Sunday 5th October 2008 - It was just me and my nurse for most of this morning because daddy was driving down to London from Norfolk and it takes quite a long time. I was very good though and me and my nurse played for a bit but I wouldn't go to sleep till I'd seen daddy.
Daddy got here just before lunchtime and I was very pleased to see him and got all excited and squeaked like a baby airfalant (Tiana means elephant) when he came into my special room. My nurse told daddy how good I'd been and daddy gave me a big cuddle. The tubes in my arms and tummy and nose are still uncomfortable though so daddy put me back in my cot when I told him I'd had enough.
My nurse and daddy talked about my milk and daddy said he would like to try stopping the milk going through the tube in my nose and would like to give me more dinners and milk in my bottle. My nurse went outside to speak to a doctor and he said that was a good plan! So my nurse stopped the milk coming through my tube and daddy said he would give it a little while before he gave me anything to eat.
I was very tired so had a little sleep while daddy went to phone mummy to tell her how good I'd been. When he came back I was already awake and was getting hungry. I tried to tell daddy I wanted something to eat but he wasn't understanding my predicament and changed my nappy, cuddled me and played with some toys with me before the penny finally dropped and he asked if I was hungry!!! He put me in my chair and, before he'd even got the lid off the jar of Cottage Pie, I had my mouth wide open waiting for it! It was delicious and I ate over a third of a jar without being sick!
Daddy could see it made me better because I was laughing and smiling while he was feeding me and we even played a little game where I bite the spoon so he can't get it out of my mouth... It's really funny! Daddy said it was such a long time since I'd cried because I was hungry he hadn't even thought that was what could have been upsetting me! He has a point so I've forgiven him and know he won't make that mistake again.
After I'd had my Cottage Pie daddy asked my nurse for a bottle of milk. My nurse gave him a small bottle with 30mls in it and I drank it all very, very fast! Daddy and my nurse were very impressed but were worried I might be sick so I played a trick on them and pretended I was going to be... But I wasn't. Was funny watching them dive for a bowl though!
After I'd had my milk daddy and I watched In The Night Garden and I started falling asleep at the end of it. Daddy went to tell mummy about my lunch and came back a little later. I didn't have a long sleep so was still a bit tired when daddy got back. Daddy then said I could have some of my chocolate pudding!!! It was scrummy and I ate a quarter of a tin before I had another 30mls of milk in my bottle. I wasn't sick again either which was really good!
We played some more and then my doctors came in. My nurse told them how much I'd eaten and the doctors said that, because I'd not been sick, I could have one of the tubes in my nose taken out! I was very happy and was very good when my nurse removed it and wasn't sick at all. Daddy gave me another cuddle for being so brave and then snuggled me in my cot so I could have a sleep. He said he would come and see me later after he'd had some tea.
