Its beginning to feel alot like Christmas !!!!

Hi All

Well its been very traumatic in our house for the past 2 weeks with our DD - Sarah. Some of you may know has been seriously ill, with what was first thought to be ulcers x 2 in her left eye....OUCHY alright I hear you say. She has virtually been in a darkened room, for that time unable to see out of her eye and looked like she had done 10 rounds with Danny Green..... In the beginning also we thought meninjitous but it isnt thank goodness. But as this thing progressed we had her seen by an eye surgeon our opthamologist and our GP on many occassions. It turns out to be a very agressive form of conjungtivitus without the green stuff. So a bacterial version which is very serious can blind you and gives the effects of Ulcers in your eye.... It was explained as like pin pricks dragged across your eyeballs. I have never seen her in so much pain. Then if thats not enough her tonsilitis was so bad her throat closed over.....off to the GP again more anitbiotics and she is going in to have them out in the New Year as she does suffer alot with that.... But our troubles havnt finished there. The GP and Eye surgeon both advised no contact lenses. Well she is as blind as a bat and cant see. So getting glasses made when there is noone in Perth working. But alas my angel optomitrist came to our rescue and with a lot of bribery and corruption we now have a gorgeous sophisticated girl here with glasses..... She is very aprehensive with them as here previous experience was High School, had terrible acne, terrible braces and terrible glasses...... We will have to get her over the I look like a geek in them. Her mummy wears them her Nan, wears them and her aunty wears them all to different levels...

So apart from this still working full time until last Friday have done all the Chrissie shopping in amoungst the above dramas, had to finish Sarahs shopping due to not being able to see..... as well as food shopping thank god for Steve and Craig working full on at KMart and Mum's taxi. I am exhausted..... Today is the first day I have stopped. Went for a swim earlier and am off for Nanny nap before arvo tea with my good friends Connie and Dee.... Cooking also shortbread doing icing for my fruit cake making icecream upside down cake for desert for Xmas other than this its been pretty normal. We fly out on the 27th December for Kuala Lumpur for New Year and have not even thought about it yet. Just need to get over Xmas day and all will be good...... Leaving the kids home yikes !!! and going off with my sister and her hubby.

This year has been a really tough one for our family health wise and 2008 will be our year. Except for Sarahs tonsils.....

To my darling God daughter Mel, I know your doing it tough at this time of year
and to my family friends in Gladstone thinking of you on this anniversary of Laura.

Would like to say to you and yours take care stay safe and have a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year.

See you all in 2008 when I return.

Parky xxxx