Day 44: Doctor, doctor...

Here is Exile #3 having a blonde moment at school a week or so ago. Today was the last day of her holiday-week and we seem to have spent most of it in medical establishments.

First, we all went with Exile #2 for an ultrasound scan where we were able to see a 3D image of the face of Exile #5/Native #1 (choosing names is so hard!). Apparently he/she is doing fine and shaping up to be a sensible weight at birth. The 3D imaging technology was only obtained by the clinic in December, so they are as delighted as the patients to try to get nice pictures.

The second visit was to Exile #3's doctor about her hearing, so she now has a fearsome regime of medication to try to get the fluid out of her ears, but it seems not to be too much of a concern. We hope that she may be starting to get a bit better by Monday as her ability to develop her friendships at school must be affected by her inability to hear half of what's said. Picking up the prescribed medicines was another adventure, as of course, they had to process our insurance before they could decide how much we needed to pay.

We ended the day with our first swim at the YMCA, Exile #3 is full of confidence (with her arm-bands) and seems very keen to enrol in some swimming classes when we can work it out, and even Exile #4, usually something of a limpet in the pool, was getting extremely comfortable and having a good time.