Daddys Blog

My dad died on the 14th January. On the right is a link to what I read at his funeral.

We met the surgeon and his team and had a tour of the Neonatal Surgical unit. The surgeon explained that Ruby will need a little operation when she is born to rectify the cord hernia and if that is all they need to do she could be home a week after that.

He did say that due to the fact that one of the scans looked like there might be a hole in the diaphragm, he will want to check Ruby out as soon as she is born and do X-rays and tests etc to 100% rule that out (even though a later scan showed it was all ok). I think the fact that it was mentioned means he is being doubly cautious.

I asked if the two were connected, i.e. does having one pre-dispose you to the other but he said no - it just looks like bad luck if she has both.

She will be induced at 37 weeks-ish and it will all happen at Saint Marys - we will still be going to the Royal Oldham for the next couple of scans though - 30 and 34 weeks.

Thats all for now
Chris

We’re off to Saint Marys tomorrow (Tuesday 8th) to meet the paediatric surgeons to have a chat about what might happen once Ruby is born. I will put a post on saying how it goes tomorrow afternoon.

The boys went out with my brother (Mark) to the cinema yesterday to see the Bee movie (I think that is what it is called) and had a great time.

Sam (the eldest) gets up each morning on the stroke of seven (regardless of when he went to bed) every morning….. until today (first day back at school) when he had to be dragged out. Sods law int it.
pip pip
Chris

… to one and all. We’re going for a scan at 30 weeks and 34 weeks (growth scans) and there is still some debate over whether Ruby will be born at Saint Marys or Oldham. I would prefer Saint Marys (only because they are experts at unusual births and also because we’ve only had good news from there and everything thus far from Oldham hasn’t been so good)

New Year passed uneventfully for us - I woke Amanda at midnight to see the New Year in (she had previously fallen asleep at about 10pm). We woke the boys as promised so they could watch the fireworks but they were too tired and so dived back in bed.

Then we went shopping for some baby stuff. We got a nice swing-cum-chair for Ruby and also have acquired the Best baby-gro. It says “I love my daddy” which is rather nice. I’ll take a snap and post it tomorrow because, quite honestly, I’m quite taken with it.

Resolutions:
1. Lose a stone.
2. Stop drinking (at home)
3. Exercise.
4. Be a better dad and husband.
5. Get a career (everyone seems to have one but me)
6. Get in the Guiness book of Records.

Wotwot
Laird Doyle