Day +17
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's were all I could hear this morning when I arrived, so I thought 'I'll give them another 10mins' which extended into 20mins until finally they surfaced, both looking exhausted. How do you get a day like that started? With tea and biscuits of course. Which ones today?...half coated shortcakes ! Did we finish the packet? Ask Ella.
By 9.00am we had transferred Ella to the bed settee, made her comfortable and Sally started to paint some stained glass windows. She's remarkable.
There are two hatches/cupboards in the room, both opening into the corridor, marked in and out. Anything we want disposing of goes out that way and items to bring in come the other way. Well, nurse Kirsty was collecting drugs from the 'in' hatch when she made a discovery! Ella is a winner. She had won a prize from Radio Lollipop for a colouring competition, and she had some post! An exciting looking parcel. Great anticipation as Mummy helped her to open it.........some Fairy books and magazines from Yr4 at school.Thank you very much Mrs Swainson and 4S. Thank you as well to 6N/E and Sue at St John's for your Newspaper reports. They are on the wall, well done, they're great.
We very quickly realised that Ella was not feeling well enough to join in today, but that we could keep her included, in quiet activities and conversations, in between snoozes. The doctor ( well actually Professor ) came early and examined Ella. He said, as yesterday, that she is doing well, but a close eye is being kept on her. The line feeding is proving to be an issue, with Ella still not eating or drinking during the day. We are hoping for a change of plan when Mr Wynn returns tomorrow.
Sally left us about 1.oopm to do some shopping, but mostly to get some fresh air. Ella had a waking moment and we read one of the new stories together, just before Daddy arrived with Sam and Uncle Gav. Sally arrived minutes later with a copy of Narnia she had found in the Co-op, of all places. So, curtains drawn, seats in rows, film started, as Sally and I handed out popcorn and icecreams. Much to my relief Mrs Doubtfire wasn't in it.
After the boys had gone home we began to think about tea and we tried to tempt Ella to join in with some drawing. She did manage to finish off a puppet for Sophie, but tummy ache had kicked in and, after calling Sister Andrea in, it was decided to up the morphine to give better relief. The feed has been left off tonight too, so hopefully that will help settle a sore tummy.
In amongst all this I had forgotten about our tea in the oven. Fortunately, I quite like my chicken well done, especially with crispy roast veg and peppers. Sally does too.......now.
It's quite late now, Sally is yawning and I've got 'twitchy' legs, a good indication that it's time for us to get to bed too. The igloo is becoming more and more homely....I've got two plants over there now, thanks Martin. I'm thinking of extending into a window box. What do you think?
Night night and lots of love to everyone, we love your blogs.
Ella, Sally and Annette xxx