Hospitals and super heroes

Hospitals are hard.
Bhodi had to stay in for a short stay this week and we both struggled.
The procedures that made him cry (and me!).
The midnight wake up calls to do observations.
The anxious waiting game to see how results are learn a plan.
And we were only there for 3 days!!

Sometimes I think I wish I’d took Albie to hospital. I wish I’d demanded tests…even if they were based on zero concerns. I wish I’d had him observed with everyone ready to jump in when that beeping monitor says he needs help…even if in reality it would probably just be the sticky monitor plaster slipping of his wriggling toes.
I just wish I’d known he needed help.

I would have done it all, years in hospital, if it was needed. Like any parent would. I’ve so much admiration for the strength and care parents who do have long medical journeys with their little ones show. I just wanted to open each door of the rooms on the ward and shout to those tired out parents ‘I think you’re amazing!’

I also think medicine is out of this world. To think there’s clever scientists somewhere that have literally managed to find ways to save, or give us longer, with those we love. What better gift could there be.

I don’t think anyone missed anything with Albie, there was nothing anyone knew to look for, I have full faith that if there had been a clue he needed help…those doctors and nurses would have been all over it.
Like they are for so many.
I wanted to shout to them how friggin awesome they are too.

But let’s be honest, I would have looked a bit crazy shouting all round the children’s ward😂

SUDC is the fourth leading cause of death of death for children aged 1-4 years old in the Uk. SUDC UK are doing all they can to fund research to make it predictable and preventable. I know they’ll do it, they’ll stop this tragedy.
Because from what I seen this week the help is ready, this army of super powers…whether that be the doctors, the nurses, the medicine or even the unwavering strength of a parent helping their kind.
We just need to know what needs to be done. We need the research.
Because every child deserves a chance to live.

I would of course I’d do whatever was needed to save Albie.
And I’m very unsure if this is an ok thing to say… but I’m a bit a bit glad he never had 4am trips to the treatment room or nights in a bed that wasn’t at home.
He just had happy.

Oh and Bhodi’s feeling much better and is tucked up at home.
Healthy and happy.