http://www.mythreeringcircus.com Where chaos reigns supreme. Love, life and everything in between. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:05:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You know what makes me crazy? Aside from driving for two and a bit hours like a mad woman to the hospital, so we can sit and wait for an hour and a bit for our half hour slot? It's a doctor who doesn't know what we have been through and who ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/the-ivig-poster-girl/ I hate you. If Ivy doesn't make it to the immunologist on Tuesday because your second rate weather has caused her to catch another hospital worthy lurgy, I will kick your frosty backside right into next year. So there! Yours Sincerely, Sick of Snot. http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/dear-winter/ Sarcastic Mom, Lotus started this meme and now she is giving away prizes  at the end of the year for participation! So, if you were thinking about joining in, now is definitely the time to have a go! (Heidi, I'm talking to you!) It was the second week of the school ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/weekly-winners-school-holiday-special/ When we last went to the paediatrician, the receptionist told us that our referral was up. Without a referral from a GP, our paed will not see the cherubs. He can't, it's the rules, don't you know. So, this week we tried to get an appointment to see the only doctor that is ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/boonie-bureaucracy/ ...that the child in my house who took to this Barbie with my leg razor will have a successful career in hairdressing. Do you? http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/i-dont-think/ She wanders out to the kitchen, a look of urgency on her face. "You take me" she directs, "you take me to the hospital". "Why?" I ask. She rushes down the hallway and I follow. She has picked up her Dorothy the Dinosaur handbag and  starts to pack it. A plastic mobile phone, a pair ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/love-sick/ I want to move. (I want alot of things). Into town, closer to the hospital, closer to the services that we now need for Ivy. Closer to my mum. I can't see how to do it though. If we move and Ivy has the IVIG then going back to work for a couple of ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/perspective/ Weekly Winners was created by Sarcastic Mom so that we could showcase our best photos for the week. It was a bit of a slow start. I haven't picked up the camera for a while because of extreme illness on behalf of my family, sorry, what's that you say? I can't ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/weekly-winners-22/ Today we went to the paediatrician. Ivy has lost just over a kilo. Her cortisol levels are out of wack. Her iron stores are low. Her chest x - ray looks better, the pneumonia is clearing. Her kidney functions are still okay. Her  left ear is discharging, her other is infected. Her white cell count still high. She is ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/ivy-update-ive-never-wanted-something-more-i-think/ Does anyone else find the Winter school holidays hard? It's cold. It's a stay inside kind of season. Traditionally we do the kinds of things that keep us warm and dry. Movies. Bowling. Cooking. Craft. Today we wanted to do something, get out of the house. Anyone who has been reading for a year, might remember when we attempted ... http://www.mythreeringcircus.com/2008/07/school-holidays-just-got-a-whole-lot-harder/