Monday, May 16th 2011

Welcome to our first blog about the newest member of the Wyse family, our amazing little lady, Jovie Caroline Wyse.

Jovie was born 5 weeks early on Wednesday, May 4th 2011 at 20:06, weighing 6lbs 11. Right from the off she was a bit of a mystery, somehow managing to tie two knots in her cord, something our midwife had never seen before.

The reason for this blog is to help keep our friends and family up to date with what is going on during this difficult period, because as most of you will know by now, Jovie has been in intensive care since her birth. For those unaware of the details she is generally as healthy as a horse. Everything is where it should be, and works how it should do, however her breathing has been an issue since day one, and from time to time, seemingly without reason or warning it will all but stop. She spent the first 11 days of her life in the neonatal ward at Worcester Royal hospital, whose staff we would like to offer thanks to for all their hard work and effort.

This blog begins as the second chapter of our little journey begins, as today saw jovie moved to Birmingham children's hospital. A move which has also seen both of us move with her, into the (don't laugh) Ronald MacDonald hotel/apartments.

Before we witter on further, its worth taking a second to say what a fantastic place this is, and what a superb charity it is who runs it. Basically its a free very high standard hotel run and funded completely by charity for the families of sick children.

Anyway, its our plan to keep this little blog going charting the progress of our special little mystery, keeping those who are interested updated through the week, while giving us a chance to vent our feelings and try to make it make a little sense while we are at it. They will usually be short and sweet, and not as big a ramble as this! Again, its just a way of keeping people up to date, so please feel free to read as and when you like and drop us a comment too if you like.

So, today was the day we, as our little family, packed up and headed to brum, for how long, we do not know, and to what result we can only guess. Obviously, we come here with huge hope they can help get our little girl fighting fit. The transfer here was flawless, and the team involved deserve huge praise for that. Already we are learning that there are so many people helping jovie, many of who we never get a real chance to thank. The intensive unit at Birmingham was a real shock to the system, a huge open plan floor, with beds children of all ages and equipment as far as you can see. It was also a pleasant surprise as we learnt that each patient has their own nurse and a dedicated team of consultants. More impressive still was the speed and efficiency they worked at and in the space of just five hours jovie had already been given a clean, been fed (they had temporarily stopped her milk for the journey) and the tests were underway. Which is where we are at now, in reality no nearer to our answer but confident we are in the right place and on the right road. Its going to be a long trip, but we will get there together.

Night all.