It's been awhile

As the title suggests it has been a while since I last blogged. I wish I could put it down to just being the silly season and not having enough time, but unfortunately Christmas and New Years had nothing to do with it.

Charlotte had some issues over the Christmas period and ended up being hospitalized and it unfortunately meant that she spent her first Christmas in hospital.

One of the major issues was her reflux. She had been screaming and crying continuously and was not drinking her formula, the only time she did sleep was out of exhaustion and the sleep only lasted probably 30 minutes max. Not being able to take my daughter in pain we ended up taking her to the emergency department at the hospital I work at and they admitted her.

The really cute Doctor that was looking after her decided that they would run some tests and he had decided that due to her current state a stay in hospital was in order.

I was really lucky while Charlotte was in Children's ward the nursing staff set a bed up right next to Charlotte's cot. It was a big help as she would only let me hold her and cuddles is all she wanted.

As Christmas Day rolled around Charlotte and I woke to find that Santa had visited her as at the end of the bed laid a Santa sack full of goodies just for her!

The staff that day (and everyday) were truly amazing! They made sure that I was fed as soon as I woke up and they had organised Santa to come a visit all the children on the ward. Also the doctors and nurses fell in love with Charlotte the moment they saw her, and as she was having a good day on Christmas Day she gave out lots of smiles and hugs.

The day was truly mad special just to see her smiling again.

Charlotte and I also got our 15 minutes of fame when to local paper had come in to do a story on one of the kids in the ward. Charlotte was the youngest one there and due to it being her first Christmas they choose her.

Her paediatrician came by at about lunch time Christmas Day and informed us that he was going to keep Charlotte on the 3 times daily Zantac they had started her on when she was first admitted. He also informed us that her hearing seems very sensitive and that he thinks when there is a lot of noise it stresses her which in turn doesn't help with the reflux. He also went on to tell me that there could be possible gastrointestinal issues, which I really don't want to go into, not until we have more tests and find out more about it.

He ended up discharging her so that she could have some sort of Christmas, but it didn't last long as we were readmitted that evening with the same issues.

Eventually we were discharged again and since that day we have tried to make some sort of routine with her and things have started to get better.

Due to Charlotte's issues we had to put Lachlan's toilet training on hold, but that doesn't matter as we can always try another time.