Quarantine lifted...

...along with the digital silence! In this game no news is always good news!

We met with the good doctor yesterday. He's very happy with Sammy's progress and the outlook is good.

The scale clocked 4.5kgs, the cocktail of daily drugs and supplements has been reduced to only one drug (Singulair) to help him breathe and THE QUARANTINE HAS BEEN RELAXED. Hurray for doctor Paul! We won't be handing him over for sloppy wet kisses just yet and babysitters still need to know infant CPR but we're heading out to rediscover society!

I suspect we'll be a tad on the protective side for a while but there is great joy and relief in the Berry clan! Winter and its associated lurgies is the next big hurdle but for the time being we thrill in being together and socially mobile as a family.

Mich is still weathering the wheat/gluten/dairy/chocolate/legume-free diet to combat Sam’s prior intolerance to her milk but it's paying massive dividends for the boy's sleep and growth – not to mention all those lovely antibodies in every mil.

Terence