RIP Codie. Xxx
Showing posts with label Codie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Codie. Show all posts
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Codie's Anniversary
Today is 2 years since Codie died. I made a post in her memory here, so today I'm just going to post up my favourite photo of Codie.
RIP Codie. Xxx
RIP Codie. Xxx
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Codie
Codie was an incredible little girl I met while I was in hospital following my transplant. Today should be Codie's 4th birthday, but she died in June 2007. This post is in her memory.
Codie was born healthy and was well until about the age of one, when she developed liver failure. She received a liver transplant, but her body rejected it, so she had a second liver transplant. But her second transplant failed too, so she was relisted and shortly received her third liver transplant. Unfortunately a little while after her third liver transplant her body had been through enough and she died on 6th May 2007, aged just 26 months.
Codie was always cheerful and smiling despite living in hospital for most of her life. I first met Codie in hospital B shortly after my transplant. She'd received her second or third liver transplant within just a few days of mine. So while I was recovering and trying to get back on my feet I'd always aim to walk down to the bay at the end of the ward to see Codie. Spending time with Codie always cheered me up as she was constantly happy. She was such an inspiration too as she went through such a lot, but always had a smile on her face.
Codie was Scottish and instead of saying 'yes' she would say 'aye'. It was very cute. While I was in hospital Codie was learning to talk and usually said very little. However, I remember popping on to the ward one day after an outpatient clinic to see Codie. She had learnt my name and called out 'Molly' when she saw me :)
I will always remember Codie's love of stickers. While I was in the hospital whenever we went out we'd look out for sheets of stickers for Codie. And when I returned home we'd send her stickers in the post. She just loved stickers and stuck them all over her cot. I remember when Codie had been lent a very special electric cot from another department in the hospital. It had to be kept clean and in perfect condition as it was just on loan, but Codie immediately set about covering it in stickers. Her mum had to try to remove them all without leaving any marks on the cot! It was a long job.
Me and my mum also became very close to Codie's mum and I still keep in touch with her now.
I didn't get to Scotland for Codie's funeral, which will always be a regret of mine. I should have tried harder to get there. However I hope that at somepoint in the future I'll be able to travel to Scotland and visit Codie's grave.
Codie will always be an inspiration to me - her constant smile and cheerfulness throughout her illness was incredible. Always remembered and never forgotten xxxxxxxxxx
Codie was born healthy and was well until about the age of one, when she developed liver failure. She received a liver transplant, but her body rejected it, so she had a second liver transplant. But her second transplant failed too, so she was relisted and shortly received her third liver transplant. Unfortunately a little while after her third liver transplant her body had been through enough and she died on 6th May 2007, aged just 26 months.
Codie was always cheerful and smiling despite living in hospital for most of her life. I first met Codie in hospital B shortly after my transplant. She'd received her second or third liver transplant within just a few days of mine. So while I was recovering and trying to get back on my feet I'd always aim to walk down to the bay at the end of the ward to see Codie. Spending time with Codie always cheered me up as she was constantly happy. She was such an inspiration too as she went through such a lot, but always had a smile on her face.
Codie was Scottish and instead of saying 'yes' she would say 'aye'. It was very cute. While I was in hospital Codie was learning to talk and usually said very little. However, I remember popping on to the ward one day after an outpatient clinic to see Codie. She had learnt my name and called out 'Molly' when she saw me :)
I will always remember Codie's love of stickers. While I was in the hospital whenever we went out we'd look out for sheets of stickers for Codie. And when I returned home we'd send her stickers in the post. She just loved stickers and stuck them all over her cot. I remember when Codie had been lent a very special electric cot from another department in the hospital. It had to be kept clean and in perfect condition as it was just on loan, but Codie immediately set about covering it in stickers. Her mum had to try to remove them all without leaving any marks on the cot! It was a long job.
Me and my mum also became very close to Codie's mum and I still keep in touch with her now.
I didn't get to Scotland for Codie's funeral, which will always be a regret of mine. I should have tried harder to get there. However I hope that at somepoint in the future I'll be able to travel to Scotland and visit Codie's grave.
Codie will always be an inspiration to me - her constant smile and cheerfulness throughout her illness was incredible. Always remembered and never forgotten xxxxxxxxxx
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Seeing nan, swimming and school
I had a great relaxing weekend. On Saturday my nan came round for the day which was lovely as I get on really well with her. My Japan photos are now on my external hard drive, so I started to show my nan them. We didn't finish though as she asked questions about every photo and I'd taken around 700! So my nan is going to come round again soon to see the remained of the photos! I'm planning to post some of the best photos up on here soon (I promise), but it probably won't be til the weekend as I need to go through them all to select just a few to post up.
On Sunday morning I went swimming with my dad. It was so much easier without having to manage a central line or a stoma :) However I had stomach ache for the rest of the day, which may be related to swimming or may be completely unrelated, so I'm a bit nervous about swimming again. However I'd like to go next weekend to see how it goes. While I was swimming I also had fun attempting to teach my dad to swim properly (he can swim, but not very effectively). I discovered I'm not a very good swimming teacher as although I can swim, I wasn't really sure what my arms and legs were doing!
Monday was back to school. I was very tired all day; I don't think weekends are long enough to recover after a full week at school! I had a Japanese group oral exam at 9.30am, which went ok, but it wasn't brilliant. I've got my final Japanese group oral on Friday, so my group are working on that at the moment. Then my Japanese individual oral will be in about a fortnight, scary!
Then I had an appointment with the hygeinist at the orthodontist in preparation for getting my braces fitted at the end of the month. The hygeinst put blue dye on my teeth (which also made my lips go bright blue!) to see how clean they were. Apparently they like them to be cleaner than mine were when you have braces fitted, so she cleaned my teeth up for me and taught me a better brushing technique. I was also given a special toothbrush with bristles of varying length to use when I have braces.
I went back to school for a couple of lessons, but because I was so tired I almost fell asleep at lunchtime! I did manage to survive til the end of the day though (despite being later than usual due to an after school lesson).
Yesterday evening I packed up a shoebox full of gifts to send to a little girl I know who is in hospital at the moment and very fed up. She's been in since just before Christmas and has just spent her 5th birthday in hospital. She's usually very active, but is confined to her bed at the moment, so is very bored and frustrated. So I packed a shoebox with lots of little bits to amuse her including colouring sheets and pencils, stickers, a book, a cuddly toy... That was posted this morning, so hopefully she'll get it soon.
Tuesdays are the day I weigh myself and email my dietician. So this morning I was quite nervous before I weighed myself as I've had another week without any artificial feeds, but knew I couldn't really afford to lose much more weight. But I gained weight :D 0.8kg in one week with just 'normal' eating! Fantastic. It means it's now very unlikely that I'll need to go back onto overnight enteral feeds, as my weight is now heading towards target without any artificial feeds.
Today at school I had another busy day. I only had 3 lessons, but worked through my 2 free periods and most of lunch too. But I finally feel like I'm on top of my homework. This evening I'm just relaxing, sorting out some emails and watching TV. I'm also planning to finish a really good novel I'm reading this evening. It's called Lottery and is by Patricia Wood. I'd highly recommend it as all of my family have recently read and enjoyed it. And it's Alfie's (my younger brother) 16th birthday today. I can't believe he's 16! He had a very yummy birthday tea this evening - Chinese Crispy Duck - my favourite :)
Towards the end of the month, the hospital I had my transplant at (Hospital B) are holding a study day for professionals all about small bowel transplants. I've been asked to give a 10 - 20 min talk and answer questions as a patient representative. I'm really looking forward to it as I enjoy speaking for things like this, and have done many similar talks before. But I've not even started planning it yet, and it's about 3 weeks away. I'll keep you updated on my progress and preparation.
Tomorrow should be the birthday of a very special little girl I met when I was in hospital after my transplant. But sadly she died almost 2 years ago. I'll be making a post in her memory tomorrow, so have a look.
On Sunday morning I went swimming with my dad. It was so much easier without having to manage a central line or a stoma :) However I had stomach ache for the rest of the day, which may be related to swimming or may be completely unrelated, so I'm a bit nervous about swimming again. However I'd like to go next weekend to see how it goes. While I was swimming I also had fun attempting to teach my dad to swim properly (he can swim, but not very effectively). I discovered I'm not a very good swimming teacher as although I can swim, I wasn't really sure what my arms and legs were doing!
Monday was back to school. I was very tired all day; I don't think weekends are long enough to recover after a full week at school! I had a Japanese group oral exam at 9.30am, which went ok, but it wasn't brilliant. I've got my final Japanese group oral on Friday, so my group are working on that at the moment. Then my Japanese individual oral will be in about a fortnight, scary!
Then I had an appointment with the hygeinist at the orthodontist in preparation for getting my braces fitted at the end of the month. The hygeinst put blue dye on my teeth (which also made my lips go bright blue!) to see how clean they were. Apparently they like them to be cleaner than mine were when you have braces fitted, so she cleaned my teeth up for me and taught me a better brushing technique. I was also given a special toothbrush with bristles of varying length to use when I have braces.
I went back to school for a couple of lessons, but because I was so tired I almost fell asleep at lunchtime! I did manage to survive til the end of the day though (despite being later than usual due to an after school lesson).
Yesterday evening I packed up a shoebox full of gifts to send to a little girl I know who is in hospital at the moment and very fed up. She's been in since just before Christmas and has just spent her 5th birthday in hospital. She's usually very active, but is confined to her bed at the moment, so is very bored and frustrated. So I packed a shoebox with lots of little bits to amuse her including colouring sheets and pencils, stickers, a book, a cuddly toy... That was posted this morning, so hopefully she'll get it soon.
Tuesdays are the day I weigh myself and email my dietician. So this morning I was quite nervous before I weighed myself as I've had another week without any artificial feeds, but knew I couldn't really afford to lose much more weight. But I gained weight :D 0.8kg in one week with just 'normal' eating! Fantastic. It means it's now very unlikely that I'll need to go back onto overnight enteral feeds, as my weight is now heading towards target without any artificial feeds.
Today at school I had another busy day. I only had 3 lessons, but worked through my 2 free periods and most of lunch too. But I finally feel like I'm on top of my homework. This evening I'm just relaxing, sorting out some emails and watching TV. I'm also planning to finish a really good novel I'm reading this evening. It's called Lottery and is by Patricia Wood. I'd highly recommend it as all of my family have recently read and enjoyed it. And it's Alfie's (my younger brother) 16th birthday today. I can't believe he's 16! He had a very yummy birthday tea this evening - Chinese Crispy Duck - my favourite :)
Towards the end of the month, the hospital I had my transplant at (Hospital B) are holding a study day for professionals all about small bowel transplants. I've been asked to give a 10 - 20 min talk and answer questions as a patient representative. I'm really looking forward to it as I enjoy speaking for things like this, and have done many similar talks before. But I've not even started planning it yet, and it's about 3 weeks away. I'll keep you updated on my progress and preparation.
Tomorrow should be the birthday of a very special little girl I met when I was in hospital after my transplant. But sadly she died almost 2 years ago. I'll be making a post in her memory tomorrow, so have a look.
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