England: magic milk and rainy days- Maintenance - Week 51

6th to 12th January

I was very excited to be going to England it is always fun to see my family, shame that we have to go to the hospital too.              

Monday morning Mummy and I were all packed and ready we went to the airport with all our family to say bye bye, I was sad to say bye to Toni but I'm only going to be in England for a week eating nice food and I had new headphones especially to watch films on the aeroplane.

On Tuesday my little cousin came to see me, I was very excited to see her and play. We especially like playing hide-n-seek together and generally getting into trouble. She couldn't stay for dinner though because she had to go to nursery on Wednesday, I was sorry to say good bye as I wont be back again for a long time, hopefully. Y

Wednesday as always was hospital day and it always takes a long time. I had to have a sleep and my goblins (IVIG). I did see lots of people I know and like and my friends the nurses looked after me, I miss them a bit when I'm in Gibraltar, they remember me when I was very sick and had no hair so they are all pleased to see me now, so much better. I like talking to the lady giving me my magic milk, it makes me giggle and tingle, I like it! Mummy says this time I was talking so much and giggling that she thought I wouldn't go to sleep. My Uncle came and took me to the hospital like he used to when I stayed in England and took me back to Nana and Grandad's house. This time my big cousin came to see me at the hospital and it made it more fun. 

After the hospital on Thursday Mummy took me to the supermarket and we bought the same gravy like Grandad has and some other food that I wont eat at home because it's not like Grandads. In the evening my Auntie and cousins came to visit and we all ate dinner together. Again I felt very sad to say good bye.

For a change we actually managed to get a flight home on Friday, which meant we passed Toni at the airport. Whilst I was waiting for my suitcase I saw Toni going to catch the plane. I waved at her and blew lots of kisses. We got to have noodles for dinner. Joe was away for the weekend so it was just Mummy, Daddy and me for a couple of days. Grown ups are a bit boring and I was really pleased when Joe got home from his skiing trip on Sunday!

Mum Says: It is always nice to get home and see my family, we are seeing them regularly because of our trips to Leeds, one silver lining. Alice did well at the hospital and it was great to see people and talk to other people who we know from our last year at the hospital. It was sad to see some of the new patients, you can tell who they are the parents genrally look like deer caught in head lights, because we know what to expect and they really don't. Even insomnia is easy to deal with compared to last year! Alice is getting to the age now that we have tears when she says goodbye to pepole because she really understands what it means. I was pleased that she was so happy to get to UK as there are days when she doesn't want to go back and we have a couple of unsettled nights when she gets back, worring about going back and having to stay longer than expected. I'm sure this will improve as out trips become less stressful and more predictable over the next year!