21st of November 2007
Four months out - Whoopee doo!!
Enjoying a ginger bread man (or spiderman, as Immie fondly calls them) after they have now taken ice cream of the list at the canteen. I tell you the world is going CRAZY!!. Who doesn't need chocolate or ice cream when your stuck in hospital - its nuts!!
Taking the finger prick blood
oooo..look at my bandaid, but the lady drew a cat on it for me!!email sent 21st of November 2007
Subject: Imogen's Fourth Month out!!
Hi all
Guess what!!, today was Immmie appt for clinic...yeap four months out, blood, urine clear (well we will know the results, only if anything is wrong, but last months were super!!) and looking fit as a fiddle.We can't believe another month has pass...WHOPPEEE!!!. Our appt today was at 9am (hahahaha) got there at 8.30am and played in the park for a while. Went down stairs at 8.50am, got blood test paperwork, then proceeded to run into Dr Deanne (one of the wonderful interns we had at the start), who did not even recognise Imogen, which is another whoppee, because it means Immie looks fantastic!!.
Finally we got to the blood centre to find a 45 min wait!!..argh!!, so instead of being isolated we decided to go for a walk to our fav shop..Officeworks( yeap I know..but its walking distance..and has textas and stickers). Then we ran into another of the kids off the ward, Mia and her mum, and wasted most of our 45mins chatting to them. We got back to the blood centre at 10am went in about 10.10am and Immie was an absolute star with her finger prick, only a little squirm. She was very happy as the lady drew a dog on her finger prick bandaid : ). Then we got a call to tell us we were next, so come back down stairs.
We went down stairs and as there was not enough isolation rooms we had to wait in the hallway for another 45 mins. Though we did get to see three lovely nurses, Jane, Lizzie and Jess (3 of our favs). Then we finally got to see Dr Stephanie, to find out the blood machine had broken down, so we could not recieve any results..ARGH!!. Immie had a through check up, talked about her limp, that has now disappeared due her hip clicking back in??? a couple of weeks ago.Got weighed -15.65 kgs.
We then said Hello to Tim Campbell (Dan of Home and Away) and continued on our way home. We were out of there by 11.40 and home by 12.15. I was dissapointed to not get any finally numbers for her blood counts, but hey this is not the first time...As the saying goes no news is good news!!.So now the count down begins for another month, which will throw us just before Christmas!!. Where has the year gone!!
Please check out the blog for new pictures of Immies hair and funny stuff we have been doing...as I said last month I am getting there!!!http://www.theholmesgang.blogspot.com/
Hope your all beautiful, healthy and happy,
Love, Hugs and Kisses
The Holmes Gang xx
