Seriously...after over three weeks of not eating anything and only consuming milk, how much spaghetti bolognese do you think a 3 year old can eat? Lots and lots, is the surprising and very pleasing answer.
The docs have let Leo come home to Clic House this evening and we're back in the the Oncology Day Beds Ward for check ups and IV antibiotics on Tuesday and Wednesday (this is Monday's update but it's past midnight, hence the date stamp on this blog post).
After a day where Leo was sick alot and slept in between, we had thought he was going to be kept in and actually, he doesn't need to take up a hospital bed. We know that we have to get him back there if his temp spikes; and if we're at all worried, we can call the ward directly 24/7. The care for Leo is second to none and so we're confident he's in safe hands. Plus having him home and giving him some normality, despite him feeling rubbish, feels like the right thing for him right now.
We had a little scare earlier; Leo asked to go to the 'red' restaurant (Pizza Hut) as he wanted spaghetti bolognese and so after five nights in hospital, PJ and I could not say no. Neither of us thought he would eat a thing but three pieces of garlic bread and nearly two bowls of spag bol later, he spiked a temp of 37.9. If it had gone up by 0.1 degrees, and stayed that way for 30 minutes, it would have been back to hospital. It didn't happen, thank goodness and so back to Clic House it was! Phew! Keeping an eye on him through the night though (hence the late writing of this post) and he's back to Day Beds Ward for 11am.
We're also off to see our new house here in Bristol tomorrow, just before the hospital visit. Cannot wait! We're all quite excited. Leo even asked if we were sleeping at our new house tonight and I said we couldn't as we have no beds or furniture, to which he replied so beautifully;
"Clic House have beds actually, Mummy; we can have them!"
He wasn't being precocious, just very matter of fact. Clic House does have beds but they're Clic's, not ours! Once the deposit is sorted and the Housing Benefit done, we can arrange to buy furniture from places such as the Sofa Project and the Catholic Church also have things we can purchase. We're conscious that we want and need to make the house a proper home for us as a family, as well as for Leo on a personal level. He needs to feel secure and happy and so we're going to do all we can to involve him in our decisions, except we won't be taking the beds with us from Clic (even though they're extremely comfortable!), and we certainly won't ask if he wants to paint the place....it would end up red from top to bottom, inside and out!
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