Equispirit Healing

I got discharged from hospital yesterday, hooray!

Straight into normality with Friday night movie and sleepover with Grace. I couldn't deny her as she was so happy to have me home.

I had also promised Grace a trip into town today so I dug deep and managed that this morning. We popped into Dan Rox for Grace to look for some coral. Dan had the perfect fossilised coral necklace and Grace is very very happy! She also bought a small ruby. I love it when she spends her pocket money on crystals/fossils etc!

Loving the shop refurb there. It's just brilliant; atmospheric with lots of character and a very anamistic vibe! Loads of great stuff in there too. I picked up this bottle today as I felt it would help me focus on a bit of self healing following the latest hospital incarceration!

Their new shop ThreadzRox&Broomsticks is next door so we had a quick look around. I daren't looking at too much as it might prove too tempting! Lots of beautiful clothing and I feel I may be back before the summer for some festival and summer outfits!

We are so lucky to have independent shops like this in Tiverton - if you are local pop in and see them in Bampton Street.

Today Grace came to visit me in hospital after school. She insisted on stopping home first and grabbed Dominic. She proudly presented him to me on her arrival. She remembered he was my special pony who always kept me safe and comforted me in hospital. She also made a little bead string for me. I have no idea how I didn't just burst into tears.

I told Grace the story of Dominic the pony some time ago, it goes like this:

When I was 8 years old I was admitted to hospital very anaemic and in need of an urgent blood transfusion. We had gone to visit my grandparents in Torquay on my GP’s advice. He didn't believe I was ill, he told my parents my tiredness was due to not wanting to go to school and I was having them on.

I remember going on a walk at Babbacombe Downs and being physically unable to walk any further, my dad carried me back on his shoulders and then took me to my grandparents' GP who did a blood test, I vomited on him as he did it and he advised them to take me urgently to the hospital.

I was given blood transfusions and from there the investigations into what was causing the anemia began. I stayed at West Suffolk on numerous occasions to have more transfusions and was admitted to Great Ormond Street a few times for further treatment and investigations. I would walk around with my blood bag and especially loved riding the rocking horse as the blood dripped in!

I was eventually diagnosed with Auto Immune Haemolytic Anemia, a condition that affected the rest of my life.

I attended various hospitals over the years as they tried to work out why I kept getting the anaemia and failing to find answers.

Throughout all these hospital visits Dominic was with me. I told Grace the story of how when I was admitted to Torbay Hospital for the first time my parents went to find a present for me. I was obsessed with horses but in 1986 there weren't many toys around other than My Little Ponies. My parents spotted Dominic in a shop window, it was shut so they waited. It still makes me emotional to this day, now as a parent I can't imagine just how they must have been feeling as they waited for that shop to open, not knowing what would happen to their daughter.

Dominic lives in Grace's room now but I explained how precious he was and why she needed to take care of him!

Grace is such a thoughtful and empathetic girl. I can't believe she remembered mine and Dominic's history and thought I needed him with me.

Love her so so so much. I hate what me being in hospital does to her too.

We had lots of cuddles ❤️

Really hoping to get out of here tomorrow but I am not convinced…. I am doing my best to manifest it!

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