Dr. No

Yesterday we spent half of the day at Ipswich Hospital, giving Caitlin Diarlyte to help keep her fluids up. With her Hickman Line due today it was touch & go whether she'd have it fitted due to her being ill. She'd had blood taken to check her levels, & after liasing with Addenbrookes a decision would be made.

We got the phone call just as we were leaving the hospital, she wasn't going to have the line fitted. We were to still go up for a review but they couldn't risk doing it. It was a bitter blow, but an understandable outcome. We went home & got our stuff ready for the hotel (which we couldn't cancel & as we were still going to Addenbrookes would come in handy) & got ready to leave.

It was at this point I was sick.

Now, I usually reserved being sick for youthful wild nights on mixed drinks & memory loss. I was locking the door whilst holding Jess & then I was putting her down & being sick in the bin (that reminds me, I've got to clean the bin).

After dropping Jess off at my Mum & Dad's we managed to get to Cambridge without incident. I was being picked up from there by my friend Leon as we were going to Norwich for a gig we'd got tickets for in 2011. I left the girls heading out for dinner at Frankie & Benny's & looking forward to a quiet night in the hotel room.

I won't go into the gory details as this blog isn't about us, its about Caitlin, but I was sick down the side of Leon's car doing 60mph (sorry dude!!), Alisha spent the evening cuddling the toilets, & Jess was sick everywhere at Mum & Dads.

We rang Addenbrookes & they told us not to come up. We couldn't risk giving it to the other kids on the ward. The hotel room we were in at the time was all but a waste of money. We couldn't get angry or upset, it was just ironic.

We're all at home now, Jess has been sick again since, & none of us are very hungry. We don't know when Caitlin is due to have her Hickman Line fitted, it could be up to 2 weeks. We'll know soon, until then we've just got to concentrate on getting better.

XxX