15th November 2008

Well Trinity-Storm’s brothers Cassius and Devante and big sister Nimeesha were supposed to come and visit today, but they had other ideas. They decided to ditch us and go to the beach with their Aunty Julia. Little buggers!! L But the plan for tomorrow is to go the Wellington Christmas Parade and then visit her. Then the day isn’t too long for them - only a quick visit is what they need. It’s a bit hard for them when there isn’t much for them to do and it all get’s a bit boring when their baby sister is just lying there. They are probably feeling a bit neglected at the moment as we don’t really spend much time together anymore. Family and friends have been great, especially Adrian and his family. He has been picking up my boys most days from school and having Nimeesha. And it’s great having dinner ready for us when we come home. All the little things really makes a difference for us because by the time we get home we just want to sleep. I do need a house maid though so any volunteers please feel free to come forward!! J
They took out the umbilical line today - obviously from her belly button. This could only stay in for a couple of weeks - any longer and it can cause infection. In a way it’s a good thing, but now the only way they can take bloods is by doing a heel prick. She only has 1 heel available because the other heel is all taped up due to the long line.
My little girl has an attitude and doesn’t like the nurses touching her or looking at her. What a good girl! Her dad reckons it’s the Maori in her, Whatever!! He said if it was the raro in her she would’ve got up and walked out of there by now.
Our daughter weighed 680gm today and we’ve come to the conclusion that it is all fluid retention. Once they sort out her tummy problems then we can get a better idea of how her weight is really increasing.