Arun's home

I've just received the best news from the motherland since I have been out here: Little Arun is out of hospital and at home with mum and dad. Let me hand over to the proud father, my old mate Mrunal:

Last Tuesday night we brought Arun home. After six months in hospital he seems to like his new surroundings and has settled in well. He is an even tempered boy (apart from a late afternoon grizzle) who is thankfully sleeping through the night. He still requires some support with his breathing and so has come home with oxygen and we have had oxygen cylinders installed around the house. He has made huge progress towards establishing breast feeding (which is a real achievement given how premature he was). 

Clare and I are coping well at the moment - largely down to the fact that he is playing nicely at the moment. Life is pretty hectic as Arun has a real entourage in tow ranging which includes health visitors, community care, social workers, physios, speech and language therapists, dieticians, respiratory nurses, paediatricians and neo-natal consultants. We are going to buy him his own palm pilot - he has a lot of appointments to keep track of.

We both know this is the end of the beginning of our story with Arun. There are going to be challenges ahead but for the moment Clare, Arun and I are happy to be at home and are enjoying being a family.