Pigging hell!...

Well, it seems like my little puppy has been put on this earth to drive his poor mummy demented.

We've been admitted to hospital another two times this week, and have JUST returned home after the latest (four day) stint.

The poor little beggar had blood in his stools last Monday morning, we went to our GP, and he referred us to the hospital - they admitted us Monday night, took samples for tests (telling us that it could take upto two weeks for the results to come through) and then sent us home on Tuesday morning, telling us to 'keep your eyes on him' (??).

All week he was the same, he also seemed to be in pain, drawing his knees upto his chest and crying ALOT. Thursday night he literally never slept all night, I was virtually tearing my hair out, so I rang the hospital back on Friday morning, and spoke to a very nice doctor who knew us and told us to come back up. More tests and x-rays, nothing obvious showed.

The registrar told us on Saturday that it wasn't blood in his nappies, but mucous (bright red mucous?) and that we could go home, but to 'keep your eyes on him'.

I stamped my feet and asked exactly what that meant, he told me that if there was any more blood, to return the hospital - I refused to leave, telling him there's 'blood there now - what's the point of us going home. I want to see a consultant'.

So, we stayed another night, with the registrar refusing to talk to me - he didn't even come to Kendal's bed when he was doing his rounds! Thankfully, one of the nurses agreed with me, and sent some of Kendal's nappies to be analysed, (without the registrar's permission) and there WAS blood present.

We saw the consultant last night, and it seems that poor Kendal is allergic to the protein in milk. He's been prescribed a special milk that alters the structure of the amino acids, so that his body doesn't recognise them, and will absorb them more easily - and already he's a different baby. Very alert, less stressful.

Hopefully this is it now, they' ve found the culprit, and 'im indoors and I can get back to enjoying our bambino. And mummy can get some sleep!

Hopiing...

... that everyone who drops by here who lives/works in 'that there Lundun' is safe and well, and that everyone you know and love is likewise.

In other news - Kendal has gained 9 ounces in weight since Saturday, and is now 7lbs and 7 ounces, very nearly his expected weight. I must be doing *something* right.

Who knew...

...that baby poop could take up so much of your day?! And be virtually your only source of conversation?

Poorly baby...

We've spent the majority of this week in hospital with Kendal - he was admitted after I was worried about his temps early Monday evening. I was half expecting to be sent home as a 'fuss pot', but it turned out that the little fella has had a very nasty UTI.

He was fed antibiotics through a drip, attached to his skull for the last three/four days, and now that he's home, we've got to carry on giving him the antibiotics orally with a syringe for the next six months or so.

He's had a number of kidney scans, to ensure that there hasn't been any lasting damage, but these will need to be followed up in three months time.

All in all, it's been a very hectic couple of weeks. And the poor little fella is only fifteen days old today!

I'm now about to drag myself off for a bath - I'm knackered, I literally didn't sleep a wink the whole time we were in hospital - and since being home the little 'un isn't feeding properly, we're literally having to wake him up in order to feed him... otherwise he'd sleep right through, which would make him even more poorly.

When will the fun start?