Edward ill

Friday evening again and it's been a bit of an unfortunate week. Edward picked up an awful gastro virus at Eveline's party and on Tuesday morning he woke up and vomited all over the hotel bed. I've never seen Adam leap out of bed with such alacrity. Poor Edward was trembling all over and felt a bit hot.

After Adam went to work I packed E in his warm clothes, I thought we should go to a pharmacy and get something to make him feel better. Well! The hotel reception man (Alexander) thought I was crazy when I asked where the nearest pharmacy was. He told me he thought we should see a GP. I wasn't sure, but Alexander not only looked up a GP, phoned them to make an appointment, he also drove us there. What a lovely man, I thought. While Alexander was parking the car I sat in the GP waiting room and Edward was really grizzly. I thought it's got to be the little bit of a sniffle that he has had for a few weeks.... saw the GP and she had a look at him. Edward did a huge smelly poo, and then she said she wanted to have a chat with the older doctor to get a second opinion. I thought to myself (she was very young) that maybe she was just qualified... she came back in and said "you need to take him to hospital. I'll phone them, here is the address."

Well that was a shock.

And then Alexander drove us all the way across the Hague to a lovely modern hospital. No waiting - straight into an examination room with 2 nurses, and then 2 doctors, and then .. they said he had 2 viruses and we could go home but if he became dehydrated to come straight back in.

Went back to the hotel and spent Wednesday and Thursday nursing sick Edward. Edward managed to pick up a new cold on Wednesday and so we came back to Eemnes Thursday evening.

Poor little Edward has lost his voice (very peaceful) and still has a squirty bottom.