August 10th & 11th - Day three & four of the Imogen Olympics

Just hanging around
Immies happy snaps...ooo...I almost got both of us!!

Kody dressed up as Humpty Dumpty...oh anything to entertain his sister
My fabulous Dad
Mum, Kods and Immie
Immie and Dad, keeping busy
The new hat from the free table

Squashing Kods

Kods and Immie

Paper mache...yes what next!!!

Love this pic as Immie is getting Lilly the play therapy puppet to hug her!!

Hi all

Yeap we are home....!!!!....HURRAY!!!. Yesterday was incredibly long , the op to remove Immies port, which was scheduled for 9. 30am, end up being moved to 5pm. Lots of emergencies, Lots of delays and one hungry girl. Who had only eaten a bowl of rice bubbles and 2 glasses of apple juice in 29 hours, thank god for IV drips.

The last couple of hours consisted of Immie saying "I really really would like that meat pie now" and "when is that man with the white medicine going to turn up". Though all that waiting Immie was incredible, easy to entertain, she breezed through it all. Finally Imogen's turn arrived at 5pm, and we were out of the door, stopping briefly to get the nurse, just in case something pushed us back again.

In Immie went and had the port removed in a hour and bit, and came back the way she had left happy, smile and eager to EAT!!!. Unfortunately she had come back from surgery without the new drip requested and the one she went with was then stuffed. Then Immie got a new cannula (drip) put in with again no emalea (numbing cream), we have decided this is less traumatic for Immie as she doesn't spend the hour looking at the cream getting herself worked up for what is to come. This drip was fantastic till 1.30am when it to packed it in and started leaking all over the bed, so another removal, which Imogen never remembered the morning..poor pin cushion.

Awoke the morning with the chance they were going to have to put another IV drip in if she need more blood, platelets (she had a bag of both over the weekend - thanks Blood Bank) or the IV antibiotics. Thankfully the lovely Dr Tina Carter decided no she had been through enough trauma, and sent us home on tablet antibiotics which Immie swallowed down like a trooper.
SOOOOOO Glad to be home...yay!!!

We were very lucky to have Kody, Mum and Dad to help us entertain the lovely Imogen, thanks people!!, and of course the staff at PMH (3b), who were constantly fighting our battle about being delayed.

Love and Hugs
The Holmes Gang