Days +127,128
Hello and welcome on board the ‘Marie Celeste’ or at least what feels like it at the moment. There are just 2 children, Ella and Amy, here this weekend and it feels very different indeed, because there hasn’t been the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Plus the fact of course it’s usually quieter at weekends.
( We must say hello to Peter….who moved to a hospital nearer home, on Friday. He was our next door neighbour and had been here for 10 months or so. Hope you have ‘settled in’ Peter. Love to you and your Mum.)
Ella has had a good couple of days. Daddy took over on Saturday and after the initial ‘change over’ anxiety, I know that Ella had a very good nights sleep….about 7 hours according to Daddy! The Drs and surgeons have kept a very close eye this weekend. Nobody wants to have to intervene.
The cubicle is looking even more bare now. We are at the stage where there are ‘bits’ of things around, which don’t fit into either category….either ‘to take’ or ‘to stay’. Then of course there are the definites to go, which we can’t pack yet, like Tiger and Elizabeth. We received more info on Friday about the move. Ella is allowed to take a small holdall and a small teddy …………….ummmmm! Do princesses travel that light usually? There hasn’t been any mention of the ‘red box’. I may have to smuggle that in under the cover of darkness.
Sally and I arrived back at teatime ( Sunday) with Sam….who came along to see big sister. Ella phoned us when we were on the way, to make sure that we were here for teatime , so that she could give Sam his tea.
Ella fell asleep last night wearing her 2 new ‘glow in dark’ bracelets. What with them, the monitor on her toe, the fibre optic lamp and the fairies it was like Blackpool!
It’s around 5.30am now and Kelly has been in to Ella do various jobs. I’ve just finished a cuppa and Sally is snoozing peacefully. I’m just persuading Ella that she doesn’t need that drink and that she can go back to sleep if she really tries. I may even join her for a quick nap if she settles.
Bye for now anyway and we send you lots of love and our thanks for all your prayers and support.
Ella, Sally and Annette.xxx