HOSPITAL, AGAIN.

Lee was off work yesterday so he was looking after Poppy, giving me a day off. Gray and I went shopping in the afternoon and we had just pulled up on the drive when my mobile phone rang, it was Lee asking if we could go straight to the doctors as he had taken Poppy because her breathing was very noisy and they had called an ambulance for her to go to hospital. The problem was that Lee had taken Lily the dog with him and she was tied up outside the surgery, he obviously did not expect a ride in an ambulance. We rushed round to the surgery and arrived just in time to see the ambulance at the entrance with Lee sitting inside it with Poppy on his lap, poor Lily was looking very worried tied to a post nearby. We just had chance to give Poppy a little wave and blow her a kiss before the ambulance drove away, breaking my heart in the process. Its is horrible seeing your little granddaughter going off to hospital like that, at least they did not have the blue light on, thank God. I then had to get hold of Emma, who had been at work and did not know what was happening. I rang and rang but she was obviously driving home so did not answer but luckily she realised there was a problem when her phone kept ringing and pulled over to phone me back. I told her the tale, trying not to worry her too much, and she said she would nip home and pick up a few things before going off to the hospital. An anxious couple of hours of waiting followed until Emma rang to say they were on the childrens ward. Lee had at first been in A & E with her then been transfered up to childrens assessment, Poppy had been given a nebuliser and they were waiting to see the doctor. The nebuliser had helped as she was playing with some toys though rather tired and grumpy. Another few hours passed and eventually Emma rang to say she had to stop in overnight and they were waiting for a bed for her, she was given a bed after 11pm, after having been at the hospital since around 5pm. She had tried to sleep on the assessment ward but it was impossible for her, all the lights were on and it was very noisy, not a good combination for Poppy to sleep.

This morning Emma rang early to say that neither of them had much sleep, the nurses woke Poppy every 2 hours to give her a nebuliser so ofcourse she was very grumpy and tired and Em said it was easier to sleep with her in the bedchair she was given as she would not settle in her cot. She was also given steroids and some oxygen.

I have just had another call from Emma who said she is a bit better, now on 3 hourly nebulisers and they are hoping that if she can get on to 4 hourly nebulisers she may be allowed home today so we are waiting and hoping.

Poppy is not quite 14 months old but already in her short life she has been through so much. She even managed a little smile before she was taken away in the ambulance, bless her.