#159 Saturday 29 January 2011

Today was supposed to be a friend's birthday party .... Kaylia was invited to a "water party" at Lake Leschenaultia. The forecast of a cyclone with extreme fire danger meant that the party has been post-poned till next weekend. We didn't find out till we were ready to leave though .... so we still went on our own. It was a gorgeous morning with few people at the lake. Kaylia loved it.

The forecast cyclone turned into a mild thunderstorm with a bit of rain.

Naomi spent most of the day at the hospital and then came home and slept ... recovering from the sleepless night before. No real change at the hospital .... her mum is still in a deep coma.

#158 Friday 28 January 2011

Yesterday we went for quite a long drive to pick up some more (!) bits of furniture (thanks to Gumtree) and even though Kaylia was in the car the whole time with the airconditioning ... she still managed to get sunburnt! There's a lesson there! So .... last night she slept well. Now (at 8am) she is still asleep!

The sun while driving probably explains Kaylia's high level of anxiety behaviours ..... we were stuck in slow traffic for quite a way and all we heard was "Zoe ... slee poo", "Daddy .... slee poo", "Slee poo", "Tina ... slee poo", "Mummy ... slee poo" !!! It was a very hot day .... in Midland the thermometer in the car was saying that it was 44 degrees outside! At home it was 39 degrees. Today will be more of the same as it is already hot outside.

This time next week I will be in Bali for my little break .... should be good! It will be the first time in 7 years that I have had a break from Kaylia! ..... other than the several times that I've been in hospital. Funny .... it's never occurred to me just how much hospital time I've had recently. I went right through my whole life with only one hospital visit for appendix removal ..... then in the past three years I've had two emergency hospital stays and one long stay for the hemicolectomy ..... I must be getting old!

Later:
Hold everything! This morning Naomi's mother had a bad fall .... So bad that she is in ICU and she is not expected to recover. This of course has thrown us into turmoil .... Our plans for Kaylia's birthday and my Bali travel are both in doubt.

#157 Thursday 27 January 2011

Good morning! This morning there was a nice email from Anni waiting ... a good way to start the day after a good night. Kaylia slept well and came up at 6am .... she is reading the time and she knows when she is supposed to come up - even if she doesn't always come up at the right time!

This morning she passed another small milestone .... we play a game where I say "I see Kaylia!' ..... usually she just echoes it back ..... but today she said "I see Daddy!" ..... it's only a little thing but all the little things count!

Tina is now in NZ ... away for three weeks having a break with her brother Benny before uni starts again. As Tina was leaving it seemed that Kaylia understood ... she thought about it and said "Tina come back" .

Last night as I was driving home after taking Tina to the airport, the Australia Day fireworks were in full swing .... near home I stopped to watch and had to think about how un-patriotic we are! We hadn't given Australia Day a thought till then .... it was just a reason that we couldn't work.

#156 Wednesday 26 January

Ooo wot a night ... well it really was ... such a night!

Up at midnight .... then she slept a while ..... then she was up. Naomi changed shift at 4am and Kaylia was awake for the rest of the night. It's fortunate that today is a public holiday and we can rest.

#155 Tuesday 25 January 2011

We're trying to compete with Queensland! Our floods are pretty bad too! Kaylia was up at 3am this morning ... I took her downstairs intending to settle her in her own bed .... only to find that her bed was completely saturated ...... sheets, blankets ..... only the pillows escaped the deluge! Poor thing.

So it was upstairs again as I couldn't face the re-building phase .... but she wasn't in sleep mode any more ...( there must be a switch somewhere ... but I can't find it!) Downstairs again .... re-build the bed ... try to not make noise so Naomi can sleep. We now have a conflict in priorities .... do we try to correct Kaylia's sleep habits? ...... or do we try to get some sleep ourselves so we can survive the day ahead? Guess which one won!

Kaylia received an invitation to a birthday party! Yay!

.... and while she was at the library yesterday with Zoe, one of her school friends came into the library ..... Kaylia saw her, recognised her, went to her, gave her a hug and said hello! That is such a change since a year ago! Wow! A year ago Kaylia would not have even been aware that anyone had walked into the room!

On the wrist front, while at the doctor's yesterday, I got a prescription for Naprosan .... it does a similar job to Voltaren but without the risks .... so I have a pain control again! (Voltaren had been very effective ... till they found that it was actually a nasty thing in itself!)

Later: (This is the 'end of the day' edition!)
Kaylia had some upsets today that illustrate the problems of being an "auty one" .... Zoe took her swimming and there were two birthday parties in progress at the pool .... nothing to worry about, you think .... but for Kaylia the extra noise and sounds of children meant that she became very upset .... and the pool visit had to be aborted.
Fortunately (while all this was happening) Tina had a blonde moment and locked her keys in her car ..... in Cannington! This meant a l-o-n-n-g car ride for Kaylia while Zoe delivered the spare keys! (Tina now owes Zoe big-time as Zoe had to brave unkown roads to do so!)

#154 Monday 24 January 2011

The night was good for me ..... but bad for Kaylia! She decided to be up from 2am again .... fortunately for me, it was Naomi's turn for K-duty .... and I slept through it!

Since the pain did not bother me during the night, it is off to see the GP this morning to begin the process of finding out what the cause is .... and to see what can be done.


Later: Nothing much to do .... it was probably a little stone passing through ... tests etc

Kaylia has been 'had it' today ..... Zoe was asked (while filling up with petrol) "... please tell me that isn't a dead body in your car!" Kaylia was zonked! She should sleep well tonight.

#153 Sunday 23 January 2011

The wrist is still bothering me today .... I think the incident last night did some actual damage to the joint as the background pain level has increased.

Today we met Natalie .... who will be '"Number 10"! Zoe leaves us in early April and Natalie will take over. Zoe will be a hard act to follow but I think that Natalie will be good for it. 'On ya, Nat!

Then followed a worrying medical situation .... I think I may be having a minor kidney stone episode .... moderate pain that built, then subsided ..... I spoke to Health Direct for advice and if it doesn't present any serious change overnight, I'll go to the GP in the morning. If it turns serious? Head for hospital!

After tea, we had another "Scrabble on the bed" session .... but this time Kaylia decided to collect all her people .... all of us on the bed with Kaylia cruising around the bed looking very pleased with herself! It must be very reassuring for her when she can arrange things so that her "world is right"!

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