Friday, December 30, 2005

Evening all.

Well here it is. The last Blog of 2005!!
I have no doubts that lots of you will be letting your hair down tomorrow night. Except Uncle Sneag!!!!

I thought i would just put a few photoson tonight just to show you all how i am doing. There has not been much change in my condition from yesterday. Which is good as it means that i have been off the cpap since Boxing Day, and i am virtually in air now.

All i all i am doing very well, and next month will just continue to see me grow and put on weight. And become a lot stronger. However there is still a long way to go for mum and dad before they can take me home.

I just want to say a big thank you again to everyone who has shown interest in my site, who have posted nice comments, and even Uncle Kimbo's horrible ones about my dad (2 rounds of golf yesterday, Uncle Kimbo lost them both). Uncle Kimbo was saying that his daughter had had a doll for christmas which was just about the same size as me.

Any way i hope you all have a very peaceful new year and don't get into too much trouble. And yes that does mean you Uncle Wint.
Night night
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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Hello.

Well here I am again. And look at me!!
I'm wearing big persons clothing. Well big person if you are 3 pounds in weight.
This natty little number was bought for me by grandma and grandad for christmas.
Yes I know it still looks a little big.




I have now been off my cpap since boxing day, which is brilliant. I still continue to have the odd dip, but i am bringing myself round most of the time. Now the blue cable that you can see attached is a new one. This goes to a machine which monitors my breathing. If i don't take a breath for 20 seconds, alarms sound, bells ring, lights go off and Grandad T jumps a mile!!
The other big news is that my nurse Gail put me in 21% oxygen (air) today and i was ok. I only blipped a couple of times. All this goes to prove that i am getting stronger daily. My feeds have been put up again. I am know having 34mls!! But they have spaced out my feeds now so i am only having them every 3 hours. This is all like getting into a proper baby routine.

Anyway, here is a photo of mum and grandad when he wasn't worrying about alarms. As you can see he looks very relaxed and proud to have such a lovely grandaughter.

And here are mum and dad. Every now and then mum insists on having a group photo. Everyone who has met mum recently has commented on how well she is doing. As she regularly points out to dad (usually when something needs doing) she has had major surgery recently. And everyone who has met dad has generally pointed out he looks knackered!!! Dad at least is going to have a few hours off tomorrow beating Uncle Kimbo and Uncle Stuart at golf.

Right it is time to leave you all again I'm afraid.
I'll be back tomorrow with my normal update and then I will be taking a break for the weekend. However, if I manage to stay awake i might just post something special for the new year on sunday.
Night night
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Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Hello world.


I Hope that the snow was not too bad for everyone.
Mum has asked me to put this picture in just so you know what it was like round the reservoir. I'm sure this not very interesting to you all because youa ll know what snow looks like.

However, as dad says, never argue with mum (unless you are right!!)


Okay so it was weigh day again. What are your guesses (uncle Kimbo, Wint and Stuart cant play as they already know). Well my dad got it spot on again so mum says that he is a wizard.
I know weigh 3 pounds and one and a half ounces!! That means that i am now one and a half times my birth weight.










Also I am 28 days so the doctors are really happy with me.
I am staying off my cpap pretty much for most of the time now. Occasionally i might need a quick snort but there are no plans yet.











So that is all my news really for today. I want to say a big hello to Auntie Dan and Auntie Fi (hope that was right) who are tuning in on Auntie Babs computer. Also a big hello to Uncle Sneag who is lounging around in some Mexican resort topping up his tan. Dad says he probably has a notted handkerchief over his head!! He'll be back on Saturday and i can't wait to show off to him about how big i have grown.






Okay so ia moff for another day. Its very tiring growing big and dad keeps shining the camera in my face.
Until tomorrow,
bye from Zoe
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Hi everyone

Well here we are again. I have had another very good night and have been off my cpap for quite a lot of the day again. They put me back on it for a couple of hours every now and then just to help but for the most i am just in the box and a lot of the time i am on only 24% oxygen.

Now here is a picture of Uncle Steve and Auntie Jo. They came all the way up from Wolverhampton, despite the snow, just to see me. And hasn't it snowed. I feel really sorry for Kate who is helping to look after me tonight. She is seriously looking at sleeping the night here with me. My dad has offered her a bed but she will have to share - with Frodo!

Now, part of the reson for my desats is my eating. Yesterday Emily noticed that my stomach was looking very fat. Dad said it wasn't quite as fat as Uncle Kimbo's but it was still pretty big for a young one. The doctors came and had a look but they were not concerned. They think it is just wind. Now wind is something that Uncle Kimbo does know about!!
So now after my feeds I have to be winded. Mum and dad both watched the nurses wind me and now they do it to me too.

So here is a picture of my mum taking very special care of me
















And here is my dad looking like he is strangling me!!!!

















Its quite a sad day because Uncle Ian is going back to Southampton tomorrow. He says he will back up in a few weeks on the train to come and see me again, and he expects cuddles next time. Until then here is a nice picture of him saying goodbye.

Right I'm off for the night and going to give mum and dad a chance to get home. Take care everyone driving, especially Uncle Ian, and take care in Prague Uncle Steve and Auntie Jo. Uncel Steve is definatley going by the way (in house joke only they will get). Tomorrow is weigh day and we are hoping for above 3lbs so wish me luck and remember
Don't have nightmares!
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Monday, December 26, 2005

Happy Boxing Day Everyone!!!

Now, my dad has said that i have to sing this for uncle Rory and Ben.
'Hark now hear,
United sing,
the Wednesday ran away.
And we will fight for ever more,
because of Boxing Day'

Now i'm not really sure what Boxing Day is (I'm sure Uncle Ian can enlighten us all) apart from an excuse to have another day partying, and for lots of sad stags fans to go all the way to Northampton and back for a depressing football match.
And grandad T, Dad wants to know if you want your fine now or later for Murphy!
Right enough of the football!!!

Look at all this lot. Thank you so much for all the fabulous presents that i received. As you can see the dining room has been taken over. I hope Santa brought everybody what they wanted, I know of three little girls who are really happy because dad is taking them to see the Sugababes. And one big boy!!
Unfortunately Uncle Stuart, I did not get a Scalextric for Christmas. However dad does have one up in the loft from when he was a little boy (about five years ago) and he says you can come round and play on it whenever you want.


The good news is that i was taken off my cpap at 3 o'clock Christmas Day and i stayed off it right up until 9 o'clock tonight. Also the nurses think that part of the problems is that i'm really hungry and i start to desat then. So they have increased my feeds but are giving them to me every 2 and a half hours now. This gives me more time to sleep in between meals. A bit like grandad Ambler.
They are going to try and keep me off as much as possible, but they do not want me to get to tired. That is why i have gone back on it for a few hours.


However i have certainly had less desats over the psat few days which is good. I am now 26 days which is fabulous and the doctors will all relax a bit more when i reach 28 days.
Any way, Auntie Jo and Uncle Steve are coming up tomorrow from the strange place of Wolverhampton. And unfortunately tomorrow will be the last time i see uncle Ian for a few weeks as he has to go back to Southampton tomorrow.
So until tomorrow, have a peaceful night.
Love
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Sunday, December 25, 2005


Merry Christmas Everyone.
From Zoe, Dad and Mum
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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Hello and welcome to my blog on this special day. Now I'm not going to ramble on much today but i just want you to share some of the special moments from my 1st Christmas.


Now I'm not sure if I am happy at your all seeing me in this position.
However on the ward things go on as normal and as it is sunday it is weighing in day.
And this is how they do it - strip me down to nothing, plonk me on a cold set of scales and then shove me back in the box again.
Very nice. Very tasteful!
Good news however. I am now up to 2lbs 15oz!!!























Friday, December 23, 2005

Hi everyone!!

Now i am afraid it is going to be a really really short blog today.
Not because there is anything wrong with me. More for the reason that there has really been very little change in my condition.
I am still on cpap for 6 hours and off for 4, and my feeds are still being tolerated.
So although it doesn't sound very interesting, but in truth everything is brilliant. And i am making lots of fuss for the nurses which they like, especially Emily! This is because they would rather have an active baby than one who just lies there.



Now mum and dad are going to be very busy tomorrow because they are going out with all the oldies (and uncle Ian but i think he will qualify soon as he is knocking on the door of 40), and they want to spend as much time with me as possible.
But i might ask dad to help me out with a very special christmas blog.
It will be cool, a bit like the Queens speech.
So until then i wish you all a very merry christmas and a big thank you for all the presents.
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Thursday, December 22, 2005

Hello world!


Well here i am again for another day.
To be honest there has not been a lot going on today.
I have had my feeds increased slightly due to my increased weight.
Can you believe that they were worried that i am putting to much on too quickly.
Amazing!!



Yesterday i promised you a picture of my stocking.
Now we dont have a chimney in the ward so we have had to hang our stockings on the end of our incubators.
Now. i don't want to be pre-guessing anybody, but isn't that a little small!!!
I know i am only tiny but there is no reason to make my stocking small.
How is dad going to fit the scalextric box in that!






As you can see from these photos, I am spending more time off the cpap machine.
I am up to 6 hours on and 3 off.
Lyndsey, who is looking after me today, said that if i behaved she was going to leave me off for a little longer.
All the doctors are really stumped by my desats. They still think it might be something to do with my eating, but as I am putting on weight its not a problem.



One little problem that i am having at the moment is my poor little nosey.
Because i have to have the mask on so much, it is starting to push against my nose and make it sore.
Now if you look closely at the picture you might see a little bit of tape.
This has been put there to provide extra protection.
Mum is still convinced it is all a conspiracy by dad to make sure i dont develop the Hayes nose!!
And Uncle Ian, stop saying i look like Grandad Hayes.



As I said, it was a very quiet day today. Just mum and dad which was nice. I am sure that christmas day is going to be a scream though!! And tomorrow, I have Auntie Gillian coming to see me. Also Great great great Auntie Joan is coming with grandma and grandad. And i might get to see Grandad T and Uncle Ian too.
So until tomorrow i will wish you goodnight. Now i wonder if i can do another big poo (sorry about that one dad) before my mum and dad go!
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Hi again!



21 to day, 21 today. Thats days not years! Dad is having enough problems coping with a 21 day old daughter. The thought of a 21 year old daughter running around would push him to the limit!
Any way i am 21 days old today (or yesterday if you are reading this on thursday!). Now if i make it to 28 days with no major hiccups, then that is another hurdle passed.



So the great weight sweepstake. I was weighed this morning and i am 1.26kg, which for anybody working in real systems is 2lbs 12oz. Well done dad, you got it spot on!!
This means that since Sunday i have put on 4oz For people like thomas, who found it hard to imagine i weighed as little as a bag of sugar, that is like a quarter of sweets from the sweetshop!
Because of this my feeds have gone up again. Also i am spending less time on the cpap machine now. Before i was weighed i was on for 6 hours and off for 2.
Well now i am on for 6 and off for 3. Which is good as people like uncle ian get to see me without a mask on for a bit (i think that uncle ian has fallen in love with me already, which is understandable!)



I have had lots of visitors today.
First grandma and grandad A came to see me and brought me a lovely picture from my cousin millie.
Then grandad T and uncle Ian came to see me. And i was really good for them and openend my eyes and everything.
And then this nice lady came to see me again. This is Izzy (not the mad one who works here but the mad one who is friends with mum and dad). And she was allowed to give my hand a little stroke. Thanks you for all the lovely presents they brought! And she even brought a great big cuddly bear!!!



Oh no, sorry. That is her husband David. They are really nice and dad thinks that he has already got another babysitter lined up now. And not just for me but for the dig too!
And actually, if there are any dogs around the country that would like a good home, come and see Izzy. She'll have you!










So all in all it was a very busy day. Lots of people to see, lots of nappies to fill (sorry about the gross one dad), lots of nurses to annoy (sorry emily). And it is only three sleeps til santa comes. I have my stocking on my incubator, which with any luck i will take a photo of thursday.
So until then,
night night.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Hi everyone.
Sorry that i am a bit late for all those evening blog viewers with my Tuesday update.
However, there is a good reason as mum and dad went to the pictures last night for a break. They went to see The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.



Before i start i want to send a big 'aaaaagh matey' out to Uncle Sneag. He is currently trawling round the Carribean on a big boat pretending to be Johnny Depp.
However by the wonders of modern technology he sent me a message. Good to hear from you uncle sneag.



Well as you can see from the photos i am still mixing my time between being on cpap and being off it. They take me off the machine as the mask i have to wear is very uncomfortable and it squashes my timy nose. Now i'm not sure if this is some conspiracy by dad to try to ensure that i do not have the famous 'Hayes nose' (bit like a roman one but not as much noble breeding'. However it does give me a little time out in the free air.

Also you can see me wearing a dress that was very kindly bought for me by auntie ellen. Apparently mum saw that all the other little girls in the room were wearing dresses and threw a susan paddy! Of course when dad turned up he did the usual 'aah she looks so pretty - now put her in some jeans' routine, but i think he was really very happy.



Ok so here we have some more visitors today. This is the long anticipated auntie anne (she's the welsh one) and uncle graham (he's the gunner). They very kindly drove all the way up from Ross-on-Wye to see me (and i suppose to see mum and dad too). It was really nice to see them and they gave me some lovely gifts. Thank you so much both of you. They also went out for a meal with mum and dad and grandad t and uncle (i don't normally make a fuss) ian.







Time for some more cuddles. This is with dad and i did really well as i didn't have a desat the whole time i was shoved down his shirt. Mum says it has something to do with the oxygen getting trapped in the fur!!!












So its goodbye from me again.
Now tomorrow is another weighing day sao place your bets on what i will be.
Dad reckons that it will be 2lbs 12oz, and mum does not know as she cant't work out the conversions. And tomorrow i will be 21 (days that is).
Night night
(actually its good morning)
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