Thursday 31 October 2013

Thursday 31st October 2013

Today Freddie had his routine check at Glenfield hospital.

First of all the nurse took Freddie's numbers- his heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen level and then height and weight.

All looked good.


Then a lovely nurse called Sue carried out an ECG (Electrocardiogram)....




        The nurse had the right idea in putting the stickers on herself but asking me to take them off! They are ridiculously sticky!


Brave little monkey wondering what on earth is going on. The nurses explained things to him but I'm not sure he got it!


A rather proud looking Freddie but a rather nervous Mummy.


After his ECG Freddie then had an ECHO scan  (Echocardiogram) by the lovely nurse Claire 

which is an ultrasound of his heart...



Freddie was unsure about lying down until he realised cbeebies was on the television!




A rather chilled out Freddie and a less chilled out Daddy.





After a short break to make some dinner we went to chat to the doctor.

The experts continue to monitor Freddie's heart- especially for two reasons. One being the coarctation of his aorta that he had repaired and where there is still a slight narrowing. The second being because Freddie has a heart murmur.

Overall the doctor was very pleased with our little fighter, said his heart was functioning very well and that he is obviously healthy and thriving.

They don't need to see Freddie back at the clinic for another twelve months. 

Despite a rather scary start to our Halloween this year we are very pleased with the outcome of Freddie's appointment and are once again forever grateful to the wonderful staff at Glenfield hospital for their care, dedication and genius.

Sawyers out x


Sunday 20 October 2013

Sunday 20th October 2013

It has been far too long since I have written on either of my blogs.

The boys have been keeping us busy with school and nursery runs, their need for constant entertainment when at home and their funny antics that have us in stitches on a daily basis.

It was two years ago this week that Freddie was discharged from Glenfield.
Now he is confidently going to nursery, has had his first full dry day in pants and rules our household like a king.
Superstar.

He is still mad about his music
 and spends most of his time skipping through the tracks on his player and saying "come on EVERYBODY" whilst dancing around the room.

Some of his current favourite sayings are:
"I don't want to."
He made me look like a cruel mother when I was carrying him into Asda the other days whilst he was shouting "I don't want to go shopping!"

He is also very good at putting on a sad face and telling me Samuel hurt him. He even says it when he knows I have been watching and his brother went no where near him!

The boys are now sharing a room which so far has proved to be a success. 
They are both pretty much sleeping through which is an improvement on the last few months.

The boys have unfortunately experienced the loss of a loved one for the first time recently.




Sadly, last weekend my Grandad passed away.


He will be sadly missed but happily remembered.



The boys have spent happy times with their Little Mamma and Grandad. I know they will be too young to remember much about Grandad, especially Freddie.


I wanted to write about him on here today so in the future the boys will know that he was an important person in their early childhood, who was loved very much.


He was always happy watching the boys playing, treating them to gingerbread men and ice cream from the farm shop and insisting I throw Freddie's dirty nappies on the fire!
He has done the grandfatherly task of walking each of the boys to sleep in their prams when they were baby's.

Thanks to him the value of scrumping good, otherwise wasted, apples will be past down to the next generation!

Rest in peace Grandad.