Post by rachec on Feb 22, 2006 9:32:36 GMT
1).....the predictive text on your phone sails through "echocardiogram", "cardiovascular", "catheter", "venous", "mitral" etc....
2).....you're happy when your kid gains 50grams
3)....sats of 80??? Sheesh, s/he's pink!!!
4).....your kid regards the ward as the local creche
5) .... you know how to read chest x-rays better than the sho or registrars in your local hossy!!
6) .... you are on first name basis with your local pharmacist
7) .... You can understand and work a sats monitor better than most trained nurses can
8) ..... You know more medical terms than most medical dictionarys
9) .... You keep getting asked if you are a nurse when explaining your child's medical history
10) ....you can work the BP machine better than the nurse in charge
11)....you run through the whole of your childs medical history from memory cos you've done it so many times before
12) ....at times your kid looks more like a pin cushion than a baby
13)....you think there is something wrong if your child doesn't have a strange, bluish moustache on his/her top lip, or have cold hands and/or feet
14)....you can tell your dr exactly where he will be able to best hear your child's heart murmur
15) .... You think scars are beautiful when the rest of the world seems to hate them
16. ....You have more syringes than teaspoons in the kitchen drawer
17) ... the other children in your family don't bat an eyelid when another child is sick during dinner time because they are so used to it at home
18) ... you don't think it is odd to crush tablets and syringe them into your child in the middle of MacDonalds at lunchtime
19) ... you watch any medical drama (House is more amusing than most! I have to be really anal here and point out, as a physio, that Hugh Laurie is holding his stick in the wrong hand!! You should hold the stick in the hand opposite to your sore leg. Really p's me off.) and shout at them 'you are wrong!'
20) You keep taking clothes off your next new baby, because they look too pink.. so they must be really really hot
21) .... You have cried more since having your heart child than you have in the whole of your life.
22) ....you feel a bit miffed if your kid's not put in their "usual" room when admitted to the ward, again.
23)...you realise the important things in life.
24)....you are on first name terms with many of your childs doctors.
25)...when you look at your special little heart child, you are the proudest mummy in the whole wide world, no words can explain that feeling.
26) .... When you attend a non heart related hospital appointment, your child has by far the biggest file of hospital notes
27) and Dad, When explaining your childs condition to friends you get the reply he will get better though wont he/she
28) ...your six year old's vocabulary includes the words fruseimide, sprionolactane and captopril (or other such every day terms, and she can probably spell them better too!)
29) ... when you find yourself looking through the Argos catalogue for a sat monitor
30)... Your cutlery rack in the dishwasher is also full of syringes, as well as your hand bag, car glove box, and bedside draw!
31)... Your pead kisses you on both cheeks when you go in for an appointment.
32) ...Your GP's receptionist recognises your voice - over the phone!
33) ... When you can't think about anything past the next cardi check or surgery!
34) .... When everytime you get on a train or bus your child is convinced they are going to hospital
35)...When your child does not get upset or even twitch at the sight of needles, or injections and bloods being taken - even though you have been dreading it for days!
36) .....your child has the coolest selection of toys - syringes in the bath for squirting, old MicKey extension as a teether, old pill crushers as paint pots etc
37).... you know the precise calorie content of every food in the super market
38).... you go to buy a teething ring and find yourself checking the packets to see which has the highest calorie content !!
39)....you're the only mum who has to worry if their son will get teased for wearing 'long johns' (aka girls grey tights from Asda) to playschool 'cos it's cold!
40).... you HH child presumes your heart child is going to have his heart fixed everytime you say that he has a dr/paed/cardiologist appt and wants to know how many days you will be gone
41) .... When simple common child hood ailments are no longer straight forward and simple for your child
42) .... When your 3.5 year old totally amazes you when he proudly states the correct names of all his medicines and tells you which ones he should have and at what times (yes JD did this today)
43)....When you have to explain to your 4yr old that the bump on her chest from ohs is not a 'boobie'!
44)....When you never know what tomorrow will bring and sometimes it's a good job!
45) and the most beautiful words can you ever hear a doctor say ...are " See you in six months. She's fine!"
46... when you pass the school playground and have to stop and check they are ok and somebody is keeping an eye on them on your behalf..nothing quite like mum!!
47) Because if you hear the words "yeh but its amazing what they can do nowadays isnt it, they can fix it cant they?" again you are going to scream
48) when words like 'rare' no longer have meaning.
49) when you've had to stand back and allow others to make your child cry.
49) when you've seen your child look older than you.
50) when seeing your child acheive ordinary milestones makes you cry with happiness.
51) : The list of phone numbers on your mobile phone contain, Cardiac liason nurse, hospital ward, drs, chemist.
52) When your child is famous among co-workers and other staff members at work
53) When you get annoyed if other non heart kids parents compare their children and their development with your child(even if its something really insignificant to them)
54) .... When you attend a routine drs appointment and your gp spends more time asking after your child, even when your there for you and not your child.
55) When you make so many cups of tea the rest of the mums think you work on the heart ward!
56) When you phone for a doctors appointment and they ask what time will fit in with your child's NG feeds
57) When you think how rich you'd be if you had a pound for everyone who said "well he looks alright"
58) When it feels like everyone you meet know, someones auntie/cousin/hairdresser etc, who's "got a hole in their heart and they're fine now"!!
59) You're addicted to Heartline....
60) When you know that no-one will fight harder, stronger, longer, dirtier, whatever it takes, to get the best for your baby than you, because you've already done it!
2).....you're happy when your kid gains 50grams
3)....sats of 80??? Sheesh, s/he's pink!!!
4).....your kid regards the ward as the local creche
5) .... you know how to read chest x-rays better than the sho or registrars in your local hossy!!
6) .... you are on first name basis with your local pharmacist
7) .... You can understand and work a sats monitor better than most trained nurses can
8) ..... You know more medical terms than most medical dictionarys
9) .... You keep getting asked if you are a nurse when explaining your child's medical history
10) ....you can work the BP machine better than the nurse in charge
11)....you run through the whole of your childs medical history from memory cos you've done it so many times before
12) ....at times your kid looks more like a pin cushion than a baby
13)....you think there is something wrong if your child doesn't have a strange, bluish moustache on his/her top lip, or have cold hands and/or feet
14)....you can tell your dr exactly where he will be able to best hear your child's heart murmur
15) .... You think scars are beautiful when the rest of the world seems to hate them
16. ....You have more syringes than teaspoons in the kitchen drawer
17) ... the other children in your family don't bat an eyelid when another child is sick during dinner time because they are so used to it at home
18) ... you don't think it is odd to crush tablets and syringe them into your child in the middle of MacDonalds at lunchtime
19) ... you watch any medical drama (House is more amusing than most! I have to be really anal here and point out, as a physio, that Hugh Laurie is holding his stick in the wrong hand!! You should hold the stick in the hand opposite to your sore leg. Really p's me off.) and shout at them 'you are wrong!'
20) You keep taking clothes off your next new baby, because they look too pink.. so they must be really really hot
21) .... You have cried more since having your heart child than you have in the whole of your life.
22) ....you feel a bit miffed if your kid's not put in their "usual" room when admitted to the ward, again.
23)...you realise the important things in life.
24)....you are on first name terms with many of your childs doctors.
25)...when you look at your special little heart child, you are the proudest mummy in the whole wide world, no words can explain that feeling.
26) .... When you attend a non heart related hospital appointment, your child has by far the biggest file of hospital notes
27) and Dad, When explaining your childs condition to friends you get the reply he will get better though wont he/she
28) ...your six year old's vocabulary includes the words fruseimide, sprionolactane and captopril (or other such every day terms, and she can probably spell them better too!)
29) ... when you find yourself looking through the Argos catalogue for a sat monitor
30)... Your cutlery rack in the dishwasher is also full of syringes, as well as your hand bag, car glove box, and bedside draw!
31)... Your pead kisses you on both cheeks when you go in for an appointment.
32) ...Your GP's receptionist recognises your voice - over the phone!
33) ... When you can't think about anything past the next cardi check or surgery!
34) .... When everytime you get on a train or bus your child is convinced they are going to hospital
35)...When your child does not get upset or even twitch at the sight of needles, or injections and bloods being taken - even though you have been dreading it for days!
36) .....your child has the coolest selection of toys - syringes in the bath for squirting, old MicKey extension as a teether, old pill crushers as paint pots etc
37).... you know the precise calorie content of every food in the super market
38).... you go to buy a teething ring and find yourself checking the packets to see which has the highest calorie content !!
39)....you're the only mum who has to worry if their son will get teased for wearing 'long johns' (aka girls grey tights from Asda) to playschool 'cos it's cold!
40).... you HH child presumes your heart child is going to have his heart fixed everytime you say that he has a dr/paed/cardiologist appt and wants to know how many days you will be gone
41) .... When simple common child hood ailments are no longer straight forward and simple for your child
42) .... When your 3.5 year old totally amazes you when he proudly states the correct names of all his medicines and tells you which ones he should have and at what times (yes JD did this today)
43)....When you have to explain to your 4yr old that the bump on her chest from ohs is not a 'boobie'!
44)....When you never know what tomorrow will bring and sometimes it's a good job!
45) and the most beautiful words can you ever hear a doctor say ...are " See you in six months. She's fine!"
46... when you pass the school playground and have to stop and check they are ok and somebody is keeping an eye on them on your behalf..nothing quite like mum!!
47) Because if you hear the words "yeh but its amazing what they can do nowadays isnt it, they can fix it cant they?" again you are going to scream
48) when words like 'rare' no longer have meaning.
49) when you've had to stand back and allow others to make your child cry.
49) when you've seen your child look older than you.
50) when seeing your child acheive ordinary milestones makes you cry with happiness.
51) : The list of phone numbers on your mobile phone contain, Cardiac liason nurse, hospital ward, drs, chemist.
52) When your child is famous among co-workers and other staff members at work
53) When you get annoyed if other non heart kids parents compare their children and their development with your child(even if its something really insignificant to them)
54) .... When you attend a routine drs appointment and your gp spends more time asking after your child, even when your there for you and not your child.
55) When you make so many cups of tea the rest of the mums think you work on the heart ward!
56) When you phone for a doctors appointment and they ask what time will fit in with your child's NG feeds
57) When you think how rich you'd be if you had a pound for everyone who said "well he looks alright"
58) When it feels like everyone you meet know, someones auntie/cousin/hairdresser etc, who's "got a hole in their heart and they're fine now"!!
59) You're addicted to Heartline....
60) When you know that no-one will fight harder, stronger, longer, dirtier, whatever it takes, to get the best for your baby than you, because you've already done it!