This seasons new look....

The last few weeks haven't been too muchh fun, poor Mikey keeps being sick. This started back at the end of August and over the last 2-3 weeks has been getting worse. It started off at night, usually when he was in bed which leads to a stressed Daddy trying to change the bedding while Mummy tries to calm Mikey down. But in the last few weeks he has switched to throwing up at odd times during the day and night...mostly while sat on Mummy's lap so this seasons new look is most definitely vomit!

My main occupation right now is battling with Drs. The GP's at our surgery are pretty useless. When I was ill they were great, and also while I was pregnant they were really good - the receptionist was great at getting me prescriptions done within 15 minutes when I ran out of stuff (which happened a lot thanks to baby brain) but now they have a new management team in and I am totally unimpressed. The reception staff have improved (one today told me I'd be better off taking Mikey to A&E) but the Drs...that is a whole different story. So far as I can see we no longer have a female Dr (so I am totally unimpressed) and the ones they do have seem extremely unimpressive. We took Mikey to see an emergency GP last week who told me to take him to the GP on Wednesday and ask them to refer him back to paediatrics. I did this, the 1st Dr we saw basically told me I was over reacting and to just go away. He checked Mikey's ears and throat but didn't bother to weigh him and told me it was a virus and he didn't look malnourished. I was so angry that I then demanded a second opinion, when I took him back Mikey was not at all impressed and had the mother of all screaming tantrums in the waiting area. The reception staff  brought him water, but Kirsty from the Pharmacy prodcued a lolly which stopped him very quickly and then tried to calm me down as I was crying and i a bit of a state. The 2nd GP told me it is probably Gastric Reflux and gave me some medicine to stop the vomiting and Gaviscon. The medicine seems to help - but we only got 5 doses and it was to be taken 3 times a day before food... It did seem to work, but Saturday night Mummy got covered again and yesterday it was Nanny's turn. This really does seem to be a look for the females in my family... Mikey has decided that infant Gaviscon is horrible and has refused to take it

As I am now probably as fed up with this as Mikey is, I dropped him at Debbie's this morning and charged to work to ring the Surgery. It took a while to get through and the receptionist took some details and said the Dr would call me back. (this is before 9 this morning) By 1.30 I hadn't heard anything so I called them back and after being on hold for about 15 minutes got through and was told his name was still on the list! But if I was worried to take him to A&E... By this stage I'd gone past worry to furious and panic. The Dr called me back just before 2 and obviously hadn't bothered to read the notes on Mikey's records so I went through everything again, and I know full well he didn't listen to me. His first question was why had I seen 2 Drs on one day last week, so I told him that I wasn't happy with the Dr I'd seen int he morning so I had seen another in the afternoon. At which point I was told that he agreed with the 1st diagnosis that is it a virus. At this point there was a mushroom cloud over Yalding. I calmly explained that this virus had been going on since August and I was not happy with what has been done. So he is leaving another prescription for this medicine and also a bottle for a stool sample... They seem to have forgotten about the urine sample they wanted last week. I am trying to calm down but it is not really happening right now. I know they see 100's of people every week, but all I care about is my little boy and I want him to get the best care I can find. I feel a move to another surgery coming on as I no longer trust the one both Mikey and I are with. And if I can't trust my Dr how do I trust he is doing the best thing for me? I may well be a neurotic mother, but at least I care. Right n ow Mikey is the most important thing in the world to me and I will do whatever is needed to protect him and get him back to the Mikey I know and love,

Tempus Fugit

Been a tough few weeks really, last week Mikey got signed off by the consultant he has been seeing for the last year...and his heart was well checked and no problems apparent! That is a real weight off my shoulders that has been there since the 20 week scan and also the day after he was born and was whisked into SCBU. Just 1 more consultant to see now who has been checking his development as I know there were concerns that his first week could cause problems...but I don't think he has any, he is happily doing everything at his own pace and in his own time!

The rest of last week wasn't anywhere near as good... On Wednesday some kind child tried to take a chunk out of Mikey's arm,,,the bruise is still fading, and my bank called me to let me know some kind person had cloned my card and had tried to put over £470 plus lots of little expenses at an American hotel through! Lloyd's kindly cancelled it and sent me a new card which arrived yesterday, it made life interesting as the only way I would get cash was over the counter in  the bank...Yalding doesn't have a Lloyds TSB!!!

Thursday was a real mixture...my cold got worse and British Gas messed up our heating. But on the plus side Mikey got a new audience and really played to them! If he gets to much trouble I may well stick him on a plane to Chicago so Sue an play with him again! Or failing that I'll drop him off at Donna's! I love the way he happily settles down with people he doesn't really know - but following what happened to April Jones part of me wants to make sure he doesn't instantly trust every adult he sees as he does now...

Friday was British Gas trying to sort out the previous days mess...it sounds as though they didn't need to do much and got it restarted quickly... so my stress and bad mood the day before was all for nothing!!

I paid for my previous stress on Friday...I hardly slept on Thursday night and I honestly have no idea how I got to work! But there are no major dents so I got home OK as well! Saturday I started aching and it carried on to Sunday. But at least Downton distracted me for a little while. Monday morning was not good and I started throwing up - at one point I couldn't even keep water down. Andy got me a couple of bottles of lucozade and I switched to not eating mode. Today I've stopped being sick but there are still plenty of dashes to the bathroom :( I am shattered and dizzy - mainly from not eating I think as my blood sugar today was far too low...but I'm sure today's bottles of lucozade will soon sort that out! There has been a massive breakthrough...my toast has stayed put!!!

But in the meantime I can't believe how fast this year is flying past...only 76 days to Christmas and I have done precisely nothing and made no plans for anything at all! Oh well, maybe I will worry about that next month!