This has been the hardest week of my life...

Yet again it has been some time since i last bloged... But this has really been one of the hardest weeks of my life. When Triston was born things went very wrong, he was 6 weeks prem and as a result he had hart and lung complications. Now almost 18 months after the fact he is very ill because of his weak lungs.

On Monday we took him to the doctor because he had a horrible cough and high fever, the doctor said that he only had a throat infection and gave us some medicine for the cough and to break the fever. (all this happened at about 4 in the afternoon) His fever had not broken by 6 so I called the doctor again, he asked who Tristons paediatrician was and told me that he would phone the pead and that I should call him back in half an hour.

5 minutes later HE called ME and told me to take Triston to the hospital and that the pead is waiting there for us. The pead gave Triston a look over and told us it might be Bronchitis and that he would have to stay in hospital for at least 3 nights. They took samples and poked at him, and by Tuesday he was diagnosed with RS Virus. His doctor told me that most children get RS before the age of 2 1/2 but because Triston was a Prem baby with lung complications it is very severe and they had to put him on permanent oxygen. He is slowly but surely getting better but they cant get him weaned from the oxygen, the moment they take him off, his levels drop dramatically.

Triston is still in hospital and will most likely have to stay there for 10 to 13 days. Seeing my child lying there and wanting to go home brakes my hart, he knows that at night after he gets his meds we leave. So he clings to us with all his might but the tiredness wins in the end and then I have to leave my baby boy in the care of others... At least I could stay with him after he was born and while he was still in NI CU they had a bed for me and I could see him any time, day or night.

This has truly been the hardest and longest week of my life.

I love the Internet!

Eons ago, before the net, how did we meet people?

You where compelled to know your nabour, you socialized with your fellow employees and you knew all the moms at your kids school...not being the type that wants to know my nabours (they tend to be nosey) and having only one fellow employee who is a single Muslim male (and very religious, which I am not) my options for a friendship ring decreases quiet a bit!

My husband and I are not social butterflies, as the only way to meet people of our age in SA is going to clubs or church. Like I said I'm not a religious person so church is out and we can't stand the noise in clubs. So we fell into a nice comfortable life with enough friend to count on one hand. It really never bothered us, we had all we needed in each other, friendship, companionship and love.

Then one day I stumbled upon a Internet game... and got hooked in about 10 seconds... I have in the last month and a half met people from all over the world! People that I would never, never, never have met if it wasn't for the net. Here, in a place so unexpected I have met friends, people who I can talk to without judgement. People who live separate life's to mine, who can't overstay there welcome, who can laugh at themselves and at life.

How could I explain the joy of knowing that even if life goes horrid for me, I can just hop on the net and go and talk to people about totally unrelated things to get my mind off it.

I love the net!

Naughty me

Naughty naughty me! Soo sorry I have neglected my blog horribly!

But I have been on a yo-yo ride for the last couple of weeks...

First my laptop broke down and it took forever to get it fixed.

Second is that my son Triston decided that he wants his maulers and he wants them NOW... it took 3 weeks for one of these monsters to come out and then over night there was 3 of the big buggers!!! My hart bled for him, he looked like someone had stuck smarties (like M&M's) in his gums and he was soooo miserable for the entire 3 weeks it took for them to come out.

He now has a grand total of 11 teeth. And he is a sunshine child yet again, with a smile to match any sunrise. And boy o boy is he growing up to fast, he's 17 months now and has been wearing clothes for 18-24 from 15 months. It's not because his obese his just so tall, he really takes after his father more and more every day. He's vocabulary is also increasing daily he can now ask for his food...kossies, his tee...teeeeee, his milk...mimi and his bath...badda! Well that is as close to what he says as i can get but we know what he is saying and he says it with meaning :)

I'll try my best not to neglect my blog for so long again...

Sorry long time no see!

My laptop blew its mother board and it took a while to get a replacement... and I'm still waiting... for the time being I'm tipping very carefully, this THING I'm currently using assisted Noah with counting the animals as they boarded the ark. Soooo it's delicate very very delicate! If I bump it it goes off or hangs... I'm still waiting for the flames to start coming out!!!

Other than my LT dilemma, all is just about the same, Triston is still quite ill but getting better. And now I'm going to log off before this thing blows up...

Hell, what a day...

...I haven't slept in 24 hours! Triston is sick...very sick.

yesterday afternoon when he woke up from his nap he felt a bit warm, so I took his temperature and it was a bit high. I put him in a luke warm bath and let him play for a while. After a hour I took his temp again it dropped a bit but still was not normal. I kept a close eye on him for the rest of the day, he was a bit cranky but nothing more.

We put him to bed at his normal time and he slept with out a problem till about 11. THEN he woke up with a bang and a temp that was wayyyyy to high. I called the hospital who told me to give him a suppository and if his temp doesn't drop in an hour to take him to the emergency room.

Luckily it did drop some, but yet again still not back to normal. and for the rest of the night he slept for 45min segments!!!

I start work before the crack of dawn! Literally, I have to get up very early to be at work by 6 am. Soooooo, hell what a day, with all the public holidays coming up were swamped at work and I have to really keep my head to make sure no mistakes slip in... a very difficult task when you start seeing double out of pure fatigue!

And yet here a am wide awake and not able to fall asleep! While Triston is far away in la-la land...life is so unfair!

What a month!

It's amazing how having a child ups your social status. I don't know what causes it, but since Tristons birth we suddenly have a lot of "things" to do!

We have not spent a single Saturday at home this month... the first weekend Triston had to attend a birthday party, the second we had to attend a kitchen tea, the third was a wedding and then finally this weekend we had to attend another birthday party! I'm worn out and need my sleep!!!

On top of all this activity Triston decides that now is a good time to get his molars!! So we have to be in a hundred different places with a cranky and very irritated toddler...

Sounds like a lot of fun right. I think we might have gone through a kg of biltong (beef jerky) in the last week... I refuse to use teething gels, so we just give him something hard like biltong or something cold like a ice lolly, to help him chew through the pain and if it gets really bad we give him some infant paracetamol.

If you have any other teething advice (well if anybody reads this) your advice will be Very Very welcome. 3 of the little buggers are trying to come out at the same time!!!!

This pick was yet again taken on his birthday (ignore the date I didn't know how to set it right) he cut 4 teeth in 2 weeks and nearly lived on ice lollies.

Who was Jesus?

Someone sent this e-mail to my mother, I thought it was hilarious! Take it with a light hart people and please no negative messages- IT'S A JOKE!


There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black:
1. He called everyone brother.
2. He liked gospel.
3. He couldn't get a fair trial.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish:
1. He went into his father's business.
2. He lived at home until he was 33.
3. He was sure his mother was a virgin and his mother was sure he was God.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian:
1. He talked with his hands.
2. He had wine with his meals.
3. He used olive oil.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian:
1. He never cut his hair.
2. He walked around barefoot all the time.
3. He started a new religion.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was an American Indian:
1. He was at peace with nature.
2. He ate a lot of fish.
3. He talked about the Great Spirit.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments the Jesus was Irish:
1. He never got married.
2. He was always telling stories.
3. He loved green pastures.

But the most compelling evidence of all - 3 proofs that Jesus was a WOMAN:
1. He fed a crowd at a moment's notice when there was no food.
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn't get it.
3. And even when he was dead, he had to get up because there was work to do.

AMEN!