Charlie Curtis Broad

Charlie Comes Home Again!

27th June 2007

Charlie had a great week! It has all gone better than we had expected.

He is eating a special diet called Neocate which i think is more expensive than Caviar!

So... we could bring him home at last...

Charlie Update 20th June

Had a meeting with the doctors today.

Charlie is doing much better and it looks like his inflamed and infected bowels are on the mend.

He is still being fed via IV line but they have now started to give him small doses of food.

He's very hungry which is a good sign but he can only have 4ml of special food 8 times a day.

This they will build up over the next 2-3 weeks and we hope to have him home then!

He weighed at birth 3810 grams but slipped to 3360grams.

Thankfully today he was 3720 grams, and nearly back to where he began 17 days ago!

They finally ruled out the virus prognosis and are now going with the milk / egg white allergy.

It could be that we only know this for sure when Charlie is several months old

and they can test him better.

Let's hope he's not allergic... can you imagine life without a decent chunk of Cheddar, or not having a magnum ice cream in the summer... It doesn't bare thinking about!

So... for the next weeks we shall continue to juggle our lives between the hospital and caring for Liam. It's been a very emotional ride, we hate having to leave him every time.

Last night he wouldn't go to sleep... he was laying there with wide eyes, staring at me...

I couldn't bring myself to leave until he was sleeping!

Daphne is healing well after her ordeal. She walks like John Wayne but it's kinda cute just the same! At sometime after the birth i left her to see that Charlie was OK... when i returned i

had to check twice i had entered the correct room... it looked like a horse had been butchered!

The nurse was telling me how incredible the placenta is.... but it looked like an ugly lump

of liver to me!

The staff at the OLVG and AMC are incredible. I feel humbled to realize that certain people dedicate their lives to the welfare of others.

Thanks for all your support, understanding and kind words. We appreciate it and look

forward to celebrating the healthy return of Charlie Curtis Broad.

Meanwhile... Liam has been totally unaffected by the whole ordeal... er... we think!!

Latest Pictures from 14th June

Now back to the OLVG Hospital after 4 days at the AMC.

Looks like Charlie has had a virus rather than being allergic to Milk.

We should find out soon!!!

No More Tubes Up My Nose!!!

Charlie at the AMC... After taking him back to the OLVG due to blood in his nappy he is later rushed to the AMC for tests... from 1am to 9am we were worried sick and dressed him and undressed him for various tests...