The first week

It's been five days since Thomas was broken out of hospital. We've had a busy few days getting used to having him home. He's doing everything he is supposed to really well - sleeping, eating, crying and pooing and is still putting on weight as he is now 5lbs 13ozs. He also reached his official due date on Wednesday so has a corrected age of just 3 days today, aaaah.

We had a slight emergency on Thursday night/Friday morning because Thomas came out in a bright red rash all over except in the nappy region (not nappy rash then). He was also very warm to touch but quite cool when we took his temperature. We decided to be cautious and take him to the doctors. They were worried that it could be a virus and suggested we take him to hospital. Off we went again but this time to the paediatrics A&E at St Peter's Hospital. After seeing a student nurse, a sister, SHO and finally a Registrar who then called our consultant, they decided that it was a virus and unless he developed a high temperature or loss of appetite it was fine to go home. Overnight he was a little unsettled but this morning the rash has gone down which is a big relief.

The doctors explained to us that Thomas is likely to be very susceptible to catching viruses and diseases because he missed out on getting any antibodies in the womb as babies normally receive these the final trimester of pregnancy. For this reason, we are going to have to keep Thomas away from small children and sickly adults for a bit longer, just in case they pass on anything to him. He is due to have his second shot of immunisations next week and once he's a little bigger, his body should be strong enough to fight off minor viruses so we can relax a bit.

As you can see from today's picture, Thomas was tired out from playing on his new playmat that he was given by everyone at Caspian.