Cast Change coming soon....

.....Maisie is getting her cast changed on Thursday 5th May, we have to be at The Royal London Hospital for 7.30am, and is not allowed to eat anything from 2am, apart from diluted juice until 6am...this I can see now, is not going to go down very well with Maisie! I'm quite nervous about going, as I've been having some really good looks at Maisie's wound, and it doesn't look pretty at all, to try and explain; its like the scar itself has got mushed-up jelly ontop of it! There is a very distinctive smell starting to come back too, but we are unsure if it is the wound itself or the bandage on the inside - this is quite badly stained -  I am hoping that while they have her cast off during the change, aswell as all the checks the surgeon is going to be doing, I hope they will wash her right out around her wound, I have been cleaning it myself with Stei-Pod's that we got on prescription, we both think that as I am cleaning it with sterile dressing's each nappy change that this is helping to keep it at bay a little bit.  I do wonder should there be any infection still left, what the hospital will do with Maisie to get rid of it keep her in and put her on I.V antibiotics or send her home with what would be her 6th course since having the operation!..

....Other than that, Maisie is doing great, eating a little bit more than she has been doing, which as a result she is putting a little more weight on from what she lost! Sanny pads are working a treat for through the night!!! I would recommend to anybody facing this situation to "stock up" on them! The Dentinox is working a treat still, which is fab! It does feel like she's a little baby again, having to sit with her while she drinks her milk, and then winding her again! Maisie is on the move so much now its unreal, this past week she has learnt how to flip herself back and forth - only while she's on the bed or sofa - she finds it hillarious, and it keeps her entertained for ages, she was sniping along the carpet this morning, all over, this way, that way, any way she could get herself, watching her as she slides along the floor, her cast bashing into walls or any other object that is in the way, then as she drags herself the cast just slides around the object, the only down side of all the movement this morning, as she is only casted to her knee on her "good" leg, Maisie got an amazing friction/carpet burn on her knee, I have been repeatedly putting sudocream on it today to get it to heal asap!...

Steph xxxx