Family

Oh the joy of parenthood!!.... I was woken at 3pm this afternoon by Noel to be informed that Erin had spent the night in hospital in Turkey. As you can imagine my first reaction was total panic, but he soon reassured me that everything was fine. She had suffered a bout of, what the hospital called "gastroenteritis" and was suffering from dehydration.

Apparently she had been sick a few times in the night so Ffion has woken my Dad and they had taken her to the hospital where they kept her in overnight and put her on a drip. Dad had called Noel about 11am this morning but he hadn't wanted to wake me.

Once I was up and about I immediately phoned Ffion who reassured me that everything was fine, they were back at the apartment and Erin was sleeping as she had been awake all night. This all made me feel much happier and I made her promise to get Erin to ring me once she woke up.

I then ventured downstairs to discover that the ironing fairy had visited while I had been asleep and miraculously the three huge piles of ironing that had been sitting in the utility room had disappeard and been replaced with two piles of beautifully pressed and folded clothes. I suspected that my Mother might be responsible so I called her to tell her about Erin and to thank her. She later came round with the third pile also neatly ironed and folded... I really do love her sometimes!!

Erin did ring about 4.30 and sounded a bit washed out and tired but said she was fine. Dad is now going to stick around until at least Monday to make sure everything is ok before going sailing again, which is very good to know... oh the joys of parenthood!!