Spread your wings and fly away

No really I don't want to go.

Staff meal, end of term bash, one person has pulled out so there is a vacancy. several people been on at me about going, I have given various reasons why I am not.

End up saying yes today, so now I am going.

Not in a sociable mood.

feel very down.

nothing to wear.

Damm it!!!

From the local paper:

Abbie Brandon, the two year old surrering from Cockayne Syndrome, has lost her fight for life.

Her devastated parents, Matt and Misti are still in shock after their daughter's sudden death.

She had developed pneumonia and septicamia after catching chicken pox form her four year old brother.

Matt said "It was too much for her little body to cope with. We'd taken her to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital because her breathing didn't sound right. They checked her over and were thinkgin about transferring her to Great Ormond Street. Misti rang me to tell me they were working on her really hard, but I arrived about five minutes too late."

Abbie was taken to Keech Cottage where the Brandons stayed with her. "We were able to say good morning and good night to her every day" Matt said. "Everyone has been wonderful. Now she is in her casket. We came home on Sunday and that was really hard. We didn't want to hide everything and tidy up her toys. We've kept her bedroom just as it was to enjoy the space. We both feel in limbo. It's so strange not having her here. She gave so much joy and made such an impact in her short life. She even taught us a few lessons. Her sensory co-ordinator said Abbie was one of the first patients to be used in a new staff communication initiative and Abbie proved that it did work."

Cockyane syndrome is a rare inherited disorder in which people are sensitive to sunlight and have short stature and the appearance of premature ageing. It is named after Edward Alfred Cockayne (1880-1956), a London Physician who specialised in hereditary diseases of children. To find out more about the support for sufferers, visit www.cockayne-syndrome.org.

This girl has been mentioned a few times in the local paper and as you do I sympathised with all concerned and moved on. This was until I joined this blogging site and began to read more about the condition thanks to Juzzy and his dealings with one very special little girl called Amy.

The more I have read on this condition and about Amy, the more I have wanted to help all children that have this condition. That is why I am asking you to give your support here , if you haven't already done so.

Please support Paddy with his Blogathon, to help him to raise some money for a very, very good cause.

Thank you.

please go and give your support at this site for a fantastic cause:

http://bloggingforamy.blog.co.uk/

Thank you

having to keep logging in everytime I come to my page or go to post a comment on a friends page!

It is really beginning to bug me big time!!!!

In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately,
Due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny
Size, they died shortly after birth.

The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health,
Although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused
The tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate
Another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve.

After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there
Were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians
Decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother
Of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only orphans" that could be
Found quickly, were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in
Tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?
Take a look...you won't believe your eyes!!

Isn't it a shame that the rest of the world can't get along?

Dawns.

It is muggy.

It is dark.

It is very very very wet.

There is water coming from the sky (just for a change) and it is coming down very very hard.

They say we could have at least two months worth of rain in one day - great so at some point that should be two months without?

I doubt it.

Nothing more to say really