During my stay in hospital I starting writing a story about Amelie's arrival into the world. I wanted to be able to explain to her when she's older what happened in a way that made it sound really special. Here it is...
On a cold December day mummy and daddy went to the hospital so that the doctor could look at Amelie in mummy’s tummy. He needed to make sure that she was growing big and strong.
“Oh no,” he said when he saw Amelie in mummy’s tummy. “Amelie isn’t growing and isn’t getting enough food to make her big and strong like other babies. We need to take her out of mummy’s tummy so that we can look after her.”
Mummy and daddy were very scared. Amelie wasn’t very big and her birthday wasn’t meant to be until February 16 2010. Today was December 17 2009! It was too early!
But the doctor, who was a very clever man, told mummy and daddy that everything would be OK.
Once Amelie was out of mummy’s tummy she would go to a special place where only babies like Amelie were allowed to go. It was a very special place for very special babies!
So mummy and daddy went to a room called an operating theatre and the doctors and nurses took Amelie from mummy’s tummy. Mummy and daddy were very scared but when they saw Amelie and heard her cry they were very happy.
Amelie was taken to the special place and she was put in an incubator where it was very warm. Amelie liked the incubator. It was quiet and warm just like mummy’s tummy!
Amelie would have to live in the incubator for a while. Mummy and daddy were allowed to touch her through special holes in the side of the incubator. She liked it a lot when mummy and daddy touched her, especially on her head and tummy. It felt really nice.
As Amelie grew bigger the doctors and nurses said that mummy and daddy could take her out of the incubator for cuddles. This was Amelie’s favourite thing to do.
Amelie liked to look around a lot in the incubator. More than other babies! She had to wear special glasses for a while because she was jaundiced. This meant that her skin was a bit yellow in colour.
Amelie didn’t like the glasses. They annoyed her and as she couldn’t see anything and she really wanted to look at all the people in the special place. But every time she pulled the glasses off the nurse looking after her put them back on! Amelie didn’t like that and cried when that happened.
Mummy had to stay in hospital for a little while because when Amelie arrived mummy lost a lot of blood. Blood is very important and the doctors and nurses had to give mummy some more blood to make sure she was OK.
Mummy was allowed to go home after five days. She was very happy about this but upset that Amelie wasn’t allowed to go with her.
When mummy and daddy arrived home they made sure that Amelie’s new room was ready so that when Amelie was allowed home she had lots of new toys to play with! They painted it green and filled it with teddy bears and other nice things.
Mummy and daddy visited the hospital every day and gradually Amelie grew bigger and stronger. After a while the doctors said that Amelie could move to another hospital. This was a sure sign that she was getting better.
The new hospital was closer to Amelie’s house and it meant that mummy and daddy could spend more time with Amelie. They visited every day.
Amelie was now much bigger than when she was first born and the doctors said that she could move out of her incubator and into a cot. This meant that mummy and daddy could cuddle Amelie whenever they wanted as the cot had no roof like an incubator.
Amelie liked the cot but she sometimes got a bit cold and had to wear lots of clothes to keep her warm.
Then on January 29 2010 the doctors said that Amelie could go home with mummy and daddy!
Everyone was so excited about this and lots of people like Amelie’s grandparents said they would come and visit. They weren’t allowed to visit Amelie in the hospital so they were really happy that she was coming home.
It was very cold when Amelie left the hospital and mummy and daddy kept her very warm until she got home.
Amelie’s new home was in a place called St Albans. She had her own room and her own bed. She liked living there a lot.
She liked it because she could get cuddles from mummy and daddy all the time and because she had lots of toys to play with.
Everyone who met Amelie said she was very special and made lots of fuss over her. She was a very lucky little girl.
The end
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