Saturday, October 06, 2007

The Tale of Abi and the Illusive Weight Gain




For those who are not aware of what is happening in our family, let me give you a brief run down. Abi was born about 17 weeks ago and was quite small. She didn't put on weight at the 'normal' rate so she started out seeing the Child Health Nurse, then the GP then the Paediatrician at the Kids Hospital, then a Consultant, then the Director of Respiratory Medicine. Since she was about 6 weeks old, to fix the situation and work out why she isn’t putting on weight, she has had the following:

Blood test x 5
Urine test
Poo test x 5
Sweat test x 3
X-ray x 2
Heart Echocardiograph
Heart Echocardiogram
Pulse Oximeter Monitoring
Oxygen Therapy
Nasal Swab
Nasopharyngeal Aspiration (sucking up snot for testing)
Nasogastric Feeding tube (inserted through her nose into her stomach)
High calorie formula
High calorie, partially digested formula
High calorie gel
High Resolution CT scan
Cannula x 2 (small needle in her vein)
General Anaesthetic
12 days in hospital

The conclusion of all the tests so far don’t show anything wrong. That’s right, we are back to square one (or still at square one!)

We are blessed to be supported by so many people. It confirms in me how important it is to be part of an great community and a pretty darn good family.

Because we haven’t found out what is wrong, and Abi still hasn’t really put on much weight, would you pray for us? One of the best things about God is that we can talk to him directly. Even if you wouldn’t necessarily call yourself a Christian or don’t really know God that well, would you pray for us? I know that God hears our prayers (sometimes He answers with a yes, or a no, or a wait – and sometimes we don’t hear him) and Rach Abi and I need His help.

I will try to update when I have more info.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

NEW BLOG

The very talented Neale has initiated a Blog for our Church's Youth. I think it is going to be great for the kids to get info, download permission forms, connect with leaders and peers.

Great work Neale. You are worth your weight in gold....actually you don't weight that much so you are worth.....a lot.

So go have a look, let everyone you know...know about it!

http://elthambaptistyouth.blogspot.com/

Monday, June 25, 2007

Working from home...

"My aim is to integrate my work and my family...."



Monday, June 04, 2007

Here She is...

Introducing Abigail Rose Baldwin!









Sunday, May 20, 2007

Waiting, waiting

The last 4 weeks of this pregnancy has gone for nearly 3 years now...

Monday, May 14, 2007

When is enough...enough?

I heard a rumour that you could not blog for an extended period of time, then just pick up where you left off. Its called a "blog vacation (blog-cation) or a blog holiday (holiblog)... or a blog break (brog) or a...... i'm out

Monday, February 26, 2007

Actual Test answers 1

My brother send me this. It is copies of actual test answers. I only ever remember taking tests and exams very seriously, perhaps something that I do not share with these students...







and perhaps my favorite: