Alina's 2 1/4 years old and doing brilliantly. She's very strong and is able to get over cold by herself. All 3 of us fell ill with a viral infection a month ago. We had to take Alina to the hospital twice because she was running very high fever. In the past, in cases like this it would've immediately developed into a chest infection. For the first time though, nothing got to her chest. Instead it was just ears and throat for which we were given antibiotics and sent home. YAY! It's a great big step forward for us.
On the 29th we had our routine check-up at Kings Hospital. First of all, we only had one appointment instead of the usual two and we saw a doctor we had never met before. The meeting was very brief, 10 minutes, and the next time we will go there will be in 1 YEAR!!!
I was extatic! When we had Alina it was hard to imagine our lives beyond the next hospital appointment. We were always in and out, always on antibiotics, always ill. Now, 2 1/4 years on, Alina's doing great and she really is just a normal child. Her favourite things to do are running and screaming- both at the same time; dancing and singing, skipping and jumping. My mother got a scooter which she loves. We go to playgroups and playgrounds and she goes to nursery twice a week. From our perspective, given everything we've been through with her, life is very good and long may it continue this way :0).
Lots of love,
The Houchins
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