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  • David.
    David. Posts: 24,086 Forumite
    I'm still in the zero club :rotfl: but that's been a combination of factors not including a very clean westwoods every time I'm there :p. I gave up looking because every where was spotless!
    I've also had a load of personal family problems to get through that have prevented me from getting to SADA as often as I might have and generally shopping at the nearest store to me when I feel up to it.
    We as a family have had some very good news but also some devastating news as well. There are two babies due in the family, one is to DH's sister so my 1st niece or nephew, due in Nov. The other is to my cousin, this little guy isn't going to make it :( the docs have given him a 1% chance of surviving birth and even if he does he may only live for a few hours. The docs suspect he has Edwards syndrome, he also has a hole in the top of his spine, a faulty valve somewhere in his skull allowing spinal/brain fluid to leak out which is forming in a mass at the base of his skull and growing quite quickly. Cousin is booked in to have a C-section in August and has been to price a plot in the graveyard for the wee guy, we were talking about grave stones and I took her to see my DH's one as she wants one that will last and not fade. It just seems so surreal that in one hand we were looking at getting him a christening gown and a matter of hours later pricing his funeral :(

    Suffice it to say I've really lost my mojo and in the grand scheme of things it's not that important, sorry if I've upset anyone but today and the past few have been very hard. I've tried not to upset anyone by talking about it as emotions are running very high at the moment.
    Always someone to get it off your chest to on here SD you know that :cool:
    When The Fun Stops Stop ;)
  • emerald21
    emerald21 Posts: 11,349 Forumite
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    I'm still in the zero club :rotfl: but that's been a combination of factors not including a very clean westwoods every time I'm there :p. I gave up looking because every where was spotless!
    I've also had a load of personal family problems to get through that have prevented me from getting to SADA as often as I might have and generally shopping at the nearest store to me when I feel up to it.
    We as a family have had some very good news but also some devastating news as well. There are two babies due in the family, one is to DH's sister so my 1st niece or nephew, due in Nov. The other is to my cousin, this little guy isn't going to make it :( the docs have given him a 1% chance of surviving birth and even if he does he may only live for a few hours. The docs suspect he has Edwards syndrome, he also has a hole in the top of his spine, a faulty valve somewhere in his skull allowing spinal/brain fluid to leak out which is forming in a mass at the base of his skull and growing quite quickly. Cousin is booked in to have a C-section in August and has been to price a plot in the graveyard for the wee guy, we were talking about grave stones and I took her to see my DH's one as she wants one that will last and not fade. It just seems so surreal that in one hand we were looking at getting him a christening gown and a matter of hours later pricing his funeral :(

    Suffice it to say I've really lost my mojo and in the grand scheme of things it's not that important, sorry if I've upset anyone but today and the past few have been very hard. I've tried not to upset anyone by talking about it as emotions are running very high at the moment.


    Oh dear so sorry to hear that.
  • madmuppet5
    madmuppet5 Posts: 5,575 Forumite
    So sorry SD :( Big. big hugs xx
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  • Enterprise_1701C
    Enterprise_1701C Posts: 23,414 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Mortgage-free Glee!
    We have just been without internet for 12 hours. Amazing what you can get done in that time! Of course, that did include being out at work for a substantial amount of time, but it got my DD out of the house!!
    What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare
  • emerald21
    emerald21 Posts: 11,349 Forumite
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    David. wrote: »
    Only one use per id :D and you have used yours Suzie

    I don't know what you mean again :(
  • David.
    David. Posts: 24,086 Forumite
    When The Fun Stops Stop ;)
  • scamps1966
    scamps1966 Posts: 5,648 Forumite
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    I'm still in the zero club :rotfl: but that's been a combination of factors not including a very clean westwoods every time I'm there :p. I gave up looking because every where was spotless!
    I've also had a load of personal family problems to get through that have prevented me from getting to SADA as often as I might have and generally shopping at the nearest store to me when I feel up to it.
    We as a family have had some very good news but also some devastating news as well. There are two babies due in the family, one is to DH's sister so my 1st niece or nephew, due in Nov. The other is to my cousin, this little guy isn't going to make it :( the docs have given him a 1% chance of surviving birth and even if he does he may only live for a few hours. The docs suspect he has Edwards syndrome, he also has a hole in the top of his spine, a faulty valve somewhere in his skull allowing spinal/brain fluid to leak out which is forming in a mass at the base of his skull and growing quite quickly. Cousin is booked in to have a C-section in August and has been to price a plot in the graveyard for the wee guy, we were talking about grave stones and I took her to see my DH's one as she wants one that will last and not fade. It just seems so surreal that in one hand we were looking at getting him a christening gown and a matter of hours later pricing his funeral :(

    Suffice it to say I've really lost my mojo and in the grand scheme of things it's not that important, sorry if I've upset anyone but today and the past few have been very hard. I've tried not to upset anyone by talking about it as emotions are running very high at the moment.

    Sorry for your cousin SD. (((hugs)))
  • David.
    David. Posts: 24,086 Forumite
    emerald21 wrote: »
    I don't know what you mean again :(
    Slow Suzie your post this morning was :cool: but now I know like the devious woman you are you would play on my softer side to your advantage.
    So you can not use it again ;)
    Better :eek:
    When The Fun Stops Stop ;)
  • lookinforabargain
    lookinforabargain Posts: 9,032 Forumite
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    :( So sorry to hear that SD, sending you (((hugs)))
    ...those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

    PRIDE

    There's a fork in the road, which way will you go
    You standing still or will you step into the great unknown,
    Is yours to decide, this is your life.


  • PetuliaGristle
    PetuliaGristle Posts: 2,204 Forumite
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    SD sorry to read your post, thinking of you and your family.
    "We have to be kind because everyone is fighting a great, great battle" - Sir Richard Attenborough
    "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women" - Madeleine Albright
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