House update

We put an offer in on the house we want and it was accepted, so we are thrilled!!! We offered the asking price as there were about 4 cash buyers in the running for it with second viewings and architects lined up, and one offer under the asking price already. But the agents told us that the vendors wanted us to have it, so even though they could probably have gone to "best and final offers" and got more for it, they accepted our offer! YIPPEE!!

So we just have to sell ours now! The agents valued it at what Mick expected but on reflection we've decided to put it up for less as we don't think it's a realistic price in today's market, and we would ideally like a quick sale. So it should be in the local paper next week. It's going to be really hard keeping it tidy and so we will have to be careful about when we accept viewings, ideally Laura will be at school although it's probable that most people will want weekends, so we will have to offer something then.

Laura has been pretty good the past week. She had a short 40 second seizure in music therapy on Monday and one on Wednesday night. Thankfully Laura's school was shut yesterday for the NUT strike and so she was at home and able to have a lie-in. A major challenge at the moment is that she is picking at any grazes, cuts or spots and making her skin sore and often they bleed. This is a problem for Luara as she has low fibrinogen in her blood, which reduces her clotting and so she bleeds a lot. So I am having to put her in tights overnight under her sleep suit as she has a sore on the side of her foot which she just won't leave alone. It's a sort of OCD compulsion I think as a lot of Dravet kids have these issues.

I've been in the garden again today, planting up my pots and baskets to make the outside of the house look more attractive. The garden is looking pretty with forget-me-nots, tulips, narcissi and magnolia still out. Soon it will be the turn of the Rhodies which is particularly spectacular, so hopefully we'll impress viewers with that.