Behind The Child

There's been a lot of bad press about nurses and nursing lately. It seems many people have tales to tell of inconsideration, neglect, ru...

Or, when is an ACE not an ACE? An ACE - Antegrade Continence Enema, is a clever little thing. You take the appendix, bring it to the surface...

People; I have finally succumbed. Tonight, I borrowed the key to the parents' flat upstairs, and ran myself a bath. A long, hot, deep, s...

A new kitten is a great way to occupy a week or two. Throw in a poorly child; nothing majorly wrong but just "Not Right", and ther...

This letter arrived for Miss Mog the other day. It's come from the same hospital which has repeatedly sent out letters cancelling an app...

When you go to the Theatre Direct Admissions Unit, and the day's patients' notes are all set out neatly on the top of the nursing st...

She - "Hello my fatty Mummy!" Me - "That's not a very nice thing to say." She - "I know Mummy, I'm sorry, b...

It all seemed like a good plan at the time. The bus needed a new back door, thanks to losing an altercation with a gate post. The diary was ...

It's good to know you can have surgery which isn't going to leave great visible scars. It's even better to know you can have sur...

Losing track of time a bit here. A really good day today - look no tube! Cannula out and morphine replaced with ibuprofen. In her own words ...

A mixed day. A little leak overnight so lots of sitting up needing to be done during the day to try to keep things draining nicely. And a sm...

Big huge busy-ness over the past few days. Tediously complicated stuff, poorly children, and generally a bit too much of life. And then I we...

We had a lovely few days at Helen House last week. Both girls on top form. A playmate for Little Fish on hand to keep her busy, and staff re...

Start the day in a good mood, hurrah. Watch your sister go off on the school bus, humph. Realise you're going to hospital for an appoint...

Too many years ago, I was in a chatroom with a woman who shared my interest in the world of adoption and children with disabilities. We had ...

Your prayers please. For one small boy who is currently in a hospital far from home, with his family but without much of an idea about what ...

So, how exactly do you sell the idea of a spinal brace to a five year old? "We hope it might mean you won't need surgery on your ba...

A difficult start to the night for Mog, and a frustrating one for me. The discovery that one drug had been missed off the drugs chart, expla...

Mog earlier this evening, deciding hospital wasn't necessarily the worst thing ever. Of course that was before Little Fish got to go hom...

an awful start but a much better day. Slow but steady improvements, although the constant splutter drown cough has been replaced by some dee...