Week 20 - UK

This week is hasn’t been a nice job to watch and listen to Mary Ann. She has been sick. I hate that. It is a scary feeling not to be able to do anything for her. She had a very bad cold and her cough sounded as an old smokers.
Cecilie was sick already last week and now both Mary Ann and I and still Cecilie are sick. We have a cold with bad throat, headache, sneezing, and pain in ears. As always Neil is alright. The good thing is; Mary Ann doesn’t show a bad mood when sick. But it is funny to see Mary Ann laugh and giggling while sneezing, small red eyes and blocked nose. I had to tell her: “You know Mary Ann it is okay to be in a bad mood when you feel lousy”. I also said it while Cecilie heard it, because Cecilie surely knows how to use a bad health for an excuse of bad temper, laziness and so. When I said this to Mary Ann, Cecilie had a little smile as understanding why I said so. And then she added: “Uh no I think you Mary Ann is becoming just like your mum. Always this silly giggling even when sick and I’m mainly afraid that you will be as foolish as your mum in the morning as well”. I laughed of curse and explained that up to now, Mary Ann has become exactly as Neil has “ordered”: light girl who is very awake in the evening. So let’s see if there will be anything of me in her. In that case I would be happy to see her with a happy mind and strong willpower. That’s not the worst abilities to get. I think she already has that. Neil has long ago said he would like her to get his looks but my brains. I would rather it was the other way round.
So it has been a quiet week. We have stayed indoor and tried to be more relaxed. We have dressed Mary Ann very warm and placed a pillow under her madras to lift her heard up a bit. We have sucked some of the snot out of her nose and beside that, we couldn’t do more. We have watched her 24/7 this week. It’s not before here in the end of the week, where she is getting better now, she has slept alone at her room again. I was afraid of leaving her on her own. What if she suddenly couldn’t breathe because of the blocked nose? She hasn’t had a temperature so I was sure she should be alright again. However Neil wanted us to bring her to the doctor and so we did Thursday. Everything was fine, she just had a cold. The doctor said that Mary Ann was strong enough to cope with it herself. That was nice to hear.
Even though she still is little she is strong and healthy. We had our friend Heidi here on visit a week ago. She also noticed that Mary Ann is small as a newborn but mentally totally aware of people. She found that funny. And it is a funny mixture but very significant of how you would see Mary Ann.