Pre-school and a virus

Hannah started at pre-school on 28th February, and she has settled in really well! I was worried she might be clingy and not want me to go but she has been absolutely fine. She is going on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:40 - 11:40 (see me getting chance to update her blog on a Friday morning!)

Hannah gave me a scare on Monday of this week. After seeming fine first thing in the morning she came over all tired and lethargic, and her temperature was 40C! With no other symptoms I was on alert for ascending cholangitis (a bacterial infection of the bile ducts, which Hannah is at risk of due to her reconstructed biliary anatomy). Fortunately the fever did have some response to Calpol and I kept a close eye on her until Tuesday morning, when it started to come down; as usual at the point where I was just thinking of packing a bag for the hospital. It is highly unlikely a fever caused by cholangitis would begin to come down of its own accord, so I started to breathe a little easier. Then, on Tuesday evening, Hannah began to develop a rash of fine red spots. By Wednesday morning she was covered in them! Although the rash passed the meningitis pressure test (ie it faded under pressure) I thought it best to get her down to the GP for it to be checked out. Fortunately he confirmed that it was a harmless virus. Although she was much better yesterday there were still traces of the rash and her temperature was still very slightly up, so we stayed away from toddler group. Today she is completely recovered, so to our mutual delight she has gone off to pre-school this morning.

Hannah's next big event is hearing whether she gets in to nursery next September (she should do, as they give priority to children with siblings already attending the school), whether she has been given mornings (preferred) or afternoons, and what session her friends have been given too!