Well, that’s Xmas done. On a personal note it has been awful. Our grandson Oliver was taken into hospital with a severe ear infection. He has now been in 6 days and we had to live through the horror that an operation was necessary as there was a possibility of meningitis. He was admitted to the same ward as his sister Grace was nearly two years ago, so what his Mum and Dad went through we can only imagine. Sue and I have been in Reading since it happened and will be returning there next week to help look after him when he is discharged. Fortunately, the operation went well and they discovered a very bad infection around his grommet which was removed. However, they were able to confirm that there was no sign of infection in the bone marrow which is such a relief. He is due out in a couple of days but is still on intravenous antibiotics.