MONDAY May 2 (Poppa's birthday - have a good one Dad!)

It must be the start of the new term as we had a visit from the hospital teacher today (Lee the old principal of Heretaunga Int!!) Unfortunately it reminded me of work...

Forget the small steps - today has been giant leaps! We had a dreadful night with reactions to pain medication. Unfortunately the drugs used to help stop these reactions had awful side effects of their own and a vicious cycle began...
But despite this the day has dawned really positively with all tubes for medication and fluid removed, only oxygen still remaining and the noisy pumps on Sian's legs.
She is finding it alot easier to get up and moving needing only 2 helpers now, not 3.
I swear she has gained inches in height and fear I will officially be the shortest in the family now!
I would love to attach some photos to show how tall and straight she is now but Sian isn't ready for the world to see the lovely hospital fashion statements, along with the bird nest hair- so it looks like you'll have to wait for the make-over to be complete first.