I'm struggling a bit now......please come and cheer me up!

[feelingbitfestive]

For those of you not up to speed on my previous whingey posts, poor DS is still in the midst of his infantile spasms . After 2 weeks of 24hr screaming on steroid treatment (didn't work) he's now started on Vigabatrin. This isn't working either at the current dose so it will be increased tomorrow.
Poor DS is now hardly recognisable as my smiley happy little boy. He's gone from having massively increased tone on the steroids, to sleepy and floppy on the Vig. He doesn't smile or interract with us at all any more and to top it all off, after another night in hospital, he now has a croup like viral infection so he sounds like a wounded seal. Bless.

I know we are in for the long haul on this and I am trying to stay positive, but I am finding it so hard at the moment - just about everything seems to be going against us and with Christmas just round the corner, I'm feeling quite crap. Can't help thinking that we shouldn't be doing this - I should be taking him out shopping and spending stupid amounts of money on toys for his first xmas, not traipsing to the hospital twice a week to get him ever more powerful drugs.

Anyhoo, I've had enough of feeling like this - I don't want to wallow any longer. Peter Kay cheered me up last night, now its your turn! Tell me something funny and nice (or not so nice - gallows humour welcome too)
TIA x

Big hug for you,sorry to hear your little one is having such a terrible time.

dd sneezed and farted simultaneously this morning,sending a huge glob of phlegm over her daddy and looking very suprised,then got a mischievous look in her eye and laughed heartily.I did too

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So so sorry that DS is still suffering.

We are getting very festive here - took DD into Paris to see the Christmas lights and she got really overexcited, running around like a loon screaming "It's Christmas, it's Christmas!". First year she's really understood what's going on (she's 4) and she's so happy to go and see her Nanna and Grandad next week. DS is a complete pickle and is constantly raking through my food cupboard because he thinks that the sack of potatoes in there contains pears (one of his favourite foods) and I haven't yet been able to convince him that he can't eat raw potato.
So that's my day. Don't know if it helps...

Really sorry you're having a tough time at the moment. Here's a joke for you!

Johnny, George, and Bert were driving along in their pickup when they saw a sheep caught in the fence with its hind end up in the air.

Bert said, "I wish that was Sharon Stone."

George echoed, "I wish it was Demi Moore."

Little Johnny sighed, "I wish it was dark . . . "

:-) xx

I knew it was you when I saw the thread title. You are not wallowing by the way. I don't know how you are coping.

Not sure I can cheer you up, feeling far too sad about it myself.

Although can you make use of his temporary co-operativeness and stick him in a silly santa/reindeer/rabbit costume and make a pic to embarrass him with as an adult?

looking at his piccies on your profile always cheers me up though. I lurve that smile.

That smile WILL be back

BriocheDoree you can eat raw potato, as long as it is peeled. I did so all my childhood

apparently I pass for NT

but I also ate raw spaghetti

and raw cooking pears

another joke
three piggies in restaurant.

what's for starters?
P1: melon
P2: soup
P3: huge glass of water

main course:
P1: spare ribs
P2: risotto
P3: huge glass of water

desert:
P1: ice cream
P2: apple pie
P3: huge glass of water

P1 and P2 ask why all the water?

Huh? Well one of us has to go weeeeeeee all the way home

dh (bit of an absent minded professor) knew he was a dad when he understood that joke without explanation

DS3 came into the bathroom and said "it smells like Alien Finger in here". When pressed for details, he said "that smell you get when you take a plaster off your finger after a long time and it's gone all manky". WTF?

Sorry you're having such a rough time.

Sorry you and yoru ds are going through the mill fbf.
A man wakes up on a desert island. He looks around. The dea is purple, the sky and beach are purple, the trees are purple and he himself is purple. Everything, in fact, is purple:
"Oh no!" he cries "I've been marooned!"

Like bullet's one .
This one's pretty bad...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson were going camping. They pitched their tent under the stars and went to sleep. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes woke Watson up and said: ?Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you see.?

Watson replied: ?I see millions and millions of stars.?

Holmes said: ?and what do you deduce from that??

Watson replied: ?Well, if there are millions of stars, and if even a few of those have planets, it?s quite likely there are some planets like earth out there. And if there are a few planets like earth out there, there might also be life.?

And Holmes said: ?Watson, you idiot, it means that somebody stole our tent.?

so sorry (hugs) i would try and cheer you up bit am feeling pretty much same as you .

Big hugs to you. Our 8 month old DS2 is not having a great amount of fun at the mo because he seems to hate his occupational therapist with a vengeance & has to have his chest cleared after, so not a happy bunny. I'm sure your little one's smile will be back & if it's any consolation we're barely ready for Christmas as so much going on. Will now go off & find something funny with which to cheer you up.

did you join the infantile spasms support group on yahoo Groups?

Here you go
A group of children were trying very hard to become accustomed to the new Nursery. The biggest hurdle they faced was that the teacher insisted on NO baby talk!
You need to use 'Big People' words,' she was always reminding them.
She asked John what he had done over the weekend?
"I went to visit my Nana."
"No, you went to visit your GRANDMOTHER use 'Big People' words!"
She then asked Mitchell what he had done.
"I took a ride on a choo-choo."
She said. "No, you took a ride on a TRAIN. You must remember to use 'Big People' words."
She then asked little Alex what he had done?
"I read a book" he replied.
"That's WONDERFUL!" the teacher said. "What book did you read?"

( I love this.....)

Alex thought real hard about it, then puffed out his chest with great pride, and said,

"Winnie the SHIT."

I did NMC, but I can't work out how it works . Everything seems a bit muddled up - I'm sure I'm doing something wrong.

Ta everyone! Feeling OK at the mo, DS snoring in my lap! I'm sure he is dreaming of xmas lights in Paris (I know I am!)

Trace - it's not nice ever, but this time of year makes me feel worse.

I will never look at Pooh bear in the same light again

Am also v sorry to read of your hard time at present. Hopefully the following will make you smile for a few moments:-

A man was walking along a beach when he came across a dirty looking bottle. He rubbed it and a genie popped out.

This genie said, "I will grant you three wishes. What do you wish for?".

The man thought and said, "well I'd like a numbered Swiss bank account with £1 million in it". "Done" said the genie.

"I'd now like a red Ferrari - poooooooooooooffff and the Ferrari appeared.

"Thirdly I'd like to be attractive to women". Poooofff - the genie turned him into a box of chocolates.

nothing whingey about it, you have every right to moan, sounds horrible for you all. Am truly crap at jokes - the one and only I can ever remember is -

what do you call a donkey with 3 legs?

a wonky!!!

Hope things get better for you all soon!!

Sorry you are having a horrible time. This old joke is one of my favourites...

What lies under the sea and shakes?

A nervous wreck

feelingbitfestive sorry your are having a difficult time at the moment.

DS1's favourtie joke,

What do you call a sheep with no legs?

A cloud.

I hope you are all feeling better soon, I do think Christmas, whilst mostly lovely, can highlight sad feelings too. Having read lots of your posts, you are never whingey!

hAving a crap day too (got the final DX)- sadly Dh not in or I would get him to courier haf my wine stock to you

Two whales swimming in the sea (where else would they be? sorry) spot a boat, each taking turns to use their blowholes they squirt until the boat is upturned and her crew in the water

'Go ahead' says the male Whale' Eat the sailor'

'Are you kidding?' says the girl; 'I might do blow jobs on the first date but there ain't no way I'm swallowing se(a)men!'

Sorry, only joke I know.

Sorry your having a crappy time, Ive also had one of those days, good idea Festive on this post.

Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on
her face.
"Why do you do that, mommy?" he asked.
"To make myself beautiful," said his mother, who then began removing
the cream with a tissue.
"What's the matter?" asked Little Johnny. "Giving up?"

A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work. As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was. The girl replied, "I'm drawing God."

The teacher paused and said, "But no one knows what God looks like."

Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, "They will in a minute."

An elderly couple were at a party and the wife said to her husband 'I think Ive let out a silent fart, what do you think I should do?
'Get a new battery for your hearing aide' said the old man.
I love a good fart joke when Im feeling down

feelingbitfestive: what a smile that kid has! absolutely gorgeous. i hope so much that things start to improve for you both.

ds came riding into the living room buck naked save for his cycle helmet tonight. he did one lap of the living room and sailed back out again, leaving me in hysterics. the only way to travel

slightlychristmasycrumpled: that's my favourite joke too!

Ah just had a little peak at Gabriel, what a gorgeous little chappy