Another great day on Hannah’s heart surgery journey Hannah had a good night after a great day that ended with us snuggling up in her bed watching “Educating Yorkshire: One Year On“. She started getting restless around 5.30 this morning…toilet, water, bed up, bed down, tossing and turning, needing her eye mask to be in […]
An emotional but great day… …counting my blessings – again! 5.40am Eeeeep! It’s GCSE results day! Simon will update me, shortly, on what kind of night Hannah has had and how she is, then either one or both of us will go back to Doncaster with Charlotte to get her results. 6.10am I just spoke […]
A bit of a non-day… …but on the plus side, more gifts for Hannah to get excited about! 9am Hannah has had another good night. She looks great! Cheeky tyke woke me up a couple of times by jiggling my toes, to tell me I was snoring too loudly. Charming! 😉 My back is in […]
One week after heart surgery Hannah is doing great…and we have further news/clarification about Charlie 7.50am This time last week, we were waiting for Hannah to be given pre-meds and taken into theatre. We were watching “Back to the Future II” to pass the time and keep our minds off it all. We were all […]
A really good day – lots of smiles, laughter and general joviality You could almost forget we’re here because Hannah has just had major heart surgery (less than a week ago!) 9am Came in at 8 to find Hannah up & dressed and having breakfast. She’d managed her half shower etc by herself! She’s had […]
Highs and Lows A rough night 1am Hannah wakes up as she needs the toilet. Complains of pain…in her chest but also her right shoulder when breathing in. I get her back into bed. ..almost bolt upright as she says it hurts too much otherwise. She probably hardly got any pain relief at her last […]
Showers and other shenanigans I got back to the ward at around 8am. Hannah was awake and said hello. She still had the nasal prong oxygen but no longer needed the additional waft from the oxygen mask (I think that stopped last night before I left) and her O2 Sats were still between 98% and […]
Steady progress 4 am Woke up to Hannah sitting up in bed (supported by her lovely nurse, Kate) , having a big cough and struggling to shift the ‘frog in her throat’. She had vomited a little but was fine – had a good drink. Was much stronger getting herself into sitting up position and […]
A child’s recovery from heart surgery can be extremely rapid or excruciatingly slow. Hannah’s first open heart surgery in 2000 resulted in her spending 2 weeks in intensive care, struggling to breathe, being extubated and re-intubated more times than I dare to remember and contracting all manner of nasty infections. This was follwed by 2 […]
Or is it?? Clouds and silver linings… Hannah woke up just before the alarm, at 5.30am, for breakfast (she was allowed food until 6) then went straight back to sleep. She then woke up again; I said “get some more sleep”. She said “I tried”. I said “try harder”, climbed into bed with her for […]
