For those of you that didn’t see on my social media, the last two weeks did not go to plan. We ended up with a five day hospital stay with a very ill Ava. Seeing her unresponsive with doctors and nurses around her is not a moment I ever want to repeat. They think a virus caused her meninges to swell, but she had a 5 day course of IV antibiotics used to treat bacterial meningitis as she was too ill to not finish the course. The hospital acted very quickly, within an hour of seeing the doctor on the children’s ward she had a cannula (they couldn’t wait for numbing cream) had, had bloods taken and was having her first lot of the IV antibiotics. Her blood sugars dropped to 2.2 and her keytones shot right up so she had to have specialist tests done that we will get the results of in a few months. It might just mean that when she is ill, she is more prone to her sugars dropping. We feel very grateful for the NHS!
Read
I’ve made a start on Everything I didn’t tell you, but struggled to concentrate on it with the lack of sleep in hospital. I’ve enjoyed reading Red Magazine. I think it’s my new favourite mag to read and I always disregarded it as being aimed at 40+ (sorry!) but after seeing people mentioning it on Instagram I had a look and changed my mind.
Watched
I started watching Unreal and I’m now on Season 2. It’s a behind the scenes of the filming of a reality tv show and it’s dark but full of strong female figures at the top of their game. Series 3 is said to be the most feminist yet!
Heard
I watched a bit of The Brits the other night and it just made me feel old and made me long for 90s music after Liam Gallagher’s performance. So I’ve been loving this Spotify playlist.
Made
It through the last few weeks and that in itself is an achievement! I think I’ve definitely got more grey hairs and have had some cracking ulcers, but after a few down days I think I’m over the worst. I must have been running on adrenaline the whole time we were in hospital.
Wore
This outfit;
- Jumper – Mango
- Necklace – Mango – both in the sale!
And Lastly ….
I’m trying to plan some things to look forward to. If you have any recommendations for holidays that cater for more than 2 children in their rooms, please let me know!