Lydia continues to do well

Lydia has had another good day today, with no "blips" in progress! The nurses haven't had time to check the third MRSA swab results, but are assuming they are clear and have stopped barrier nursing Lydia, on advice from the "infections" team! She is now back in a 4-bed ward, so has some company again. She's tried-out most of the wards already! She was being fed Helen's milk continually via a pump, but is now back onto 2-hourly feeds via her nose-tube. She wakes 5 mins before her feed time and the settles pretty well after it. I just wish she could teach her sister Phoebe the same trick!!! She is no longer on any oxygen, and the nurses have again removed loads of the monitoring wires she had attached to her, so she's gradually getting back on track. The nurses are booking the ambulance for next Tuesday later today, and it sounds as if half of the staff will be going with her in the ambulance to Bristol. It's amazing what the offer of a morning out of the hospital will do for some of them! Report more as it happens...