sussex

we are now back from our break in sussex over half-term. it was a nice break, change of scene and pace. Thank you Jo and Mike for the use of the cottage. We had some nice days out; on a chilly beach, Arundle, Chichester, a little village, Fort Nelson, Hayling Island, and of course what holiday of ours would be complete without a visit to the doctors?
Josh's bowels were even more active than normal during the week starting the friday before we went when he had a chilly change on a bench at Wisley, increasing steadily til wednesday when he had 10 lots of diarrhea, needing a full change and shower down each time. we visited the doctor who checked him for dehydration (he was very floppy and not holding his head up) and gave us some anti-fungal hydrocortizone cream for his nappy rash. so most of our outings were punctuated by changes on the parcel shelf of the car and then trying to warm him up again (including in the middle of the night), the worst incident being an accident on our hosts carpet. He ate poorly til today when he has started to eat again and the nappies are fewer, his weight is around 8.8k which is around the 2nd centile.
we visited the local hospital on the way home who again checked him over but declined the carefully collected stool sample as they thought it was most likely a viral thing......@**%#@*!!
we are feeling frustrated and fed up with the regime and the constant fighting on his behalf but hopeful that the tests next week will shed some light on the matter. Amaazingly after the nappy is over, Josh still manages to keep smiling.