We all went for swine flu jabs today. We didn’t want to have Jasmine waiting with all the ill people in the GP surgery so we waited outside and ran straight through to see the nurse when it was our turn. Jasmine is so used to injections that she didn’t make a sound when the needle went in. Afterwards we went for a walk round the neighbourhood and bumped into everyone we know locally.
Yesterday Ruth took Jasmine and Calista down to clinics. Her bloods were stable again, which is great. The doctor reduced her fluid target from 1 litre to 750 mls, of which 250 mls is water and the rest is milk. Jasmine is drinking water quite happily from a bottle, but she is not so keen on the milk at the moment. Most of the milk has to go down her NG-tube. She has been getting into her In the Night Garden dinner set. She is pushing her food around the plate and licking her cutlery, but not actually eating very much. Tonight she speared a baked bean with her fork and put it in her mouth, but she hasn’t got the hang of chewing yet, so spat it out again! She is sticking to her diet of crisps and biscuits for the moment.
Glad to hear the good news! I heard/read somewhere that we have to eat things as much as 30 times before we take a liking to them… perhaps this is just propaganda from the Brussels Sprouts Growers of America.