Hospital drama , and what do you mean the ambulance has broken down!!

The calm after the storm today !

Monday nite, Darcy's temperature rose to 39.7 oC ! after Calpol, and a luke warm bath we got it back to 37oC, but it rose to 40oC by 9pm, we got onto NHS Direct and they sent for a Paramedic, and Ambulance, which because of Darcy's age, wanted to send Darcy to hospital for a check up, well the ambulance went to pull off, and it broke down !! apparantly it was midnite when it was collected by a pick up !!

It took about an hour to get a second ambulance, and get to the hospital , where darcy was refered to the childrens ward , and finally given a room , the last one else she would have been on a ward of 4 !! i managed to stay over as well, thankfully !

After 5 blood tests had come back mostly clear, finally after a chest x-ray they discovered darcy had a chest infection, and was given anti-biotics ! Jayne and I now have colds though !!

we finally got home around 7pm on tuesday, what a day !!

The main thing was though that the hospital staff were brilliant, and darcy is on the mend !!

No more scares though please, Darcy !!

New Shoes ??

After the Mumbles we thought we would try and get Darcy some shoes !! she will walk, holding our hand, but not quite on her own, which means that she is between pre- walk shoes, and "proper" shoes,

But trying to get her to agree to have her feet measured, WELL, you would have thought the shop woman was going to chop her leg off !! screamed !! after much pushing, holding , and cajoling, we managed to get them measured !!

Darcy you just need to walk unaided now !! no pressure haha

David Gilmour last Friday

Jayne was good to me on Friday..

Whilst she bathed, and ironed some clothes, i managed to watch most of the David Gilmour programs on BBC4 !! The Live In Gdansk concert is trully amazing, i do not rate live performances on cd, bar Pulse by Pink Floyd and this one, how a live recording can sound like a studio recording is beyond me !!??

Even if you only like Pink Floyd, a little, buy this !!

Sun , Sand, Seagull. Fish ?? No fish ?? Naise will do then !! or is that worms ??

Usual story, as parents you try to organise a day out, and then, you sleep in ... well slightly .. and that throws the plans out .

We had planned to go to Swansea, Mumbles on saturday, but got up after 9, instead of the planned 8 !! usually the road to Mumbles is clogged by mid morning, so when we left at 10.15, we held little hope ! but too our surprise, very few people had decided to go, which is a surprise because the weather proved to be about the best day of the year, ( yes a days respite in the rain we have had for months now !!)

we got there and made our way to a restaurant for dinner, nice italian, overlooking the Bay, though the tide was out, and had , as usual great food !! Darcy loves Bolognaise, so we ordered her a child portion, but of course trying to eat spaghetti when you do not have many teeth, and only basic fork skills, is a challenge !! she did look like a baby bird sucking worms !!

Next we strolled to the end of the headland, and the pier to where I knew there was a small beach, though Jayne didn't believe me, but it was there, and we sat for over an hour, darcy trying to understand why people want to sit on yellow dust, let alone make castles ( which do not even look like castles ) out of the yellow dust !!

A great day, was had by all, even managed an Expresso, and darcy had strawberry icecream, and we managed to catch the sun !!

Car seat Capers.

We needed to get darcy a new car seat !! her legs are getting too long, though her overall height is good, and weight is gaining fast, so the time had come, to make the purchase...

Do you know how hard it is to get a car seat that will fit 2 different makes of car !!?? it is hard believe me !

I bet the poor woman who helped us, was sorry she ever asked " can i help you ? ""

after half hour or so, we got a seat that fitted,and darcy can now look forward , and strtch her legs out in comfort, Happy Days !!