Getting there.

Sorry about the lack of blog posts, still recovering so thought I would check in. I can't promise consistant blog posts at the moment, but I can promise to update as and when I can.

I'm going to publish a photo of me when I was at my worst this time round. Get people to take the occasionally so I can look back at them and remind myself I'm not that bad all the time. It also reminds me how sweet and caring Niamh is when I'm ill. She entertains herself, and doesn't get fussy often, she's wonderful. In this one she's giving me a cuddle, Chris had laid me on the floor with pillows and blankets so I could be close to Niamh.

She makes everything better.

Niamh is good. She's got a problem with wind at the moment, and has 4 teeth coming through, so she is not the happiest of baby's at the moment. She stands by herself, cruises when she's holding onto sofa's or tables etc. She's so cute.

NO MORE DRS APPOINTMENTS!

Hey guys,

Sorry about the lack of post's, haven't been too good. Had the abscess, then the op on that, then a load of tests they did on me came back saying I had c-diff, so everything went kind of mad. Was put on a ton of super strong anti-biotics, one long term. They, plus the infection, plus the c-diff made me really rough. Had to have dad's help most days, my sister and mum chipped in too when they weren't at work, and of course Chris ended up having to do even more than usual. I am SO thankful to them all, you could not even know. BUT after pushing a month of daily dr's appointments I am free!!! WAHOO!!!

Okay, so I have another infection, this time in my foot, so am on more anti-biotics, and still on two sets long term, but I don't have to get my dad to drag me to the dr's everyday anymore! I think it will be a while, and a lot of careful resting and self limitation until I'm back to where I was, but I didn't have a major relapse (as I think we all thought I might) YAY ME!!

Niamh is doing well. She's still crawling around and is now getting more adventurous, she can now reach the third shelf of my DVDs which results in a grand total of 120 DVDs that she can reach and re-arrange all over my floor. Although annoying, this seems to keep her amused, and as I am pretty incapable of doing too much active playing with her, this is fine by me. She also has a walker and can walk across the room using it, like a zimmer frame, hee hee!

I feel like I am continuity justifying resting to myself. I know this is super silly as I HAVE to rest to be able to look after her. But I WANT to play with her, I WANT to teach her and I DON'T WANT to feel like I haven't done the best for her. Which is honestly, how I feel. I also realise that in some ways, me being healthy is the best for her, but I want to be better than that. O well.

I am very lucky as she is so well behaved, and will happily entertain herself. She understands when I'm sick and will do things like climb onto me so I don't have to lift her, she'll feed herself, and drink her own juice whenever she wants it if I leave it somewhere she can get it. I am so blessed.

Anyway now seriously tired so going to end this here. Here's a pic of Niamh in her Halloween costume! She's my little pumpkin!

I hope to be able to write again soon, going to try and start with every other day, and then, eventually (hopefully soon) everyday again :).