Hmmm, this will not go down in history as my favourite 24 hours LOL!

Yesterday I had to bring Sophie home half way thru church. She'd fallen asleep during the singing (unheard of for over a year now) and then woken just before the sermon & been impossible to pacify. Mummy-radar said this was not a healthy child! At home she was more settled and was happy to fall asleep feeding. Al got home with Em and cooked us bacon butties, but Sophie, usually a confirmed carnivore, especially where bacon is concerned, wouldnt touch it. An hour later she brought up all her milk, all over her & me! She was happy to take water right away, and then a bit later had a bit of milk. We then went and played in the garden, but suddenly she was throwing up again. She threw up on the way upstairs at bedtime, and then took a bit of settling at bedtime, and kept waking up crying. Alan phoned NHS Direct to see whether and when we should be worrying, and they reassured us. In the evening she woke approx hourly til 10pm, when she was sick again. She then went 2 hourly, being sick around midnight/1 and 3.30 (having been wide awake for half an hour or more - torture!). She then made it though to 6am, keeping the 3.30 feed in, and has kept all her feeds in since, but has been miserable. She did however let me push her to school inthe buggy and then fell asleep waiting for Emma's first sports day to commence. She woke 2 hours later just as I was nearing home. Good timing!

Emma did ok at sports day and was in 3 races - sprint, skipping (no rope) and balancing a beanbag on her head. She did well but never got in the top 3, which she was sad about. But you cant win 'em all!

She was complaining of an uncomfy tummy, and to be honest so were DH & I, so we really hope we havent caught Sophie's bug! Well, we seemed to be emerging from that drama...

Emma went to her gymnastics class after school, and when she got home, DH made her get changed out of her leotard, coz it always ends up needing a wash if she wears it through dinner.  Just as well she got undressed, as I noticed a great big raised rash on one buttock. I noticed her scratching elsewhere, and there were similar rashes on one shoulder and one elbow. Nothing like her eczema. We quickly gave her the max dose of Piriton. But by bedtime, the rashes were still growing. So DH phoned NHS DIrect again. The nurse then phoned the Night Duty Doctor, who talked to DH and sent out an ambulance to take her not to the town hospital but to the enormous one at the nearest City.  An hour after they left I got a text from DH tto say she had been assessed but it was busy so they were in for a long wait. Well, if they were making her wait, one assumes that's good news. If they'd believed her to be serious they'd have fast tracked her. One of the good things to come out of this already is that we know one of the local ambulance drivers, as he goes to our church, and he's one of Emma's Youth Club leaders, and HE was her driver.

Anyway, I've been making strenuous efforts not to worry, as you can imagine! So, mostly to help ME remember, here are some bits from Psalm 92 which have helped to keep me fairly at peace! "Every morning tell him 'thank you for your kindness' and every evening rejoice in his faithfulness... You have done so much for me O Lord. No wonder I am glad. I sing for joy. What miracles you do!...For they [E & S] are transplanted into the Lord's own garden, and are under his personal care. Even in old age they will still produce fruit and be vital and green... He is my shelter."

Well, if you pray, I'd be very grateful if you could find time to remember us tonight. It's been a long 24+ hours!

And there goes Sophie again...!