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The ills of winter are truly upon us. The past week has been really cold- I heard on the news it was the coldest it has been in some 40 years, and we really felt it! Icy westerly winds and no sun. Brrrrr.

Poor old Dex has had a bad week. Sunday before last he had a fever and a cough, but seemed otherwise fine. On Monday morning he woke up, said he was feeling better, got up and 5 minutes later collapsed unconscious on the floor! He and Simon had been in the study on the computer, and apparently Declan had just slumped forward, hit his head on the keyboard and then fallen onto the floor. By the time I got there 30 seconds later he had started to come round, but had no recollection of the event. In fact he had thought he had been downstairs eating breakfast! So, naturally it was off to the hospital (it was a public holiday, and as tradition calls for, I am doomed to spend these days at the hospital) where we stayed allllllll day long while the doctors ran plenty of tests on Declan- blood tests, chest xray, ECG, neurological tests, and in the end they came up with nothing. Just a faint. So of course we were very relieved about that. Dexie spent the whole week at home with me, he still had fevers and a cough, and was really low until about Friday. We saw our own GP on Wednesday who confirmed that it was just a virus to be waited out.

Also about Declan- he is doing so well with that night time alarm thingy for his bedwetting. We are up to 7 nights straight with dry pants! Yippeeee!!!! Once we get to 14 consecutive nights we can call it a success.

This morning I got out of the shower, and as usual, Ruby was sitting on the step at the sink, supervising me. When I got out she said "Oh mum! You look just like a jellyfish, cos you wobble when you walk." Aren't children lovely with their honesty?