How do you say Thank you

After a sleepless night with an increasingly unwell 10 week old baby, thank you to Dr Bill Meyers for getting out of bed at 6a.m. on a Sunday morning and meeting me at the Landsborough Medical Centre.

I knew Lachlan was far from well, I asked Bill how bad did he think it was, he replied "As bad as it gets Shona, I think Lachlan has meningitis, do you want to drive him or do you want me to ambulance him through to Nambour. I drove.

Thank you to Dr Grant Stone, Pediatrician, who was standing in Emergency waiting for us. His words were "This baby is certainly very ill but I'm not 100% sure of meningitis, he is still quite alert - we will know after the spinal tap" And later the apologetic look on Grants face when he uttered "I was wrong, it is meningitis, Lachlan is putting up a great fight and we are doing everything to help him win this one.

Lachlan is a Scottish name meaning "Great Warrior" never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that his greatest battle may be when he was a baby and fighting for his life.

Thank you to the staff of Nambour for responding so quickly 3 times the first night when the breathing monitor went off. You hit the door at a million miles an hour - 1.2 seconds tops. You referred to the alarm as bells - it sounded like a fire engine.

It is very cold and dark in the early hours of the morning when you are sitting watching your baby breathe - this little person connecting to different monitors and a drip. Thank you to the many staff that offered support, for the many coffees and for caring. Thank you to Cathy, a night nurse for sharing your cheese & biscuits & mars bar - you knew I wasn't eating

Thank you to Grant Stone and the bizarre hours that you visited.- 11p.m. -3a.m. -5a.m. -2p.m. "Oh I was just passing and I thought I would call in and see how the "Little Fighter" is going." I could never understand why you kept turning that T.V. on - now I realize you were checking if Lachlan could see or hear.

Thank you for not commenting how I was still wearing the same daggy tracksuit pants and teeshirt when you discharged us, it never occurred to me to change my clothes.

How do you say thank you to the people that save the lives of 10 week old babies?

How do you say thank you to the people that save the life of your ten week old baby?

You say thank you from the bottom of your heart and with every ounce of your being.

Maybe you even write a book or maybe you buy one.

Lachlan is now a perfectly healthy 9 year old boy who verbalized "I wish my Mother was an Octopus"

Thank you Nambour Hospital Childrens Ward