we have been doing a high calorie diet for her and nothing is working she keeps loosing the weight

we have had all blood test done and nothing is coming up its scaring me whats going on as i just want to make her better

she has gone extremely pale

she will be admitted to hospital with a tube down her throat to fatten her if this dosent work

which means she will spend christmas in hospital and also miss out on her brothers birthday on the 22nd december too

im sitting here crying trying to help my baby and am at wits end please just some support right now PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

so i checked her temp and it had gone up to 38.5 and it really concerned me so i gace her some panadol and not long after that it spiked to 38.7 so we called an ambulance and raced to hospital .

while there we were left by the hospital for 10 hours with no doctor seeing jade . NOT HAPPY AT ALL as my daughter could have had a febrile convulsion by then , then all of a sudden her temp went to a massive

39.7 which scared the living hell outta because connor had a febrile convulsion at a lower temp then that

luckly she didnt she ended up having a severe ear infection . very early this morning jades temp dropped and we could take her home

she was ment to go to daycare today but under advice she was told not to go by the hospital

so nanny has had the boys while me and dad have been with her at hospital

but today when after we had a rest from getting home from hospital jade has spike another temp so it looks like we may have another hospital trip on out hands

my poor little darl she is so unwell that she keeps just falling asleep outta nowhere she has no energy whatsoever but is still eating and drinking which is a good sign

will keep u all posted on how she is doing

things are going really well here  

Raymond is doing really well in school he has made some little friends YAY .

i am very proud of how he is doing , recently he got a a certificate for being the best behaved child in his classroom .

he is doing really well with his sign language and is now signing when he wants food and drinks ,

he also signs his sister and brothers names  . and recently has been signing MUMMY I LOVE YOU  omg the words i have been waiting to hear  still one day at a time and we will get there in the end .  he is now 5 and is turning 6 in april next year  he is in kindy at his special school and doing amazingly well 

 Connor  is now 4 years old and doing really well at preschool  he did his gymnastics competion he didnt win but he got a certificate for it and he was extremely proud of himself and so was i as of all the training and effort he put into his training . he has choosen to stop dancing for now and has learnt to ride a bike with training wheels but is now asking daddy to take them off .as he feels he is a big boy now 

Patrick  is 2 and since his ear operation his hearing and speech has improved sooooo much , he too loves gymnastics  and loves the big trampoline  . he adores preschool and he still is extremely cheeky he plays with connor heaps and both him and connor try and get raymond involved in many things they do to show him their world to and vice versa 

jades now 14 months and is now learning to walk she now grabs onto furniture and pulls herself up and also can walk with both hands held and even sometimes lets go of one of our hands and walks so now when we go our there is no pram she even holds onto her brothers hands and walks along with them  it is so adorable to see 

 she is also talking now she can now say two word sentences and if you ask her a question she will now answer either yes or no and she  knows what you are asking and replying with the answer that would go with it 

like if u ask do u want more , if she does she will answer yes and if she doesnt she will say no 

she is also now in daycare so now i have one in big school , 2 in preschool and one in daycare so now when they are now all at school i dont know what to do with myself lol 

sorry its been so long since my last blog

i have some good news , raymond has started school YAY. he is getting along so well with all his classmates and special needs teacher  and  has also started doing sign language  its amazing . im sooooooooooooo proud of him , he has been showing great eye contact and loves playing with his brothers and sister . he still has his days but they are getting less and less of where he wont show eye contact . we take it one day at a time  

also connor  has been going to preschool lately and making lots and lots of friends  he is so smart i mean i find myself sometimes feeling like im chatting to another adult (i mean by how well he can speak) he  is also doing dancing and he loves it so much and i took them to gymnastics to see how hey would go and they adore it soooooooooooo much . connor will be entering into next terms gymnastics competion where he can win medals so i have my fingeres crossed as he has been training . even when he is playing you can see him learning his routines for gym . its so cute  he makes me very proud 

patrick also goes to preschool with connor and as soon as we turn up he goes hypo he loves it . recently patrick had to have an operation as he had a ear infection that lead to a burst ear drum (perfurated eardrum)  during the surgury they took out his adnoids and put in grommets too . since having that operation his speech has started to return and better . patrick loves helping raymond with his  homework and so i give the kids a piece of paper each and they try and copy raymond with the drawing . i sometimes sit there and watch them enjoying that time together as it really warms my heart that they have found a great way to open raymond up to their world too 

jade has gotten so big . she is now crawling , pulling herself up on things and she has begun speaking YAY well atm its still (mum mum and dad dad  but she ahs now actually been saying ray, con, pat and she calls herself jay as she hasnt quite got her d's yet lol 

so  all is well and things are going along slowly but surely 

i hope she feels a bit better very soon she is resting at the moment and holding down feeds so that is a great sign atm  

but just feeling really down i have tried all the things i know i normally do to help cheer me up but they arent working and i am trying to be strong for my kids

any ideas that could help me would be much appreciated

i hope everyone is  doing well

have been having some family emergenicies happening that i would rather not talk about

but have been under a lot of stress

i hope everyone had a great valentines day and got lots of hugs and kisses

mandy

we are having a thomas the tank engine party for him and having lots of friends and there kids coming for the party

were also going to be going to our local childs train meusem and letting all the kids  ride on the old fashioned trains 

his brothers and sister have got presents to give to him so i  hope it going to be a great day

so many excellent friends and great articles

2. whats something funny thats happened to you recently?

for once got partner to help change nappies he touched the nappy disposal bags and then later on that evening had an allergic reaction (darn  it) now he has an excuse lol

 
3. whats a word you kid/s say/said thats pronounces funny / cute?

raymond is learning sign and now has learnt to sign i love 

connor  whenever he gets scared he screams out " I GOT THE POWER"

patrick  has glue ear so has a bit of trouble hearing  and speech so when saying elmo he  will pronounce it melmo

first word from jade was dad 

  
4. if you could be someone famous for a say who would it be and why?

henry the octopus the reason why is with my four kids i need as many hands as i can get  
 

5. sum up what minti means for you in 5 words

a home away from home

if i walk past someone i will say hello

if i see someone down i will share a smile

if i notice some parents in my area having a bad day i have asked if i could help

i have been today going around my own street while my kids were at school and asked the elderly neighbours if they needed any help with anything they might need help with that they feel they cant don themselves for any reason .

and ten minutes ago once the kids had finished dinner had theres baths and went to bed i checked the mail box and out of shock nealy all my neighbours had left christmas cards with a thank you note in it

so as everyone one can see if all you can do to cheer others up all you have to do is smile and trust me you can make someone day

as you guys have probably read my sexuall assault article and knoww what happened to me i though i would faint if i ever seen him again and when he wait right up to me today and said hello how are you i wanted to just go off but because i had my kids with me i got all my strength up and i walked away and went to the park with my kids and i called my partner to talk to him and i am proud og how i reacted and am happy i showed my kids that just because somebody did something aweful to you once ,you have the power to still let them affect you

dont let them have that on you hold your head high just as i did

yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee for raymond good on ya buddy you make mummy very proud

 also i have just checked the racing sites so far she has already won nine races and she only had surgury 3 days ago good on you bethany