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Well, they took Ethan back in to Neonatal again. He stayed there for a day or two, and then they put him back on the ward with Leen. He seems fine now.
They gave Leen a blood transfusion, because she was so anemic. Her iron level should have been 10, and it was 6, whatever that means. She is fine now, too.
Hopefully they should come home today, and at last we can get to being a normal family. And I use the word Normal very loosely.
Although I've hated having them away from us, only being able to see them at set time, and then having to go early because Ellen needs to go to school in the morning, I have absolutely loved looking after Ellen. She's been absolutely wonderful, partly, I suspect, because she doesn't have time to be naughty. And partly, as someone pointed out, she has me all to herself, so she's not trying to get attention. Getting Ellen up in the morning, and ready for school, taking her to school, making her dinner, etc etc. It's been lovely. There's no reason why I can't do it next week, as I'm off then, too.
I'm also going to nip into work on Sunday, probably, to see if I can make it three weeks off. I wanted two weeks at home with the baby, and since he's been in hospital, I'll only get one. From what I hear, it's dead there. So it shouldn't be a problem.
They gave Leen a blood transfusion, because she was so anemic. Her iron level should have been 10, and it was 6, whatever that means. She is fine now, too.
Hopefully they should come home today, and at last we can get to being a normal family. And I use the word Normal very loosely.
Although I've hated having them away from us, only being able to see them at set time, and then having to go early because Ellen needs to go to school in the morning, I have absolutely loved looking after Ellen. She's been absolutely wonderful, partly, I suspect, because she doesn't have time to be naughty. And partly, as someone pointed out, she has me all to herself, so she's not trying to get attention. Getting Ellen up in the morning, and ready for school, taking her to school, making her dinner, etc etc. It's been lovely. There's no reason why I can't do it next week, as I'm off then, too.
I'm also going to nip into work on Sunday, probably, to see if I can make it three weeks off. I wanted two weeks at home with the baby, and since he's been in hospital, I'll only get one. From what I hear, it's dead there. So it shouldn't be a problem.