MSE Pregnancy Club XIII

tarajayne

Here's where I got my mattress. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MAXICOOL-Fully-Sprung-Cot-Bed-Mattress-140x70x10cm_W0QQitemZ280352933114QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Baby_NurseryBedding_RL?hash=item41465644fa&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1683%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

workinmummy

Glamazon wrote: »

Well you can get me back tomorrow - cos I've got my GTT on wednesday!
I thought it was after midnight
Will have to check my sheet

My sheet says from 8.30pm and my appoinment is at 9.30am, due to having to do school run. Says its a 12 hrs + fast

helen81_2

Im watchin Gavin and Stacey too GISI
I need a cot bed matress too,so would be interested to find a bargain!

tarajayne

The hugest (((hugs))) I have MM, don't know what to say. XXX

searching_me

always something eh mm ... you ok? x

Glamazon

My GTT is @ 8.30am - must remember to take a book!!! Apparently you're not allowed out the clinic even to go the shop - that came from someone who had it at RAEI!!!!

MM - Oh, how awful they have only told you that now. I am sure Dylam will be fine, did they say WHEN he could go home?

Thanks for advice on mattress - tara does that one have a cover like tia said about?

helen81_2

MM, hope ur ok,must have been a shock (((hugs))) xx

tiamai_d

money_maker wrote: »

OK, well here goes ..........
Phoned the hospital this morning to see if Dylan could come home and was told that they werent sure yet, and I was to phone back at lunch time. Waited round for another 4 hours, and called again at 12.30 to be told that the consultant did not want to send him hime, and that he wanted to talk to me before discussing it any further :eek:. Well panic sets in and I got my FIL to take me up straight away.
We go in and it is feeding time, so I did his cares and fed him and sat there waiting for the consultant for nearly 2 hours.:mad:

Finally got in to see him and he said that they were happy with Dylans feeding but wanted to let us know the future before he came home. Wewerent told much about his ride up to NICU in the ambulance that 1st night other than he took a bad turn and was put on 100% O2, but it seems that he did not get enough oxygen for a short period of time and may have had a short period of time where he was oxygen deprived. Because of this they feel that there may be future consequences of brain damage, but nothing major, so they asked a neurologist to come and see him this morning and she is not happy with his arm movements and thinks there is a possibility of him developing a degree of ceribal palsy (sp??) but there is no way of knowing this early on.

So I just sat there and cried, as you do, and Chris just looked at me. Have had all afternoon to think about it now, and it is only a chance, but he has to see a pediatrician for the next 2 years to check his development stages closely.

So thats my day ... not quite what I had planned :rolleyes:

Huge hugs hun!!! You know that DS2 has cerebral palsy affecting his right side. At 8 months it was diagnosed and first appeared to be just his arm. It's not the end of the world but it does feel like someone has just broken your knees and told you to run!

The good thing is that they have picked it up now, that makes all the difference. They can get a physio routine sorted out to kick start all those little neurones into covering the area of damage, sooner that starts the better. All I can advise is lots of physio, lots of stimulation, lots of sensory stimulation in the arm and he will be fine.

The first 3 years will be hard, nobody knows what is going to happen and all you want is to know what the future holds. You can only be told wait and see so many times before you go mad. But, they don't know, you can only do your best, which you will because you are amazing.

And of course, if you need to talk give me a shout.

tarajayne

Yes Glam, it stops them overheating, may buy a spare cover but gonna see how I go.

Service was excellent too!

money_maker_3

He will be home no later than Wednesday afternoon, but I am to phone in the morning as if he has a good night tonight, then they will let him out tomorrow. All I have to do is treat him like normal and do nothing different, as it is only a chance that something will be picked up. I'm not too worried about him having CP, he will be loved no matter what, its just the shock of being told after 12 days of thinking that it was just his lungs that were a bit dodgy !!
Oh I dont know what I want any of you to say, I just needed to tell you all that I'mk scared and upset and want to scream and cry and I dont know what else. I am pretending to Chris that it doesnt matter and that we will take it as it comes, but deep down at the minute, thats not how I feel