30th October

They said we would have good and bad days and recieving some not so good news always knocks the stuffing out of you. Gracyn has an infection and they are not too sure where it is coming from. They have performed a lumbar puncture on her which means they remove some of the fluid from arround the spine to be tested, unfortunatly the did not get enough to test. So they will try again tomorrow meanwhile an increase of antibiotics and some close monitering overnite will happen. Because she is so active and a little wriggle bottom she has created a rash on her leg this may be where the infection may be,or possibly where the long line is inserted, we will know tomorrow.
The good news is that the nurses and doctors insure us that she is doing nothing that they hav,nt seen before. Another good sign is that she is starting to try and open her eyes, She must have known that her dad was there.
Poor Tegan may not be able to see Gracyn for 10 days as his little cousin Amber may have been exposed to chicken pox and Tegan was only just playng with her the other day. We hav,nt told him yet but it is better to be safe than sorry.
She is now 890grms so i,m only 110grms away from my bottle of "Apples" go for it my big girl i say.

till next time

Steve Ange Tegan, Gracyn