3rd May 2009

Well it's been a while since I updated the blog so I thought I'd better write.
Me and my kids have just come back from Kaikoura, my grandmother died on Tuesday 28th April from cancer. She was such an awesome grandma I couldn't ask for anybody else. She loved everybody so much, and she came 2 all of my kids christenings no matter if she was sick or not. It's a shame she won't be there for Trinity-Storm's one. I know she will be watching over her though. I'm going to miss her so much.
What a mission that was 2 try and get all of my family down there. I travelled down with my 2 sisters, all of their kids and my brother. On the way back my Mum and Dad were with us. It was nice 2 be able 2 take my kids 2 our marae, only Devante had been there before. We caught up with our cousins that we haven't seen for so long. The plan now is to have a get together in Wellington.
Trinity is doing great, she is getting hungrier now which is a good sign. She is sleeping better, sometimes through the night. She got heaps of tests coming up and hopefully she'll come off the oxygen soon.

After a bath

9th April 2009

Trinity-Storm had a check up today with the paedeatrician. We went back to the neonates for the check up because the next clinic is July. So far so good for her. They've made some appointments for her, chest x-ray, head scan, heart scan, blood tests, reflux test, sleep study. You name it she's having it. I suppose hospital visits are goin to be a huge part of her life.
I had to go to the chemist again today. Her medicines aren't cheap, we also get her milk from there as well. These things soon add up.
The other thing I forgot to mention is that when the doctor reviewed her today he said she should never have been sent home when we took her in to get checked on Monday. She apparently had some kinda virus which could've been potentially fatal for her! He was not happy at all. I'm glad Antz wasn't there because he would have got angry and turned into the hulk. But she is a lot better now and is fighting off her flu.

Having a bath in a bowl!

Having a bath in a bowl!

7th April 2009

For the last 4 days Trinity-Storm has been unwell. She has got a cold and is just miserable. We had 2 take her back into Wellington hospital yesterday to get checked. Lucky for us she was fine and we didn't have 2 stay in there. She is still sick and we just have 2 monitor her and make sure she's okay. But she's a fighter so she will get through it.
I hope you all got a copy of this weeks womans weekly because our story is in there with some awesome photos.

big sister feeding little sister

1st April 2009

Hey everybody. Yes I know it's been so long since I've updated my blog, but there has been a lot happening. First of all I will just start by saying that my daughter finally came home on the 24th of March. I can't thank everybody at the neonatal unit enough for what they have done for my daughter, without their hard work and dedication she wouldn't be home with us.
Our house has gone from being a 5 person household to an 8 person household.
Antz's ex-partner died on the 14th of march (Nimeesha's b'day) so we did the only thing we thought was right and have taken the kids into our care. So as you can imagine we have a very busy household and we will be applyng to get a bigger house. Fingers crossed.