Well girls long time no chat. For those that don't know, we've been in hospital since Friday with Matilda with probable viral meningitis. To say its scary would be to say the least. She was quite crook on Friday and most of Saturday. When we got to the hospital she was completely unresponsive to anyone and her blood tests were very scary. As we were waiting for the CT scan and lumbar puncture though, she perked up and was sitting up in bed telling us knock knock jokes. The paediatrician decided not to do a lumbar puncture or CT because she was so bright and they didn't want to put her under a GA while her bloods were so messy.

Anyway I've posted in the boo hoo room under the croup thing.

One good thing was the paediatrician on the ward talked with us yesterday about her. He's convinced she has Asperger's as he works with kids with it at an assessment centre in Chatswood. I told him our issues with diagnosis and the public paed we were assigned. He put a list together for me of paeds and wrote me a referral to them. He also told me if I know someone who lives in the Chatswood catchment than I could use their address and see him!!! He's our age with a 2 yr old, so now I'm off to find a friend in that area....

So now the benefit of viral meningitis is that we may be closer to help for M's "issues". The head paediatrician agreed with the resident when he came to see M. In fact he was shocked that she hasn't had the diagnosis made earlier. So, hopefully we will get closer to this!