Not sure where to post this ...
Had a lovely first continental trip .... sincere thanks for the invaluable advice that we picked up on MH fun threads since we joined last year. We overnighted at Rookesbury Park sailed Portsmouth / Bilbao had 2 nights at San Sebastian, then 4 wonderful nights at Beynac, Camping Le Capeyrou ... great site in the Dordogne, not long enough! kayaked the river twice, cycled to Sarlet and swim in the lovely swimming pool, then moved to Panourama Du Pyla at Arcachon for 5 nights cycled, swam, visited Cap Ferret then one night on the dock side at Bilbao. Had the awning out practically all the time and cooked wonderful meals on the Cobb. No major MH size issues but did see a camper washing out his toilet with the drinking water hose.:Angry:
Thanks to the people who suggested a shorter trip milage wise you were right ....... Wouldn't have been anywhere nicer if we had driven further. Only paid about Ā£50 in essential tolls, driving pretty relaxed. Met some lovely people on our trip of all nationalities, very impressed with the France that we saw and we were starting plans for our intended Scandinavia trip in August.
Got home Wednesday, child minded youngest grandson Thursday then and went to see 2 other grandkids Thurs evening, noticed 5 year old Jess's gums very pale hadn't seen her for a month because they had been on holiday and come back with a tummy bug which we hadn't wanted to catch just before we set off, so we had just facetimed. I said that she looked anaemic and that she didn't look at all well, she had been on antibiotics for 2 weeks already. Mum took her to the Doctors again friday, who referred her straight to the Hospital. Within a few hours she was diagnosed with Leukaemia, yesterday she was transferred to Leeds and Chemotherapy starts this week...we are absolutely distraught.
Please please please everyone look very closely at the people who you love and if any alarm bells ring get them checked out ASAP this type of situation has happened to us twice now ....my son having type 1 diabetes at 15 and practically being in a coma before enough alarm bells rang for us to take him to A and E at 2am and say we think he is diabetic. We had taken him to the doctors earlier that day and been given forms to take to the Path lab for routine blood tests just hours before but he was running out of time fast. He was seen by the triage nurse and all hell broke loose when she took his blood pressure and sugar. Son is now 23 insulin dependant but very stable and fine.
It is so easy not to really notice changes under your nose until serious situations take a hold, with both son and granddaughter we should have twigged sooner ..... Weight loss, appetite loss, pale complexion, fatigue, hating school, severe thirst for diabetes, bruising and general malaise for the leukemia.
We are just devastated and can't bear the thought of loosing her.
Please could anyone who has any faith say a prayer for her she is so precious. She has a brother who is 7 and his life will be affected terribly by this too. She has already had blood transfusions and they are talking about bone marrow too so if you don't already do this please give it serious consideration.
All plans shelved and totally unimportant for the moment ....... Please Look twice at the ones you love.
Had a lovely first continental trip .... sincere thanks for the invaluable advice that we picked up on MH fun threads since we joined last year. We overnighted at Rookesbury Park sailed Portsmouth / Bilbao had 2 nights at San Sebastian, then 4 wonderful nights at Beynac, Camping Le Capeyrou ... great site in the Dordogne, not long enough! kayaked the river twice, cycled to Sarlet and swim in the lovely swimming pool, then moved to Panourama Du Pyla at Arcachon for 5 nights cycled, swam, visited Cap Ferret then one night on the dock side at Bilbao. Had the awning out practically all the time and cooked wonderful meals on the Cobb. No major MH size issues but did see a camper washing out his toilet with the drinking water hose.:Angry:
Thanks to the people who suggested a shorter trip milage wise you were right ....... Wouldn't have been anywhere nicer if we had driven further. Only paid about Ā£50 in essential tolls, driving pretty relaxed. Met some lovely people on our trip of all nationalities, very impressed with the France that we saw and we were starting plans for our intended Scandinavia trip in August.
Got home Wednesday, child minded youngest grandson Thursday then and went to see 2 other grandkids Thurs evening, noticed 5 year old Jess's gums very pale hadn't seen her for a month because they had been on holiday and come back with a tummy bug which we hadn't wanted to catch just before we set off, so we had just facetimed. I said that she looked anaemic and that she didn't look at all well, she had been on antibiotics for 2 weeks already. Mum took her to the Doctors again friday, who referred her straight to the Hospital. Within a few hours she was diagnosed with Leukaemia, yesterday she was transferred to Leeds and Chemotherapy starts this week...we are absolutely distraught.
Please please please everyone look very closely at the people who you love and if any alarm bells ring get them checked out ASAP this type of situation has happened to us twice now ....my son having type 1 diabetes at 15 and practically being in a coma before enough alarm bells rang for us to take him to A and E at 2am and say we think he is diabetic. We had taken him to the doctors earlier that day and been given forms to take to the Path lab for routine blood tests just hours before but he was running out of time fast. He was seen by the triage nurse and all hell broke loose when she took his blood pressure and sugar. Son is now 23 insulin dependant but very stable and fine.
It is so easy not to really notice changes under your nose until serious situations take a hold, with both son and granddaughter we should have twigged sooner ..... Weight loss, appetite loss, pale complexion, fatigue, hating school, severe thirst for diabetes, bruising and general malaise for the leukemia.
We are just devastated and can't bear the thought of loosing her.
Please could anyone who has any faith say a prayer for her she is so precious. She has a brother who is 7 and his life will be affected terribly by this too. She has already had blood transfusions and they are talking about bone marrow too so if you don't already do this please give it serious consideration.
All plans shelved and totally unimportant for the moment ....... Please Look twice at the ones you love.