LPs and new notebooks.

Violet, who is growing, has had a busy, and somewhat needle-filled, week. Both her and Ivy have been a bit poorly, but Violet has had quite a few pokes and prods.

On Sunday evening, she needed a top-up blood transfusion. It took about four hours to complete, and turned her yellow skin to a lovely shade of pink.

She had to have a lumbar puncture on monday morning, a simple but painful-looking procedure to collect cerebrospinal fluid. As far as I understood, this was to check that the infection she had caught hadn't spread to her brain. If it has, which is unlikely, then she would just need further antibiotics after the basic course.

They are once again in seperate incubators, after sharing one for a week, and Violet's has been replaced with a shiny clean one.

In the meantime, I've been enjoying my first few lectures of the new term; so far, very enjoyable.