Well, what a week that was! Started off wonderfully with the arrival of my sister's baby girl! We visited when she was a few hours old and again the following day. She's so cute, I can't wait for more cuddles!
Miss S is in year 6 and had her SATS exams from Monday to Thursday. She was a bit nervous but after Monday's tests was quite relaxed about it and even admitted "enjoying" them! Strange child. She was keen to do her best, to show what she was capable of and then to enjoy a lovely Friday with her friends. School had planned to take them to the Whitehaven Home and Garden Show to the Science tent and for a general wander.
On Wednesday she started to feel unwell. She's had asthma for two years now and it seems this time of year is really bad for her. Following many puffs of her blue inhaler (reliever), she was getting quite distressed and I could see she wasn't well. I called the GP surgery who told us to come down in an hour. We were seen pretty quickly and the doctor prescribed a course of steroids which, in the past, have kicked in within a couple of hours and made a noticeable improvement. We had the tablets by 6pm and she took a dose straight away.
Unfortunately, by 8pm she was not improving at all, coughing constantly, feeling really flushed and tired. Asthma attacks don't always present as a sudden gasping for breath, in fact Miss S's never have, they've always been a gradual deterioration over a few days. I had to call the husband home from his rehearsal to look after the other children while we went to A&E. The A&E department was heaving and it took a while to get seen by the triage nurse. Most of the other patients were triaged and then sent back to the waiting area but we were taken into resus. Not because she needed resus, thank God, but because that was the only space available.
Following a couple of nebulisers, she was admitted to children's ward. This is always the case when we've been to A&E so we kind of knew what to expect. By this point it was almost midnight and we were all exhausted. I was also well aware that a certain baby would be waking for a feed soon enough and I would have to leave Miss S. So, at this point I swapped places with her Daddy and he stayed overnight.
The next day involved nebulisers, inhalers, antibiotics, steroids, chest x-rays, blood tests and she slowly started to get better. It wasn't a quick recovery though and she went downhill a couple of times before being properly well again. She needed another night on the ward and the didn't discharge her until 5pm on Friday as they needed to be confident she was well on the way to recovery.
We were all so happy to have her home! We've kept her close by this weekend and she's been very sensible, taking her medication and getting plenty of sleep to help her recovery. Back to the GP tomorrow and the consultant in June who can hopefully advise as to how we can avoid these seasonal episodes she seems prone to.
We had a lovely wander round the harbour yesterday, at the Home and Garden Show. There was a lovely atmosphere and lots of lovely food! We also went to visit our beautiful baby niece to deliver gifts and get more snuggles.
Today, the husband has been building the set for Up Pompeii which starts this week and we all spent the afternoon at the theatre, chatting with friends and then watching the start of the technical rehearsal. It reminded me how much I love the buzz of being involved in theatrical productions and I can't wait to get back into it.
Now, all the children are asleep and I am enjoying the BAFTAs and a well deserved glass of wine. What a week that was!
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