I had to take him to the doctors today because he isn't pooing very well bless him. A combination of the formula he has and the iron medicine he is taking isn't helping with that situation. He seems to become more uncomfortable at night which meant very little sleep for us last night! The doctor has prescribed some lactulose for him so hopefully that will start to work soon.
He is very lively and has a serious problem with being put down when he could be being cuddled!
It is starting to become difficult already to imagine that there was ever anything wrong with him!
For those of you in the East Midlands, next Monday on BBC 1 at 7:30pm there is a programme called Inside Out and it is about the congenital heart centre at Glenfield and the government proposal which could mean that children's heart surgery wont be carried out there any longer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017b4kx
The stress and anxiety a family goes through when their child needs heart surgery is indescribable but to add to that by making families have to travel hours and hours to the hospital would be further torture.
The government has set out four options for creating safe and sustainable children's congenital heart services in the UK. Out of the four options, Glenfield remaining a centre for children's heart surgery is only included in one, which is option A.
http://www.specialisedservices.nhs.uk/library/30/Safe_and_Sustainable___A_New_Vision_for_Childrens_Congenital_Heart_Services_in_England_Consultation_Document_1.pdf
Not light bedtime reading but very interesting stuff. It is unfortunate that it has taken Freddie's illness to make us aware of the situation at Glenfield and around the UK.
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