Tuesday 5th December 2006

Encouraged by my brother Jason's blog (the Mighty 'C') I decided to start my own but have no idea what to write so will just see what comes out lol! Last week I started going to nursery with Lewis. For 3 weeks before that he had missed nursery (and hence I had missed work!) as we had been in hospital. So last week, as Lew is now too poorly to go to nursery on his own without 1:1, I started going with him and spending the day with him as his 1:1 and its been great for both of us!!! Lewis has enjoyed spending time with his friends, and I have enjoyed being with all those lovely, happy, sociable children, making me feel so much better about life in general. Children definitely keep you young! Samuel has gone to stay with his Aunty Tania in London for a week. My sister Nicola and her scrumptiously scrumptious daughter Evie have come to stay the week with us here in Doncaster with my mum. My mum is just making me a cup of coffee and has given me a lovely bar of chocolate called Noir Framboises yummmm! So, my family. I am married to James (12th August 2006) and my sons are Samuel (from first marriage) who is 14 in May 2007 and Lewis who will be 3 on 28th February 2007. My mum, Valerie, lives on her own in Twickenham. My dad, Leslie, lives on his own (well with his ailing cat Sheba) in Teddington. My brother Jason (Mighty 'C') lives in Teddington too. My sister Nicola lives in Strawberry Hill with her husband Lee and their daughter Evie. My sister Tania lives in Twickenham with her partner Nathan, and their daughters Daisy (15 in March 2007) and Millie (3 in March 2007). So a bit more about Lewis. Lewis was born on 28th February 2004 and the pregnancy and delivery were normal. Lew developed normally, like any other baby of his age. He sat up at around 6 months, he started to crawl around 9 months, started to cruise round the furniture at around 11 months and started to walk (a little late) at around 17 months. From around 9 months Lewis started having reflex anoxic seizures. Just before Lewis' 2nd birthday (February 2006) Lew started to limp on his right leg. He was diagnosed with irritable hip and we were told to rest it for a bit. After a few weeks he was able to walk again, but then in April 2006 he stopped walking completely and would only crawl everywhere. In July 2006 he had his first seizure and we went into hospital. On 11th August Lew had his MRI. On 12th August James and I got married and on 16th August we went on our honeymoon - all 4 of us! In early September Lew had another major seizure and we were admitted to hospital for several days. Several tests were undertaken. In November 2006 Lew had a lumbar puncture, muscle and skin biopsies at Sheffield Childrens Hospital under general anaesthetic. On 2nd December we had to ring 999 for an ambulance for the first time. Lew was having a major seizure and it was affecting his breathing and he was turning blue. That was very very scary!