Murray 9 months

Isla's Birthday Fish

Farewell 2008

Greetings everyone! Wow, another year about to draw to a close and what a year it was. In a nutshell, our neice Pixie was born in January, Isla went to hospital in May for an infected lymph node, our son Murray was born prematurely in July, our nappy business name got ripped off, Libby and Ian visited in January, Suzie visited twice, Robbo visited from Greece, Trina and family visited from UK in September, friends got married - Amanda and Dave, and Mel and Jason and most of the time we were/are adjusting to having 2 kids!!!


to be continued when possible!

Gorgeous little Murray! He is doing very well with his breastfeeding and we hope that we can bring him home by the end of the week. Fingers crossed!

MURRAY JAMES McGREGOR
18 July 2008
2:43 pm
2.456kg
50.8 cm Long

Our little man who arrived early at 33 weeks + 4 days after another preterm rupture of the membranes 5 days prior


Tash in hospital still pregnant getting treatment for PPROM

Newborn Murray

First Cuddles with Mum on day 2

First cuddles with Dad

What a little cutie pie!

Isla in Hospital

Greetings! Yes, Isla has been in hospital to get her engorged and infected lymph node on the left side of her neck treated. It all started about 4 weeks ago when I noticed her lymph node was a decent lump. Took her to the doctor and we decided since she'd be sick previously it was just her immune system fighting it all still and we'd just watch it and see. She subsequently had fevers which worried us, so back to the doctor who recommended we get the lump scanned and test her blood. When the scan was done they found it to be lymphodenitis - basically infection of the lymph node. Her blood tests were ok but she was put on antibiotics all the same to see if it made the lump go down. However, to our dismay the lump grew and grew to the point where Isla's neck was now really sore and she couldn't move it much. She also had to tilt her head to the left side due to it's size - a huge 5x5cm lump. On a little girl - that's massive! Anyway, while on the antibiotics not only did it get bigger, but she had more fevers so back to the doctor who said go to the hospital. The first emergency visit had us go home for another week where we just watched it and hoped for the best, but it didn't go down and seemed to get worse with her skin going red and inflamed around the back of the neck. This time at emergency, Isla was admitted to hospital, where she had another scan which showed that the lump was "ripe" ie lots of liquid inside to drain out, so she had surgery to remove the liquid and relieve the pressure. Amazing difference in her. She slept very well for a change and was very cheery and no longer was chanting to us "sore neck!". So now we just have to let the next course of antibiotics finish it up and clear it for good.

Apparently this is quite common in young ones and we were just so relieved that it wasn't anything nasty - and you can imagine the nasty things that as a parent you worry about. Isla was a very good patient in hospital and enjoyed the attention - after the surgery that is, before hand she was rather miserable.

Here is Isla with the red lump - hard to get a good idea of it in the photos actually.

Here she is with her drip in and watching TV - you can see the lump a bit better here on the left side.

Miserable Isla even after Captain Starlight made her a balloon flower (which she loves now).

After surgery having some dinner - with a massive pad on her neck to catch all the fluid that is draining.

Present from Aunty Sue and a much happier Isla

Isla's last meal in hospital with Jelly to finish it off - Not sure if she likes it or not!