“Aria not have sleep overs anymore” - Aria MacDonald

“Aria not have sleep overs anymore”

20 Nov at 11:27 am by Anita MacDonald

Our grand plan last night didn’t work.

Aria was up at about 1.30am and we went into the TV room to watch some telly.  But we didn’t expect a temp of 38.8 and her coughing is back.  She is happier watching telly but because she is so uncomfortable she needs us to change her position every ten mins.

At about 3am I realised that it was highly likely we would have to go back to Starship in the morning and I wasn’t going to get any sleep.  Plus I knew I would struggle to look after Asher with only 2 hours sleep.  So Hamish and I swapped over at 3.30 and he got another half an hour sleep.

So they are back in ED.  Hamish text to say they have organised pain relief.  I really wanted morphine at home but Hamish and Dr E didn’t- can’t argue with the bosses! :)  But we have figure out something else.  Mums out there- be so thankful each time you are able to simply give 5 mls of liquid panadol to your child available at the supermarket.  I know I marvel at how simple oral ABX and panadol is for Asher and how difficult ABX and pain relief is for Aria given no gut function.

The good news of the day is that we have found a home for our cat Madden when we go.  A lovely older couple is going to take him.  Madden is an old cat and they really wanted an older cat.  He will get spoilt rotten which is wonderful because he hasn’t had the attention from us over the past 3 years.

UPDATE:

Aria and Hamish are back home again. They got the pain relief and a different antibiotic to try. Best news of the trip is that after Hamish explained to Aria that they would be able to help her sore tummy at home, she was quite happy to come back here and wasn’t asking for more sleepovers, YAY!