and some clean sick bowls and said we'd be acessed shortly - we were kept waiting just over an hour!!! Abi continued to be very drousy very floppy couldnt sit and throwing up all the time. When we were finally called in to be acessed they rushed her straight into resus and had a dr there straight away! They put her on a drip as by now she was really dehydrated checked her blood sugar and took some blood - she was laying there through all of this not registering it at all it was so scary. By this point Ed had arrived it was around 9.30 they said she'd be admitted but the medical childrens ward was at a different hospital so organised an ambulance for us but being friday night we waited till midnight for this! Ed then went home to be with Oliver and I stayed with Abi, when we got to the other hospital she was seen my different dr's who although she was asthmatic said we had to give her ibrufen to get her temp down as paracetamol alone wasn't doing it and she'd fit again if we didn't - it did start to bring her temp down but made her really wheezy and was needed 10 puffs of ventolin every hour!

They started her on some antibiotics through her drip and monitored her closely! We were finally discharged on Tuesday to come home. Abi temp was controlled and switched to oral antibiotics and was keeping down fluids.

I don't think I slept at all Tuesday night I stayed in her room with her but she was ok and has continueed to pick up this week. Although not herself is a hell of alot better!

Until Friday we had a restful few days all catching up on missed sleep and being so happy to be home. Friday Oliver woke up with a nasty cough and wuite wheezy nothing too horendous though so just kept an eye on him but by 8pm it had got alot worse and being afriday night again ed was out at work so I rang NHS direct who listened to him over phone as said I needed to take him to A&E as he was very wheezy and struggling with every breath. It was exactly a week since i'd last been in A&E!!! My mum came over to stay with Abi who was sound asleep in bed and I took Oliver down when I got there the receptionist recognised me!!!

Oliver has croup and was given oxygen and steroids to reduce the inflamation in his airways!

We're home now though but as the title says - it never rains but it pours!

Its now Sunday and we're all still in our pj's having a really lazy day and going to put the tree up later I think :)

I hope everyone has had a better few weeks than us!!!! Here's to a healthy 2009!! I've attached a few pics for you too xxxx

A poorly soldier before she had her fit while dosing on sofa

A very content sleepy boy before he got poorly

A very hot and bothered little girl

Feeling a little better and playing an In The Night Garden game with daddy

Sleeping peacefully

Enjoying a visit from her brother

02/12/2008

Abigail playing with mummy's "sexy shoes" for Toria's funeral
my gorgeous boy - happy because he's in the chair he gets fed in

Peacefully sleeping

Gorgeous girl doing some colouring

I haven't blogged much recently as a few things have been going on and I haven't been able to haven't felt up to it and just haven't had time!

Firstly i've been back in hospital again since my last blog luckily managed to escape after only a 5 day stay but it was on a short stay medical ward so not very pleasant!

I've been really down about lots of things mainly Toria's death, i just can't seem to get over it I know she would be so cross with me for being like this but I just can't seem to crack out of it I miss her so much and am so sad for her family, luke and poor little Edward growing up without a mummy! It makes me feel guilty that i'm alive and seeing these things- i know all very messed up and i know she'd be cross with me for thinking like this.

As well as me being unwell both children have too, Abigails asthma has been horrendous too she's on steroids which have made her behaviour horrendous! Lots of sleepless nights involved!

Oliver had a nasty d&v bug last weekend was like something out of the excorcist - one time i'd just put a clean nappy on him and re dressed him and started to go downstairs when he went again filled his nappy and it started to leak so I ran to bathroom and held him in there as no carpet in there - when I tell you what it was like you'd think i was exagerating! It was up to his neck and down to his toes and all over my bathroom floor i've never seen anything like it and didn't know where to start to clear it up! I spent all Sunday bathing him - washing clothes and mopping floors from vomit and poo!!

He's alot better now but its set him back with his reflux and continues to be sick for up to 2 1/2 hours after a feed!

I've now come down with a horrendous ear ache today which is effecting my speach as it hurts to move that side of my face so I think once i've dropped abi at nursery in the morning i'm going to have to get myself off to GP.

I was at clinic last week and had the good news they don't want to see me for 6 weeks so not till after Christmas!! I have changed around my inhalors in the hope that it will enable me to reduce my pred a bit as I can't get below 30mg at the mo - obviously back up to 60mg from last admission - I HATE STEROIDS!!!!

We are now in the run up to Christmas so hardly see Ed he just works so hard and does such an amazing job providing for all of us but I just hate not seeing him. He works every evening and this weekend he's working 8-3 on sat and all day sunday so we're just not going to see him - and its only going to get worse christmas is a busy time for musicians.

Argh enough moaning now - i'm hoping my christmas cards will arrive soon so I can write them, we've gone for Bliss charity cards this year - quite appropriate I feel after Oliver being born so premature this year and spending alot of time in the NICU.

I am almost done Christmas shopping and have done Abi's birthday shopping too so almost there!

I have decided on Abi party but am just booking the final bits before we send out invitations :)

Am off to bed now as really don't feel that great and don't want to be tired if we have another early start like this morning! I think they like to see daddy before he leaves for work at 6.30!