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Doctorland and other stuff.

In doctorland, when you make the statement “She will be dripped first thing in the morning”, you actually mean “She will not be dripped until 11am, when I’m good and ready and I’ve had my morning coffee”.
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Yesterday David took the night shift. As I was driving from the hospital I saw a sign outside one […]

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Logistics.

It’s very hard to organise a week in hospital.
The whole diagnostics of having six other kids to think about and a husband who is unable to have time off is headache worthy.
I know it is going to be a long, l o n g week.
When Maddy stresses, she cleans.
She goes into some crazy OCD type […]

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Hospital day 4.

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Irony.

Irony is;
when you discover that your daughter has mycoplasma pneumonia and the hospital doctor tells you the best oral antibiotic to treat it is the very same long term antibiotic (Erythromycin) that your paediatrician only ceased a fortnight ago, in favour of Keflex.
 Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
So, here we sit on three different IV antibiotics, waiting for her lungs to come […]

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Wheezy, wheezy…

Not to be outdone by his sister’s recent hospitalisations, Noah decided to drop his bundle today and with oxygen sats in the high 80’s earned himself a trip to the hospital in an ambulance.
Abandoned by our paediatrician, once more, we hospital hopped from the local, rural  ER to our secondary in our trusty ‘am blue […]

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The walls of the room are pink.

The lounge that is also my bed is bottle green. Oh bottle green, the colour of torture. It sits to the right of her bed and grins at me, with large gaping mouth, the monster, who will steal what is left of my sleep.
The floors are a beige linolium, just perfect for catching various bodily […]

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So here we are.

The paed called late on Friday night and I told him the Ivygirl was sick, really sick.
You know, that frightened, sick in the guts, knot in your throat, something bad is happening worry that you get when someone special is sick?
Yeah, that’s been me for a large part of the week. (As if you guys […]

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We don’t need to pack a bag … BZZZT!

Dave writes: 
We fails it (it is staying out of hospital).
 Yes, Ivy has returned to hospital today. Just in time for the long weekend. So it’s a good thing we didn’t make any plans.  Besides, the weather is lousy.
A lingering infection, unresponsive to oral antibiotics. Also murmurs of a new immunosuppressant drug to try … if […]

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Home again, home again, lickety split!

Hello, my friends.
I can call you that, can’t I? After the outpouring of care and love that I have just had the honour to read, I think I can definitely call you all friend.
Firstly; Thank you.
After a few days cooped up in the hospital cage…er… I mean, room, I am a little rusty with my words […]

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Go directly to hospital. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

By Dave.
(I have been given permission by management to set foot on the blog again for the sole purpose of the provision of information. In no way is any entertainment to be imparted.) 
As of Friday last, Ivy has returned to hospital, following a timely Paed consult.
Symptoms: Cyanosis (lips, fingers), Shortness of breath, Rapid pulse.
 Diagnosis: Acquired […]