Hearing test

Today we went to Teddington for Emily's rescheduled hearing test.

Horrific 4 hour journey aside, Emily passed with flying colours. While I'm glad she won't have to have a fashionable hearing aid adorn her ears, I was also in two minds about what could also be affecting her language delay. You kinda hope that if it is a hearing issue, getting a hearing aid will be the miracle cure and she'll be fine.

Now we've ruled out hearing issues, I really don't know what the miracle cure is, or if one even exists.

We continue on with our speech therapists and appointments with other NHS folk in the vain hope of getting Emily up the Zero before she gets to an age where all this will actually matter ... like school.

Hearing exam

Sue took Em to have her hearing test today. We were hoping/assuming that it was more a rubber stamp exercise than anything else.

There was a problem though. Em's currently in the middle of a horrible cold, and like most people with colds, every orifice in her head is currently bunged up.

The doctors said, after a variety of tests, that Emily's hearing is slightly below average, but as her ears were bunged up, it's not conclusive. Thus, we have to go back in December and have a cold-free re-exam.

Funnily enough, Sue was chastised for bringing Emily in with a cold, but as we've waited THIS long to get the exam in the first place, there wasn't much that was going to stop Em getting looked at - including having a cold.

Hopefully December's results are mode conclusive and slightly better than this time's.

The Commute Test

Well, today is another test of fatherhood.

No, I'm not meeting Emily's first boyfriend.

I have to co-ordinate meeting with Sue and Emily at Moorgate, so Sue can drop the little bundle of joy off and attend her Uni class.

I then get to attempt to navigate commuter traffic with Emily and pram and hopefully arrive in Wallington safe, sound and not all that frazzled.

Em and I then get to collect ourselves at home for a little while before picking Sue up from East Croydon once her Uni class is done.

Repeat this twice a week until June.

GOOD LUCK!

Tests

Another test came back with good results - Emily isn't jaundiced enough to stay in for a few extra days, so we can go home tomorrow!

Em is a bit yellow, but it's not in the blood so that's good news.

Mid wife: This time it's at the hospital

Just had a call from Sue, who's about to leave the hospital. YES, the hospital.

It was blood test day today (glucose levels, etc.) and moronically, I assumed it was being done at the local GP office like all the other appointments.

Nope. Down to St. Helier's for a morning of arm-tapping fun. Sue was on a special diet (basically no chocolate or fizzy drinks) and hadn't eaten at all today. Before she left, she was told to eat something so headed down to the hospital canteen for their world famous pasties. I think they're world famous for all the wrong reasons.

Anyway, with that out of the way we now have the doctor's note to fly to sort out and we can leave for Oz.