Just look at what those gorgeous girls of mine organised for me. While I escaped to do a quick shop for more Natalie supplies, she called Lauren.
This is what she called her for, I think I have two very beautiful daughters, inside and out.
Aren’t they gorgeous? it was to thank me for taking care of her, totally no need for her to do this but I love them.
Natalie is a little dis-heartened as her face has puffed up this afternoon but I’m sure it is just part of the process to getting better.
A new morning has dawned and we awoke at 6am, Natalie had a reasonable night but was very ready for her meds this morning, the swelling in he face continues to reduce and all is well in the Heath household.
just to give you a visual comparison.
The first picture is just before her procedure
and the 2nd picture is this morning.
Still a little way to go but my God what a difference.
Chris is working all weekend so we won’t be awake to see the New Year in this year, I think we will be having an early night.
I have got Natalie home again, she’s far from well but is on the right track again, at present she is sleeping sound on the sofa.
I managed to get her to eat a little ham broth and she enjoyed it and said she would have more later.
She is still not really ready for visitors as we found out earlier, her face is still very swollen and is still in considerable pain so if you feel the need to visit her over the next few days please be aware that you mustn't stay long as it is too much for her, she is very weak and has great difficulty in trying to talk.
On the other side of things it is wonderful to have her home.
Thank you for all the comments, she has been reading them.
Well what a day we had yesterday, I got a call from the hospital asking me to come in as Natalie was in a right state, I had to call Chris from work as he had the car so we both set off for the hospital together.
When we got there bless her she was in a state, both sides of her face puffed up and swollen and it turned out that they were going to have to remove a tooth as this was the reason behind the infection, it was at the root of the tooth she had had work on a year ago. Unfortunately they couldn’t put her to sleep and she was terrified. It wasn’t the thought of them taking out the tooth but the thought of them touching her face as it was so very painful.
They asked me if I would go with her but I declined and very nicely volunteered her Dad. I can’t bare to see my girls go though stuff like that and couldn’t even go with them for baby vaccines Chris always had to do it.
They tried to inject and freeze the area which left Natalie crying out with the pain, they left it a little while and it did freeze, they had to cut around the tooth then they managed to extract it, her Dad said the only way to describe it was by saying it was like popping the cork out of a champagne bottle as the poison in her face just poured out from where the tooth had been and it just kept on coming out. So some of the swelling has gone down.
Natalie came back from having it removed with the doctor but not her Dad, he went quite queasy and considering he is a fireman and deals with some of the most gruesome of events it was unusual but he said it was a total different kettle of fish when it’s your own daughter your dealing with.
We left Natalie to get home and grab some rest before returning for the evening visit. When we got back to the hospital her friend was there and we could see that Natalie was unwell, she had been vomiting and she said that she felt very lethargic and very weak.
The smell of all the nastiness coming out of her is gross to say the least. We managed to get her lay down and back off to sleep before we came away.
We are praying she gets a good nights sleep and is much betting in the morning.
Just nipping in with a quick get well card for Natalie, I’ve loads to tell you about today but will do that later as we are heading back to the hospital.
Image is After The Fall by Mo’s Digital Pencil and I thought it was very apt for Natalie.
Image coloured with copics.
Last night when we went in to visit Natalie we found her asleep, this sleep was well needed as she has been in so much pain she has had very little of it these past few days, they have upped her pain relief and they seemed to have knocked her out. We hadn’t been there long before she awoke and the tears started falling. They have put her on Tramadol, something that both myself and my Mam already take for our pain and although they are very good they can knock you sideways so to speak.
Natalie is feeling a little sickly and dizzy from the new meds but if they can take away the pain she has got then it could be worth it. She managed to eat some dinner, a cheese omelette and said it was quite tasty so that was a bonus as normally hospital food is quite bland.
She also had a facial X-ray after we left yesterday afternoon so hopefully they will find the cause of what is happening with Natalie.
Natalie is very upset, worrying that her face will stay like it is at present but we have tried to reassure her that once the infection is under control she will start to see an improvement, sometimes things have to get worse to get better and that seems to be what is happening at the moment, the swelling looks as if it is going to the other side of her face but not as excessive.
I have everything crossed that she has had a good nights rest and when I get in to see her this afternoon I will see some improvement.
Thank you for all your thoughts and well wishes for Natalie.
Please keep Natalie in your thoughts, poor love is quite poorly, State of play when we went in to visit her was that she hadn’t been seen by a doctor, I went to the desk and asked when the doctor would be there and they said they would chase it up, after 2 more request and a couple of hours the one that arrived was full of apologies, they had missed her when they did the rounds.
It seems that she should have been getting drops and hadn’t and he seems to have now took her under his wing to sort out her pain relief and get some scan of her face done.
Anyway I’ll let you judge for yourself how she is looking.
As you can see, it is worse.
Poor Natalie got steadily worse last night and we ended up going through to A&E as the swelling increased as did the pain.
The have admitted Natalie into hospital as the area that is of concern is the Danger Area for the Face, they have mentioned Facial Cellulitis, she has been put on a drip for antibiotics and pain relief.
Well what a to do, my daughter Natalie took bad on Christmas day with pains in her face she took the usual pain killers thinking she had a bad tooth and needing a dentist, it seemed to get a little better by the evening but on boxing day got even worse and started to swell.
We called the doctors helpline and were given a number for an emergency dentist to call today we couldn’t get her looked at until 5.30 pm and had to go to the University Hospital, to be honest I thought it was an abscess but it turns out that there is nothing wrong with her teeth it seems to be an infection in her face, poor soul looks like she has gone 10 rounds in the boxing ring, I’ll let you see for yourself.
So after a couple of hours we got home with antibiotics and pain killers in hand and a frozen bag of peas as a compress, she is due back in work tomorrow but if this is no better I won’t be letting her go.
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