Hospitals are hot, noisy and smelly

Oh my, Iris and me have now had our first ever overnight stay in hospital, and i can report that it was hot, noisy and smelly all night.

Firstly let me say she is absolutely fine.
In a nutshell it was an unexplained virus that gave her some dodgy looking spots under her left nipple which caused concern for a nurse who thought they weren't blanching and could therefore be a sign of meningitis.

We went in on Sunday early evening because she seemed really floppy, it was only when they stripped her off that the spots became apparent and the nurse who saw us first, was worried they weren't blanching. Suddenly two doctors appeared and examined Iris but the spots were in fact blanching, the docs just pressed harder with their glass.
They sent us home on the Sunday night, but the next day Marc noticed that her lips and hands were a bit blue so we got an emergency appointment at the doctorx and then the doc in turn saw the spots and she thought we should again go and get them checked out at A&E, so we did.
The docs at the hospital said that the spots were fine, but seeing as this was our second visit we should get some blood tests done and stay in so that Iris could be monitored overnight.
That night her temperature did keep peeking suddenly to 38+ and she slept (of sorts) in just a nappy but she's fine now, and we've come home with antibiotics.

I have to say Homerton hospital were fab.

Here are some photos taken on my phone of the very poorly baby, laughing and giggling at her feet mostly.




























Here is a photograph of Iris that i took when she went a little bit floppy at Karen's and Luthers house just before i took her to the hospital for the first time. I feel a bit embarrassed that she actually looks quite poorly in this photo and it was only when we went to go home and took her out to the car that we realised she was perhaps a bit too floppy and we should take her to the hospital.

Poor Iris, what bad parents we are.