One more...

It's been a hectic few days, Ewan could not wait until his scheduled arrival on Friday 13 February. His ECG's began showing reduced activity on the 3rd, so the next day the Dr decided it would be best for him to come out. It seems his cord had become tangled around his neck.

It was Isabelle's first day back at school. We rushed out the door, kids running ahead, Grandma trailing behind, and made it right on the bell. After walking home, at a rather more sedate pace, we all set off for our routine daily hospital visit. Orla went to sleep on the way so Aidan went with Grandma to see his Mum while I took the sleeping one back home. Well it was far from a routine visit, Mary had been taken to the delivery suite and when I arrived back home there was a message posted on the door saying "ring Susan". I was needed urgently. Fortunately, Mary had eaten breakfast so the surgery could not be scheduled until 3.30pm or so, which gave me ample time to get back to the hospital.

Ewan arrived 4.55pm 4 February, at 34 weeks, 2 days and weighed 2.16kg (4lb12oz). He has made good progress these last five days and has moved from his incubator to an open cot, and his heart and breathing monitors have been removed. He is now fully breast-milk fed, with the tube fed breast milk top-ups becoming increasingly infrequent. Mary has moved, today, from the post-natal ward to one of the rooms within the unit.