Mac Moments

This past week has been a frenzy of doctor visits, hospital hallways, pills and just not feeling well.  I have spent many a day in doctors rooms and hospital hallways with Jessica and many more I am sure to come. Nine years ago, I was rocking her in my arms hoping that the doctor would come soon as her feed was growing closer and popping my boob out to feed her was not an option. Not that I wouldn't have done that if I could but Jess needed to be fed via a tube directly into her stomach, so it was a necessity to get home with our sterile equipment, the right formula and feeding kit. One visit we spent 5 hours waiting for the Pediatric surgeon to arrive (he patched mostly abused children back together, he was the best and we were prepared to wait), he needed to replace her tube. Jess was 3 months old, anyone who has had a baby knows 5 hours is an eternity, she was a saint. At one Jess could be entertained with a few toys and as she was not really mobile it was more a...

19 October - I got to see Mags and find out how everything is going, Les and Paul had organised to see Jimmy and Elaine, Charlie, Tracy, Nicky and her family, so we had a wonderful Dennison braai which was fantastic....Paul always knows how to do the prawns and meat just perfectly. It was also wonderful to see the crowd as we had not seen them for over 2 years. Magdel also joined us and stayed until 10pm that night, it was great to catch up and hear all the going ons. 20 October - Saw Jess and I at the hospital at 6:30am, getting her registered only by 7:30am and up to the ward at 8:00, she however went in for her op by 8:45 and was out by 9:00. She did her usual Jess thing, woke up, ate, drank and wanted to leave. As Lauren was not at home, she wanted to do something else, so I took her shopping for a new wardrobe...she was in her element. What can I say, girls definitely know how to do it right! Prof Friedland, said that the doctors here are barbaric and she should never have ha...