Blog- Just Bring the Chocolate

Adding another Consultant to the List

Published on 20th May 2011 by Renata

We had another trip up to Great Ormond Street Hospital yesterday afternoon. It was a situation that proved the necessity of keeping a good working relationship with the doctors there, no matter what the history. Dominic's knee had starting dislocating randomly just before we left the hospital. Obviously with everything else going on (see here if you want refreshing) my request that someone told the neuromuscular consultant fell on deaf ears. I ignored the problem for a while, it didn't seem especially urgent when we were lost in the chaos of coming home and I was due to see her soon ...

Home Sweet Home

Published on 9th May 2011 by Renata

Home is where the heart is, or so the general consensus seems to be. In many ways I feel like I have come home now, everything has regained some kind of order, the cobwebs no longer have the larger share of the house and there has been a lot of culling of clothes and toys, but I'm also glad we got a great house to live in thanks to estate agents Limehouse that help us find the perfect home for our family. Explore the listings of 3 Bedroom Apartments for sale in Westlands if you plan to relocate or invest in ...

The Ripple Effect

Published on 30th Mar 2011 by Renata

I haven't complained, once. Ok, take that sentence out of context and you would have Roger, certainly, raising his eyebrows. What I mean is, despite everything that happened, both from the dangerous to the incompetent and even stretching to the negligent while we were in Great Ormond Street, I never sat down and wrote a letter full of anger and grief to anyone within the hospital walls that I thought might just listen. I am not, however, under any illusion that I'm a placid wall flower, gentle, unassuming and utterly trampleable on. The reason for biting my tongue all this time ...

The Child? First and Always?

Published on 11th Mar 2011 by Renata

The Child First and Always The Child. First and Always The Child First, And Always. The Child? First and Always? What makes a great medical institution great? Is it the doctors? Dedicated, caring, jutting of chin with a hint of the maverick about them? Perhaps it’s the nurses? Understanding, effortlessly selfless, wafting from patient to patient dispensing compassion and tireless devotion? Or is it the sick, but still oh-so-cute patients? Brave in the face of adversity, an inspiration to us all and uncomplainingly grateful to all the heroic medical team whose commitment to each and every child brings a tear to even the ...

Resolutions and Realities

Published on 1st Jan 2011 by Renata

Happy New Year! Having spent quite a fun night running around the hospital with Dominic and ending up on the roof watching the fireworks with a few doctors who could escape momentarily, it was impossible to ignore the overwhelming feeling of optimism that is unique to New Year’s Eve. That’s what marking the arrival of the New Year is really all about though isn’t it? It gives the smokers hope that this year will be the one that spells the end of the habit, those of us more disposed to bouts of grumpiness, melancholy or drama get the chance to ...