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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Lee: [QB] I was just looking at my "recent" posting history and I'm amazed at how drastic the drop-off was. From a regular in 2009, to only six posts in 2010, and just on in 2011. I still spend plenty of time on the Internet, but find I tend to interact with people less. I used Facebook for a while, but got fed up with it and am now on the verge of deleting my account - if I can be bothered to do even that. I've become fond of Twitter recently (@LeePKelly if you really want to know) but it's not a particularly interactive medium unless you really make the effort. Partly it's because of my job, which I can't tell you about. Mostly it's because of Frannie. She's our second child, born late 2009. And she takes up a lot of our time and is a real source of worry for us. I've mentioned in the past (one of the threads discussing Jay's illness, before he died, I think) that my wife had some medical problems. It was only when Frannie was born that it was revealed these were down to a genetic condition called Alagille's Syndrome, which they both have. So Frannie has a heart condition. It's different to Kate's, perhaps not as severe though the doctors can't predict what she'll be like when she grows up. She's had a couple of catheterisations, and a balloon angiogram (I think it's called) and we think we've seen a difference but the consultant isn't convinced and thinks it's probably coincidental. No further intervention is planned at the moment. You wouldn't really know it to look at her. She's an incredibly strong and boisterous two-year-old, and scarily intelligent. And fortunately she won't really remember screaming and thrashing while we held her down so the anaesthetist could gas her unconscious for the prcoedures, knowing there was a chance it'd be the last thing she ever remembered. It's just her parents who have the nightmares. We laugh, we have a good time, we enjoy being a family, but it's always there in the back of our minds. Life goes on, but it's plain that a little bit of the optimism we once felt, especially before she was born, is gone. So... That's where I'm at. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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