5th to 18th August - MAINTENANCE - Weeks 29 & 30

5th to 18th August

Things have started really well for me. Daddy is here! and Joe and Mummy it is so much fun and my hair is coming back and it is growing really fast!

I started the week feeling really well and on the Tuesday Daddy was here I went to a big park at Oakwell Hall and took a picnic with Daddy and Joe and My Aunties and Uncle and 2 of my cousins. I like going out with my little cousin because she is only just younger than me so we run around together and ride in her special wagon. I always like taking a picnic out and we had a dog come to visit us when we were eating. I think he wanted my Chicken.

Wednesday was exciting too because Daddy took me to the hospital in Grandad's car and he saw all my friends and helped me on the DS instead of Mummy. I had to have an injection in my wigglies as well as starting on my grumpy minty medicine. By the evening when we got home I wasn't feeling quite as well as I had been and as always Thursday I was tired and feeling not quite so well.

The Doctor was so pleased with my blood tests on Wednesday that she gave me a week off! I don't need to have another blood test until the 21st August. Which is a bit exciting.

Daddy and Joe went home on Friday which made me sad but because we are sorting out all our stuff and getting ready to pack up I'm not as sad as everyone thought I'd be. It was also very exciting to be woken up in the middle of the night for a car ride in my pyjamas to take Daddy and Joe to the train station.

 

We have been trying to do just normal things every day and have been going to the shops and park and library. I've got a bit of a cold again, but I haven't had a temperature. Mummy is trying to let me do things but I think she is worried that if I get sick I might be in hospital and then we might not be able to go home on time.

I have been practicing my cooking and made biscuits this week. I decided to share them because that is a good thing to do and because Mummy bought me my plimsolls for school.

My big cousin also got her A Level results and she is very clever she got 3 B's and will be going to university in September like my big sister Toni.

I haven't been as grumpy this month with my medicine so Mummy, Nana and Grandad are happy, there has been a lot less crying and shouting. I do still like Mummy to come to bed with me and cuddle because sometimes I dream things and sometimes I just like her cuddling me.

One of the most exciting things to happen this week is that Nana and Grandad bought me a little bike, it was in the second hand shop and it is red and blue and yellow and has winnie the pooh and stabilizers. I'm loving whizzing about again. I've really missed my bike!

    

I miss my Daddy, Joe and Toni. I know that I will be seeing them all soon but it is starting to feel like a long time. I keep asking Mummy when Daddy is coming to rescue me. She says soon.

Mum Says: What a joy it was to have Gareth here and for Alice to be well and able to go out for a day as a family (almost complete) Gareth also came over with some exciting news about a new job he has been offered. September sees a lot of New Starts for out Family, Alice at the School Nursery, Toni at University and Gareth with a new job. It will also be the start of Alice and I being back at home in Gibraltar on maintenance. I have a saying painted on the wall in our hall at home "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass it is about learning to dance in the rain" This year has been one of our stormiest but it is coming to an end and it feels like the worst of the rain has passed. I will have to wait until Christmas to have my family back under one roof. We are still worrying about money and the practicalities of dealing with Alice's illness. But as I see her improve and the speed with which she comes back to herself after treatment it's all worth while. Now when Alice asks when is Daddy coming to rescue her my heart doesn't drop I can honestly say soon!