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In short:
We are now in Starship Hospital with Oscar.
Surgery likely to be next week (but date not set).
Only one of us can stay with Oscar - Fi so far...
Looks like we are in til the surgery - though the admission was for 24 - 48 hours!
Then Oscar will remain in various Starship wards for 7 - 10 days recovery.
Oscar is cute.

Oscar was admitted to Starship Hospital yesterday. It was a planned admission and was to be a 24 or 48 hour stay so they could administer a medication that lowers his blood pressure and therefore eases cardio-pulminary congestion. But of course they have to monitor this very closely and gradually increase the medication to reach the right dose...

Anyhow, Fi always thought that 'we' (mostly her and Oscar) would end up staying in Starship until the surgery. This likelihood was confirmed yesterday... one the Docs said sending Oscar home now was unlikely especially as he has a nasal-gastric feeding tube which we would have to be experts in if we took him home.

Anyway, upshot is, for the moment we have been told that the surgery will probably be next week, Oscar will (almost definetly) stay in til then, and we have pretty much moved into ward 23B with hammock, bouncey chair, mobiles, pram, snap and go wheels, our own food especially!...

... Also, Oscar is really cute, and he wanted me to add that he loves everyone... (I told him maybe not including Rodney Hide; he said Yep, Rodney Hide included... you can lead a horse to water ay? but you can't make him drink, unless you put down a nasal-gastric feeding tube).