We had a little trip to Wexham Park Hospital today after
Jessica tripped over in the park and fell flat on her face, resulting in a
nasty looking cut on the inside of her lip.
One of the things we worry about with something like this is the risk of
Jessica getting endocarditis (an infection in her heart) and so we called the
cardiac liaison nurse at Oxford to check whether we should be concerned.
She felt that it would be best to get it
checked out as it might also need stitches.
Although we have open access to the children’s ward, the team there advised
us to go to A&E instead and so our little trip to the park turned into a
trip to A&E!
Thankfully, the cut
doesn’t appear to require stitches and the doctors don’t feel that Jessica
needs antibiotics although have advised us to go back if Jessica does show any
sign of fever or infection.
In the
meantime, she has a very bruised little lip but other than the initial upset
when she first fell over, doesn’t appear too bothered, thankfully.
Hopefully it will heal well without any
further concerns.
Other than our trip to A&E, life has been fairly quiet
over the last week or so as we await Pod’s imminent arrival and make the most
of still being able to give Jessica lots of one-to-one attention before she
becomes a big sister. She has been going
to all her usual groups and enjoying herself, continuing to be a very happy
little girl as always!
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