2008 September « Aria MacDonald

We are back from a most wonderful weekend on Waiheke Island!!  YAY.  Lots to say but we had a nice relaxing time and met some new friends.  Aria had a great time too and it really helped her being around new people and new experiences.  Lots of new words and confidence.
For Hamish and I it [...]

…wicked.   I am not sure we are wicked but weary perhaps.  Definitely weary and sick.  Hamish, myself and now Asher are sick.  The most healthy person in the house is Aria!!  Poor Ashie has an ear and throat infection so we whisked him off to the Docs for some ABX.
Some of you will know Matisse.   [...]

I am wondering if this is going to come off as a ‘poor me’ post.   Or maybe like an invitation to my Pity Party with me being the guest of honour.
Two weeks on and Aria is doing well.  She has a bit of a cold right now but other than that she is doing pretty [...]

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This is Aria and Asher being cute one day last week.  When Aria wakes up I bring in Ashie with me and Aria tells me to put Asher in the bed with her.  Aria was holding Ashie’s hand and kissing it and then kissing her Green Dolly’s hand (yes that is the name of her [...]

Aria is off insulin now which is great news!!  Our night were pretty awful having to wake her to give her a finger prick to test her blood sugar.  Not a nice way to wake up!!  We tried different ways to wake her to make it easier but nothing worked.  Still only one more night [...]

Aria was discharged today.  Yay, it took awhile to get out but we are home finally.
Interesting we are home on IV insulin, a first for Starship from what I understand.  Everyone is a bit amazed because IV insulin is mainly only done in intenstive care, not at home by two non-medical professionals.  Anyway Starship seem [...]

Tomorrow marks two weeks in hospital for Aria and our family.  I honestly can’t believe it.  It has been such a long time.
This post is about Hamish
Hamish has spent 13 nights in hospital and been going to work.  That blows my mind.  Simply because you get very little sleep in hospital because of antibiotics and [...]

We have busted out of our hospital room for the morning.  It took a bit of organisation but it is really nice to be here.  Asher is sleeping and Aria is hooning around on her Scootie.
Aria is better but we have to stay in hospital over night while they monitor her blood sugar.  Her blood [...]

Just a quick update to say Aria is heaps better today.  We had a few dramas yesterday with a few things including another blood transfusion that didn’t get completed due to Aria getting a bit of a rash.
We were quite disappointed to hear we aren’t going home anytime soon.  This is turning into a long [...]