preschool , police and chickenpox!

Hello, I thought it was time for an update on how Corwin was doing!
Last week he had two full mornings at Preschool. He was extremely clingy with me and grumpy both afternoons. He continued to be in a VERY bad mood all week, crying when I left the room, wanting to sit on my knee ALL the time, sleeping in our bed at night etc. He didn't seem unwell with a temperature so I put it down to starting preschool. A visit to the hospital for a specialist eye test did not help matters as drops were put into his eyes to dilate his pupils - he was not impressed! He is not great with doctors, unsurprisingly, but a packet of skips meant he sat still long enough to be examined. Why I haven't thought about taking crisps to his heart appointments to keep him still I don’t know! Anyway, results were that he is short sighted and needs glasses which we got on Saturday. He looks very cute in them, but is refusing to wear them unless I put his favourite TV programs on!
On Monday morning he had his first ever school (well preschool) trip! I went along as a helper, to the police station. The station is on the same road as the preschool so the children walked there but I had Corwin strapped in his buggy, not only because he has only just started walking, but walking distance can be difficult for heart children with low oxygen levels. They don’t tolerate exercise very well and I want Corwin's one and only to pump to last quite some time so the less it is 'pushed' the better. When we were inside I took him out of the buggy and he managed about 5-10 minutes on his feet holding my hand until he became too tired and I had to carry him. The other children had managed 90 minutes on their feet so it really showed me how his condition affects him.
After the police trip I got Corwin ready for a friend's party when I noticed SPOTS!! He had played with a child with chickenpox two weeks previous as I wanted him to catch them! It is good that children needing further heart surgery have had chickenpox as heart surgery and chickenpox can be a dangerous combination. I rang the Cardiac Liason Nurse to see if I needed to adjust his medicines. Having spoken to a doctor she rang to tell me I needed to stop his aspirin IF he did have chickenpox and to get him seen to check it was. So instead of the party it was trip to the doctors. He was seen by two doctors who wouldn’t say if it was or wasn't Chickenpox but to assume it is if it spreads quickly. He woke up the next morning with spots and even more today, poor thing. So I have stopped his aspirin for 7-10 days. No wonder he was so grumpy last week, he was obviously feeling unwell with the chickenpox on the way. He is much better in himself now, just a little itchy.

Fingers crossed the spots clear soon and if Rowan catches it that he copes well being so young.

Here is a photo of Corwin in his glasses. It's not great as I had to take it quickly before he took them off again!

abi x