Our little patient

The last few weeks of Lenny’s first year ended up being a little more dramatic than we expected. 
I spoke too soon about how smooth the start of childcare was. Lenny ended up sick for a few days following the first week but got better just in time to return for the second week. As it [...]

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Birth date betting circle

I’ve only a few days left at work until my 12 months maternity leave begins. To celebrate the occassion my boss has instigated a baby draw. Entrants pay $2 and guess the date, time and weight of the baby … winner takes all.
Considering bub is still lying sideways (and despite my efforts to pre-stretch all [...]

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Emotions

I’m generally pretty good with coping with tough situations like seeing a loved one in the ICU but the last two days have been quite hard. I don’t know if it’s the added dimension of being nearly 35 weeks pregnant and the hormones that go with that or if it’s that fact that this time [...]

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What do you call 5 bypasses?

The surgeon just called and the op is over. He said all went well and he performed 5 bypasses – what’s that, a quintet or something?
Mum’s been taken into the ICU and while she’ll likely to be asleep for 6-8 hours I’m going to head over there now…

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Waiting for the surgeon to call

Mum went into hospital yesterday and is having her bypass surgery now. I called at 7am but they said she’d already been taken down to theatre so I just have to sit and wait now till I get the phonecall. The surgeon said he’d call himself after the operation was over.
My sister flew in from [...]

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