MSE Parents Club Part 7

jillie1974

hi all!!
hope everyone is well.
just popping on to catch up --- if its possible since i was last on.

got our child tax credit in the bank yesterday. not massive amount but anything is something.
just waitingon the letter so i can check if the amount in the account is the actual monthly amount or is it a partial payment.

elle_gee

Right, don't want to get excited yet and I'm not 100%, but I think the letter is bascally saying the fluid from the haemorrhage we knew about (when Rhys was roughly 3wks old) is still there (we knew it was when he was 8wks old and assumed it'd stayed) and not drained away. That is what they want the Notts specialist to see him about which is probably to discuss putting a drain in to get rid of it - we were warned about that at the beginning but it was made out to be not a huge thing when you consider the end result.

The good news is that there is "no significant celebral atrophy" which is the damage / loss of cells in the brain which could have meant cerebal palsy, and also he is showing "no signs of intercranial pressure", meaning the fluid isn't causing him any problems at the minute..

Am quietly confident

emlou2009

elle, that sounds like fab news!! :T

emlou2009

i am turning into an old woman - i have just chased a leafletter down the road to give them their leaflet back after posting it through our letterbox with NO JUNK MAIL written all over it :rotfl:

3onitsway

redmel1621 wrote: »

3 - I will have your kiddies, they are fab:)

That's that sorted then!
If you've got four running around your house, you'll hardly notice the extra three! :eek:

elle_gee wrote: »

The good news is that there is "no significant celebral atrophy" which is the damage / loss of cells in the brain which could have meant cerebal palsy, and also he is showing "no signs of intercranial pressure", meaning the fluid isn't causing him any problems at the minute..

Am quietly confident

That sounds positive Elle! :T
(But why can't medical letters be written in a language we can understand without having to google all of the big words?)

feelinggood_2

Oh Elle, that sounds wonderful. Everything crossed for you.

So far today - I've washed up, put a curry in slow cooker, fed baby a ham sandwich, cleaned up sick and changed baby after ham sandwich, swept the floor, washed and dried and folded one load of washing, emailed Amazon about missing parcel, eaten a whole box of milk tray and tidied up.

Buttonmoons

Sounds more productive than me Feelie. I've been home 2hours and the most I've done is attempt to eat a pie.

That sounds good Elle! Yey for Rhys!


Oh excitement in the house, a fly has managed to make it's way in and the cats are going nuts. wowza a fly!

SugarSpun

That's great elle, what wonderful news!

It's been such a busy day, and Husband has been a major PITA. In the middle of the night we were all in bed and Molly managed to wriggle so I couldn't get my arm out from under her. I asked him for help and he dragged her off me, one-handed, so she woke up frightened and uncomfortable. I couldn't get her back off, and then he woke up snapping at me/us for her crying. So I snapped back and he stropped off to the sofa.

He took her from 7am and went out to the first appointment of the day, then brought her back starving via two(!) doctors' waiting rooms. He complained about the sick people he'd been gallantly protecting Molly from, but when I suggested that perhaps taking a tour of Swine Flu Central was ill-advised he retorted that there'd been only one sick person in both waiting rooms.

Fed her quickly and off to the rental insurance people. It's now six months since I left my old place and this is the last day my landlord had to legally return my deposit. It's not here so at 5pm I need to print out my bank statement showing its absence and from hereon in we're entitled to the full amount plus the highest amount of interest I pay out.

Then to the health insurance people for paperwork, then the post office, and back here. She's finally gone to sleep and I was able to send out the working paper I've been collaborating on after finally getting time to make my changes. The only sad thing is that there's a job I wanted to apply for, but the deadline's 5:30pm today and I've not time to organise my dossier. I'm feeling rather resentful, as it happens - if Husband had been able to mind Molly for more of the last couple of days I could have got it together

jillie1974

great news elle!!

astonsmummy

feelinggood wrote: »

Oh I wondered if Sami did what that Mum of 8 did, she took a photo of each kid sat next to thier first potty poo!

Elle, be careful with your googling. ((hugs)) Did you keep a cop of DLA form? I'm stupid and forgot to photocopy mine.

Weezl - will you be getting a gender scan?

Tia - something you'd buy anyway would be good value. Any Deals are good, what about magazine subscription for Xmas pressie?

Em - do you have to revuew it soon? Seems slly to send one for oler babies!

AM - would it be an option to ask your Mum to consider if Aston could go to OH? It depends how things are at the time, he might be happiest there?

Thanks for reassurance about LO. He seems fine, he ate well, no sick and looks normal.

No cos me and OH or should I say ex OH are not together anymore