On Thursday we arrived up the hospital for P3s jaundice blood test. I felt really nervous about the whole trip because I wasn’t exactly sure what would be happening. Of course, Googling Jaundice tests didn’t help with my nerves. We were a little early so had a cheeky McDonalds breakfast. Our appointment was at 10:30 but typically we didn’t get …
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“I felt a cold sensation, looked down and realised I had blood pouring out of my puncture wound”
My past two trips to the midwife have been stressful. The previous one was during the school holidays but it was particularly memorable because the girls were really playing up. It was hot. It was stuffy. I had both the girls sitting in the waiting room and P2 was overdue a nap. Hubby was waiting in the car as the …
Read More »“My daughter is far stronger than I will ever be”
Children are amazing little creatures. The strength they have and the determination is incredible. I saw all of this inside my tiny 5 year old daughter when she went through her growth hormone test yesterday. We arrived at the hospital at 8:45am. My Grandad came to support whilst hubby had P2 for the day. P1 hadn’t asked for food or …
Read More »Bloods Tests For My Four Year Old
After a really bad night with P2, I was up early and down the hospital for 8:40am. I had to put P1 through having blood tests. She used to always have blood tests when she was a baby. But the last time she had anything like this was her jabs or her MRI (I can’t remember which was last). For …
Read More »The Start Of Growth Tests
I’ve mentioned in a previous post that P1 was due to have an appointment at the hospital regarding her growth. They’ve been tracking her height and weight at the child development center where she has her physiotherapy sessions for the past two years and they have noticed that her growth has slowed which is concerning. Well that appointment didn’t happen …
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