oh, and before anyone complains...yes I stopped the car before I took the photo :)

 

 

J didnt throw up last night but earlier this afternoon we were painting egg cups and all of a sudden she said her chest was hurting. She didnt want to finish her egg cup but went to lie down on the sofa and started screaming with pain saying she was hurting so much. Its hard to know how bad the pain was, but she doesnt normally complain about pain so we thought it was best to take her to the clinic here in DSO. The doctor concluded that she has a viral infection and that we keep giving her meds to keep her fever down, he thought the pain was from her heart racing when the fever went up. Now she is feeling fine and playing, not wanting to go to bed even though she was up at 5 am!!

 

This morning we had a playdate at the biketrack near Meydan. The kids and I all looked forward, it was time for me and R to catch up! J only rode her bike and played for about 10 minutes and then she came near me complaining that it was hot, she was tired and her eyes hurt. She lay down on the blanket near us but she kept complaining and her nose was a bit runny. I was sure she was catching a cold, its common (at least for me) to get watery and slightly burning eyes when I have a cold. We stayed put for an hour, it was getting too hot and J was not looking well at all so we decided to go home. She almost slept in the car but 3 minutes away from home she called out "mum i need to throw up!". I stopped the car as quickly as I could and ran around to help her out but I didnt make it. When I opened the door she had her whole mouth full and some hadnt fit and ran out. Poor thing had tried to keep it in! I got her out of the car and she threw up some more before we managed the last bit of drive home. At home she got to relax on a mattress by the tv, that´s standard treatment at our house when you´re sick and at the risk of throwing up (no staying on the sofa!) she felt ok and was hungry so she had some pretzels and a sandwich.

 

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Two hours after she "ate" and 4½ hours after the first vomit she threw up again, twice in a short amount of time and since then nothing (6 hours later). I dont know what to think of it all, it doesnt feel like a normal gastric, too much time inbetween the throwing up and also the hunger? And where does the runny nose and hurting eyes fit in? Only time will tell but Im hoping I get to sleep tonight! J is sleeping on a mattress by the foot of my bed so that I can easily hear her and help her if she has to throw up again. Im therefore sitting here listening to her every move, checking up on her hoping she can make the bucket so I dont have to stay changing sheets in the middle of the night!

 

 

 

 

Its getting a bit too hot for my liking though!

 

 

 

J+L in pre-nursery at San Andrea 2010

 

 

 

 

 

On the dining table at Nando´s

 

 

helping granny with the dishes....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday was a crazy busy day. In the morning we went to "San Anton Gardens" and "Presidents Kitchen Garden". We got to see plenty of flowers and animals, pet some cats and played. The lasting memory for me though will be the smell. The lemontrees are in bloom and they smell heavenly! I really wish there was a way you could keep the smell with you in the same way you can take a photo of something to be reminded how it looked like....

 

 

We went home for a quick lunch before we went to explore a new playground in Marsaskala where we were meeting a pilot friend and her son. Playground was great but it was a bit too windy so we didnt stay too long.

 

 

E needed some help in the house so we dropped off the kids with the grandparents and went to Gharghur. An hour and a half later we threw down some dinner and had a quick shower to go out again and meet a university friend. It was very nice to meet up, F used to "take care" of me when R was studying in Spain and I was living in Malta alone. F is from Gozo and studied at university in Malta so he was here a bit on his own too so we used to meet up for a movie once a week or so and I knew I could always call him if I needed any sort of help around the house.

 

 

 

 

We stopped by at Popeye Village on the way up to the ferry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took a boat from London Eye to Tower of London

 

 

 

Waiting for the train to take us to Waterloo