Last weekend Geoff and I flew to Chicago where we were going to attend a big mail order conference. The night before it started I called my mother who is looking after our kids to hear how they all were only to be told my mother was in the hospital with our 7 month old baby girl, Pippa. After hours of waiting the doctors made their diagnosis and she had a lung infection. Geoff and I took the first available flight back and have spent the past week with her in the hospital. She was on the drip and had oxygen support, all very scary. The excellent news is that the antibiotics had a very quick effect and she started her recovery practically immediately. Yesterday she was discharged and is now at home with us. She's smiling again and we are all very very relieved. It was a horrible week with a terrific ending. Thank you to everyone who sent us kind messages. Vanessa sent Pippa a big box of balloons which she loves!