The journey begins

This blog is for Katriona and her family and friends. We have decided to create it so that people close to Katriona can find out about her and her poor little noggin.

We think, given the sheer number of family that want immediate updates and friends that are concerned and want to know more but don't want to intrude, that a blog is a good way to keep everyone informed but not have to repeat ourselves several times every evening on the phone.

This is a pretty difficult and emotional time for us. We are anxious and concerned about the health of our little girl. We don't think that retelling what is going on numerous times a day for everyone is very healthy for us, but in addition to this we will be short on time for a while as we try to manage the needs of Katriona in hospital and Kiffin and Keira at home, so not spending hours on the phone is critical.

We know that you will all understand and not keep pushing that you be 'the one' who can still expect phone calls updating you on what is going on day by day. We appreciate your interest, but we really do need to focus on our children at this time and try and keep things as normal as we can and make sure that all three of them have their physical and emotional needs met, not spend all day on the phone providing updates that could be obtained from one central source; ie this blog. We will make it a priority, after looking after the girls needs, to update this blog with any new information. We may not have the time to call, so if you want an update, please look here first.

So this blog is for all of you to know what is going on so that when we do talk on the phone we can keep things positive and supportive, not rehashing what is going on.