My husband has been busier than he should. He is able to have afternoon naps though. I'm more than a bit jealous. He's been gardening and sitting in the sun and has a walk into the town to see friends every day.
I used to look after one daughter's children at our house but he still can't tolerate them so I spend all week out of the house.
My grandson is having up to a dozen 'absences' a day. He falls backwards and is unresponsive for up to 5 min. He's been in and out of hospital since last Saturday. The advice now is to ring an ambulance if he has a significant shaking fit or his face goes blue. He has not seen a specialist yet despite being in hospital for four consecutive nights. When he comes round from these absences he's either grumpy or laughing. His mouth is sore from 'chewing' during the absences. Nothing has been done to explain what's happening and my daughter needs a solution and some support. He has open access to a ward but there's no point taking him back as nothing has been done. He has had two eeg one about a month ago and one last Tuesday which showed nothing up despite the frequency of his falls/absences.
My daughter is on her own. Her ex was found to be using sex workers every week - even during lockdown. Her second child was born Jan 2020 her contraceptive appointment was cancelled at the start of the first lockdown. She became pregnant straight away and had another child Nov 2020. This is the grandson with the episodes. My daughter had covid at the time she went into labour and was very unwell - before the vaccine roll out. He was born at 32 wks.
Her ex stopped coming home from work during her last pregnancy. When we changed our daughter's locks he started stalking her. We found out that he'd told her that if she didn't have an abortion he would leave. He has several Facebook accounts in different names. He spent time in jail for arson. All this we have found out since our daughter's last pregnancy. He's a very unremarkable man within a Walter Mitty world. He has a very overinflated sense of superiority. He's a sex pervert with a personality disorder. I'm still worried that he'll burn the house down. The house was completely in her name along with all bills. He gave her £500 a month. She was always short of money as he refused to give her extra. He told everyone he was rolling in money with his successful business which now apparently makes no profit so he can avoid paying maintenance. She found letters which revealed he had two teenage boys that he was also refusing to pay maintenance for when she cleared out his belongings.
She is on her own. She's up during the night checking on her youngest all the time whenever she hears a noise and she's constantly checking her Owlet App as his heart rate goes up significantly during his absences. She's mentally and physically shattered. Now nursery don't want to know. He had his first absence at nursery two weeks ago and she had to go straight there and collect him. These absences were thought to originally have been through the night and at times of tiredness and illness but they have suddenly escalated. Nothing has been done for my grandson or my daughter. Her employer has been tolerant up to now but the NHS has done nothing. He has no official diagnosis or medication. They've said that it's possibly some form of epilepsy and they've referred him to an epilepsy clinic which we now have to wait for the appointment. This has been dragging on all this year.
In happier news - my younger daughter (expecting twins) got engaged last night. A complete surprise. She had her 24 wk scan on Wednesday - all good. They are now planning an engagement party. And possibly a wedding.
I've been watching the jubilee highlights on the tv - I could tell a tale or two about Prince Philip. My father used to man the boat when Prince Philip went water skiing when they were stationed in Malta, in the Royal Navy. It almost makes me feel sorry for Andrew considering his father got away with it. 😬