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Can we have another part of the sick baby boy with James? Love it so far!

Believe me, this is my favourite one to write about! 💙

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

Your little boy was always the one who kept any promises you had made with him. The fact he was allowed to go see his daddy play if he behaved for the day, even if he was still feeling a bit ill, he did his ultimate best to be the best boy today. The day spent with you two for the most of it since James had left earlier the day, the both of you spending as much time on the sofa so the boy was all recharged and feeling good for the game. You were currently on your way to the stadium as your little boy was signing some of Leicester chantings James had thought him a while ago.

“Are you excited?” You ask the little boy quickly glancing over to him as you heard what he was trying to sing. “Very.” He nods with a huge smile looking at you, the blue shirt he was wearing being his favourite of all time. You hated that colour of blue, rather seeing the boys play in the black one but since your little boy always picked the blue one, you let him wear it this time. “That’s good.” You nod. “But you have to promise me to tell me when you feel bad okay?” You say more serious this time. “Promise.” He says showing you a thumbs up, his eyes opening wide as the stadium appeared in front of the car when you drove onto the parking space.

“Daddy here?” He asks pointing at James car when you park yours next to his. “Daddy is already inside buddy.” You smile getting out of the car walking towards his side. “See daddy?” He asks with a smile when you unbuckle his seatbelt. “Yes, we are going to see daddy.” You smile kissing his head. “And uncle Ben.” You add picking the little boy up in your arms, his toy fox pressed between your bodies. “Don’t lose him this time okay.” You add taking your bag as well, moving it over your shoulder while walking towards the entrance. “Daddy can’t keep buying you new ones.” You add and the boy nods holding the toy close to himself

“Look who is here again.” The security women smiles looking at you and the little boy in your arms. “Hi. Good evening.” You smile showing you your ‘family and friends pass’, the little boy waving to the women as you get inside. “Not so cheerfull today?” She smiles referring to the boy in your arms. “He has been sick the whole week.” You explain and the women nods as the boy sighed in your arms. “But he is feeling a bit better now, all ready for the game.” You add and continue walking nodding hello to some other people you pass.

You look around while walking and explaining every picture on the wall that your little boy pointed at, every time James was on one the boy would almost shout daddy through the whole hallway. The minute he actually shouts it, it’s because he can spot James from the other side of the hallway, the boys all getting back inside after their usual walk around the field and such. “What are you doing down here?” He asks taking the little boy from you as he reached for him the minute you got closer. “We wanted to say daddy goodluck.” You say with a smile the toy fox in your hands and the little one dropped it before James picked him up in his arms.

“Daddy, goodluck.” The little boy smiles looking at him for a second then at the other players who passed to walk towards the changing rooms. “Uncle Ben, hi.” He says waving towards him, a smile and a wave coming back from him. “Hey little one.” Ben smiles tickling his side a little. “My biggest fan arrived.” He adds as the boy gives him a high five, laughing with the comment he just made. “You mean, MY biggest fan.” James laughs while attacking the boy with kisses for a second, the boy giggling because of that.

“Okay, one more good luck kiss, we have to go buddy.” You say after a while the little boy resting in your arms again. “Have fun.” James says kissing the boys head, quickly attacking your lips with his. “I love you aaaaand have fun.” He says after the kiss, the little boy waving at him the whole time when you walk away from James. “Be carefull.” You smile while waving towards him as well. The women at the door scanning your pass for you to allow acces to the family box.

“You want to watch daddy play on the screen?” You ask the little boy pointing at the several screens in the big family room that had more than one family of the players in it all together. “Ooor sit here outside? With the others?” You ask while walking on the outside part, the boys face all excited when he saw the view. “Here, outside.” He says moving in your arms as he wanted to walk around himelf. “Okay, but don’t run away.” You say while taking a seat next to Bens girlfriend as she had her friends joining her tonight, their daughter sitting on her lap smiling when you took a seat.

“Wow, you grew up a lot since the last time I saw you.” You smile pinching the little girls cheek, a giggle and a smile coming from her as she remember who you were. “Looks exactly like you.” You say after greeting Bens girlfriend and all the others, your eyes constantely looking for your own bundle of energy. “Time flies. “She says. “Before you know they walk and talk and talk back.” She laughs while looking at you, the little girl who was two years older than your son moving in her arms a little. “Exactly.” You laugh as well reaching for your son for a second, pulling him back towards you. “I told you NOT to run away.” You say seriously pointing a finger at him, the little boy whispering a silent sorry while looking at you.

“Just stay with mummy okay.” You say sitting him down on the empty seat next to you, the little boy looking around to the field as the players entered to start the game. “Daddy.” He says while pointing at James standing up on his seat for a second. “Carefull.” You say holding your arms around him as he almost fell down the minute he stood up. “Gosh, how much energy does he have?” Bens girlfriend laughs while looking at the both of you. “It is seriously James pressed in a small package.” You laugh shaking your head. “And that after he was sick the whole week.” You sigh. “Wow that’s crazy.” She says while turning to her daughter as she started explaining something to her.

Since your little boy was behaving very good and constantely was telling you he wasn’t sick anymore when you asked, you went to buy him one of the hamburgers the stadium served since you knew how much he liked them. The little boy was currently sitting on your lap while eating from the hamburger, his face all dirty from the ketchup, his hands almost as dirty as the napkin wasn’t doing it’s best job. “Baby we are going home all dressed in ketchup if you keep eating like this.” You sigh with a laugh while biting a piece of his hamburger yourself, the boy laughing as well while looking at you. “Don’t tell daddy okay.” You add while reaching for some more napkins in your bag, the blue shirt he was wearing already having some ketchup stains on it. “I won’t.” He says shaking his head while still eating watching the game come to an end, Leicester winning eventually.

You were leaning against your car while waiting for James, wanting to see him before leaving home. The little boy was all set in his carseat, playing with his toy fox while looking around. “Hey sunshine. Sorry for the wait.” James smiles while walking towards you, a quick kiss shared between the two of you before he opens the back of his car to put his bag away. “How is he?” He asks walking towards the little boy opening the door on his side. “Daddy, hi.” The little boy smiles all excited looking at James. “Hey buddy.” He smiles looking at him. “Drive with you?” The little boy asks pointing at James. James looking at you for a second for an answer. “Sure.” You nod with a shrug, the little boy smiling as James unbuckled his belts picking him up in his arms. “Bye mummy.” The little boy smile waving towards you. “See you at home boys.” You smile waving back while getting inside of your own car, waiting for James to leave so you could drive straight after him, the little boy constantely waving towards you through the window clearly having the time of his life.

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3D-Printed 'Eyes' Could Help Blind Children's Faces Grow Naturally

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BALTIMORE — Scientists and engineers are 3D printing all types of objects these days, including eyes: A group of eye specialists and eye-care providers from the Netherlands has used 3D-printing technology to create artificial eye structures, called conformers, in a small study of five children.

The technique could help children with conditions called microphthalmia and anophthalmia, in which they are born with underdeveloped or missing eyes, respectively, the research team says. These conditions, which can occur in one or both eyes, affect more than 10 percent of blind children worldwide and as many as 30 in 100,000 children, according to previous studies.

Although the sculpted eyes don’t enable the child to see, they do provide critical support of the eye socket so that the child’s face can have a natural, proportional look, the researchers said today (May 11) here at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the world’s largest gathering of eye and vision researchers.

“If there’s no eye present, there’s not enough adequate stimulus for the bone [around the eye socket] to grow,” Maayke Kuijten, a postdoctoral fellow at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam who conducted a study on five children fitted with the conformers, said at ARVO. [The 10 Weirdest Things Created by 3D Printing]

Because children with these conditions may have malformed eye sockets, the face and the areas around the eyes cannot expand to their natural contour, Kuijten said. The advantage of 3D-printed eye conformers is that they can be replaced often with slightly larger sizes by the parent at home as the child grows, or as frequently as weekly when the child is a few months old, she said.

“Symmetry of the face is our end goal,” Kuijten told Live Science.

Traditionally, a child or adult who is missing an eye would be fitted with a device called an ocular prosthesis. (This was commonly called a “glass eye” because it was originally made with glass, but it is now mostly made of a medical-grade plastic acrylic.) These ocular prostheses are made by ocularists, professionals who are trained in both the fabrication and fitting of the prostheses.

The ocular prosthesis can be nearly spherical, like the eyeball, or cup-like, to fit over an existing, malformed and nonfunctioning eye. A conformer is often used for temporary support, such as after the accidental loss of an eye, to maintain the eye socket for several months until a more permanent prosthesis can be fitted.

But making and fitting an ocular prosthesis, or even a conformer, is a laborious process, Kuijten said. The ocularist typically must visually gauge the size of the socket, create an orb based on educated guesswork and polish it until it fits perfectly. It is as much artwork as it is medical care.

For infants with microphthalmia or anophthalmia, time is critical because their rapidly growing heads need the stimulation of a full-size eyeball for the frame of the eye socket to expand accordingly. Without such stimulation, that section of the skull can cave inward.

3D-printed conformers help address this challenge because they can be printed quickly, cheaply and in a range of sizes varying by less than a millimeter in diameter, Kuijten said.

To test the utility of 3D-printed conformers, Kuijten’s team looked at patients being treated by Dr. Dyonne Hartong, an oculoplastic surgeon at the VU University Medical Center who is currently treating about 50 patients with microphthalmia or anophthalmia. Hartong was the senior investigator on the study.

As part of the standard care of children with these eye conditions in the Netherlands, they have several ultrasounds of their head taken during their first 3 months of age, followed by an MRI scan when they’re about 3 months old. (MRIs require anesthesia because babies cannot be instructed not to move during the scans. But administering anesthesia to newborns under 3 months is considered too dangerous.)

Using data from these scans, the researchers determined the extent of the eye malformation and the size of the eye socket. The doctors also injected a soft gel into the affected eye socket to create a crude mold of its shape.

Based on these measurements and data on natural growth development, Kuijten devised an eye-growth chart for these children for their next 10 years of development. Then, her group used a 3D printer to create customized conformers in a vast array of sizes matching the prediction of the growth charts. [7 Cool Uses of 3D Printing in Medicine]

The conformers don’t look like eyes. In fact, the original batch of eyes were green, with no pupils colored in. But they are convenient enough for parents to fit into their baby’s eye socket after they’re trained by ocularists on how to do so. Kuijten said the treatment is noninvasive and not painful for the child.

Early evaluation has shown that socket volumes of the treated eyes doubled, on average, over the treatment time of about a year, thus indicating that significant socket expansion occurred, the researchers said. The study on these children is ongoing.

“This is certainly a novel approach with several advantages,” said Dr. Irene Gottlob, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Leicester Ulverscroft Eye Unit at the Leicester Royal Infirmary who was not involved in the study. “This is a good example of individualized treatment, or ‘precision medicine.’ It is also a good example of how 3D printing can be used in medicine.”

“However, so far, only five patients have been treated, and we need to see the results of a larger group,” Gottlob added.

Gottlob said she was encouraged by the researchers’ plan to improve mathematical models to better predict eye-socket growth and development. She also noted that better refinement of ultrasound scans could help bring the method to younger infants, before they reach the age when they can safely undergo an MRI scan.

“I think this is a very promising … method, but experience with more patients and further development will improve this even further,” Gottlob told Live Science.

Follow Christopher Wanjek @wanjek for daily tweets on health and science with a humorous edge. Wanjek is the author of “Food at Work” and “Bad Medicine.” His column, Bad Medicine, appears regularly on Live Science.

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3D-Printed 'Eyes' Could Help Blind Children's Faces Grow Naturally

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BALTIMORE — Scientists and engineers are 3D printing all types of objects these days, including eyes: A group of eye specialists and eye-care providers from the Netherlands has used 3D-printing technology to create artificial eye structures, called conformers, in a small study of five children.

The technique could help children with conditions called microphthalmia and anophthalmia, in which they are born with underdeveloped or missing eyes, respectively, the research team says. These conditions, which can occur in one or both eyes, affect more than 10 percent of blind children worldwide and as many as 30 in 100,000 children, according to previous studies.

Although the sculpted eyes don’t enable the child to see, they do provide critical support of the eye socket so that the child’s face can have a natural, proportional look, the researchers said today (May 11) here at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), the world’s largest gathering of eye and vision researchers.

“If there’s no eye present, there’s not enough adequate stimulus for the bone [around the eye socket] to grow,” Maayke Kuijten, a postdoctoral fellow at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam who conducted a study on five children fitted with the conformers, said at ARVO. [The 10 Weirdest Things Created by 3D Printing]

Because children with these conditions may have malformed eye sockets, the face and the areas around the eyes cannot expand to their natural contour, Kuijten said. The advantage of 3D-printed eye conformers is that they can be replaced often with slightly larger sizes by the parent at home as the child grows, or as frequently as weekly when the child is a few months old, she said.

“Symmetry of the face is our end goal,” Kuijten told Live Science.

Traditionally, a child or adult who is missing an eye would be fitted with a device called an ocular prosthesis. (This was commonly called a “glass eye” because it was originally made with glass, but it is now mostly made of a medical-grade plastic acrylic.) These ocular prostheses are made by ocularists, professionals who are trained in both the fabrication and fitting of the prostheses.

The ocular prosthesis can be nearly spherical, like the eyeball, or cup-like, to fit over an existing, malformed and nonfunctioning eye. A conformer is often used for temporary support, such as after the accidental loss of an eye, to maintain the eye socket for several months until a more permanent prosthesis can be fitted.

But making and fitting an ocular prosthesis, or even a conformer, is a laborious process, Kuijten said. The ocularist typically must visually gauge the size of the socket, create an orb based on educated guesswork and polish it until it fits perfectly. It is as much artwork as it is medical care.

For infants with microphthalmia or anophthalmia, time is critical because their rapidly growing heads need the stimulation of a full-size eyeball for the frame of the eye socket to expand accordingly. Without such stimulation, that section of the skull can cave inward.

3D-printed conformers help address this challenge because they can be printed quickly, cheaply and in a range of sizes varying by less than a millimeter in diameter, Kuijten said.

To test the utility of 3D-printed conformers, Kuijten’s team looked at patients being treated by Dr. Dyonne Hartong, an oculoplastic surgeon at the VU University Medical Center who is currently treating about 50 patients with microphthalmia or anophthalmia. Hartong was the senior investigator on the study.

As part of the standard care of children with these eye conditions in the Netherlands, they have several ultrasounds of their head taken during their first 3 months of age, followed by an MRI scan when they’re about 3 months old. (MRIs require anesthesia because babies cannot be instructed not to move during the scans. But administering anesthesia to newborns under 3 months is considered too dangerous.)

Using data from these scans, the researchers determined the extent of the eye malformation and the size of the eye socket. The doctors also injected a soft gel into the affected eye socket to create a crude mold of its shape.

Based on these measurements and data on natural growth development, Kuijten devised an eye-growth chart for these children for their next 10 years of development. Then, her group used a 3D printer to create customized conformers in a vast array of sizes matching the prediction of the growth charts. [7 Cool Uses of 3D Printing in Medicine]

The conformers don’t look like eyes. In fact, the original batch of eyes were green, with no pupils colored in. But they are convenient enough for parents to fit into their baby’s eye socket after they’re trained by ocularists on how to do so. Kuijten said the treatment is noninvasive and not painful for the child.

Early evaluation has shown that socket volumes of the treated eyes doubled, on average, over the treatment time of about a year, thus indicating that significant socket expansion occurred, the researchers said. The study on these children is ongoing.

“This is certainly a novel approach with several advantages,” said Dr. Irene Gottlob, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of Leicester Ulverscroft Eye Unit at the Leicester Royal Infirmary who was not involved in the study. “This is a good example of individualized treatment, or ‘precision medicine.’ It is also a good example of how 3D printing can be used in medicine.”

“However, so far, only five patients have been treated, and we need to see the results of a larger group,” Gottlob added.

Gottlob said she was encouraged by the researchers’ plan to improve mathematical models to better predict eye-socket growth and development. She also noted that better refinement of ultrasound scans could help bring the method to younger infants, before they reach the age when they can safely undergo an MRI scan.

“I think this is a very promising … method, but experience with more patients and further development will improve this even further,” Gottlob told Live Science.

Follow Christopher Wanjek @wanjek for daily tweets on health and science with a humorous edge. Wanjek is the author of “Food at Work” and “Bad Medicine.” His column, Bad Medicine, appears regularly on Live Science.

-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.

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5 Cooking Oils To Use During Pregnancy

Settling on the best cooking oil to use in your dish isn't generally very as straightforward as it appears, because you've got a lot of choices. Regardless of the omnipresence of ever-well-known olive oil, there are a lot of other supplement-rich cooking oils that merit a spot in your storeroom. Go for Baby Scan Offers in Leicester from Window To The Womb clinic.

 While most cooking oils have pretty comparative wholesome profiles as far as calories and all-out fat substance. Read on this blog by the Private Ultrasound Scan Clinic of Leicester on how to pick oil for anything you're making, and a rundown of our top choices. Given below are 5 Cooking oils to use during pregnancy, so go through them:

  1. Canola oil

Canola oil at times gets negative criticism since it is related to broiled food. Canola oil's high smoke point of 400 degrees Fahrenheit and impartial flavor sure makes it a superb vehicle for searing, however, it can likewise be utilized for broiling, broiling, and baking.

2. Extra-virgin olive oil

Cold-squeezed and emphatically loaded with heart-solid monounsaturated fats, a quality container can genuinely take you on a taste bud experience. There's only one catch with extra-virgin olive oil versus standard olive oil. Visit the Private Ultrasound Scan Clinic of Leicester.  

3. Unadulterated olive oil

If you love searing things in olive oil, you'll need to utilize the more refined stuff rather than — which is named unadulterated olive oil, refined olive oil, or light olive oil. Use the 4D Well-being scan In Leicester. Sadly, a portion of its flavor has been sifted through.

4. Safflower oil

Safflower oil is a less well-known however by and large around great oil. Safflower oil is sold both synthetically handled and cold-squeezed like olive oil, and either variant you pick will have that equivalent high smoke point. Avail of the Leicester Baby Scan Packages for more information.

5. Coconut oil

Certain individuals think coconut oil is the best oil ever, yet it may not exactly be the supernatural occurrence cream it's publicized as. Coconut oil is a strong fat healthfully talking since it is so high in immersed fat and strong at room temperature.

So the best solid cooking oil for the gig truly relies upon what it is you're making. According to me Coconut oil is best among other oils for pregnant ladies. But it is better to consult with the Private Ultrasound Scan Clinic In Leicester.  

Also Read: What are the 5 most common concerns during pregnancy?  

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During pregnancy, it is important to stay healthy for the good health of your baby. Follow these tips to stay healthy during pregnancy.

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The expert sonographers of a reputed 4D well-being scan clinic in Leicester have listed 6 vital things to be avoided during the first trimester of pregnancy.

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This blog stresses the Benefits of a Private Ultrasounds Scan from the Private Ultrasound Scan Clinic in Leicester according to a Pregnant Lady's Point of view.

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During pregnancy you want additional water to adapt to the requests of our consistently changing bodies and to keep us fit and well. Specialists of a Well-being examine Clinic of Leicester recommend 7 Amazing Benefits of drinking water during pregnancy. Peruse on the blog.

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All You Need To Know About Eating Sausages During Pregnancy

Sausage is a quite popular food item with its spicy taste and crumbly texture. However, it is also a highly processed food, typically high in saturated fat, sodium, and nitrosamines. So, a lot of women cannot figure out whether it is safe to have sausages during pregnancy or not! Read on today’s blog drafted by the experts of a reputed Private Ultrasound Scan Clinic in Leicester as we are going to tell you all about the safety of eating sausages for pregnant women, different types of safe sausages, and the side effects of having sausages during pregnancy.

Is it really safe to eat sausages during pregnancy?

Well, sausages are safe to have during pregnancy if they are well-cooked and eaten when they are hot. To be more specific, it can be said that sausages made of ground beef, pork, or lamb are safe to eat if cooked to 160 °F, and those made of ground turkey and chicken should be prepared at 165°F.

What types of sausages are safe to eat during pregnancy?

·       Fresh sausages: Fresh pork sausages, fresh beef sausages, breakfast sausages, whole hog sausages, and Italian sausage products that are typically cured and seasoned are absolutely safe to consume during pregnancy.

·       Well-cooked or smoked sausages: Even seasoned sausages are not safe to eat if they are not well-cooked or well-smoked. Eat sausages only that are well-cooked and well-smoked. Uncooked and half-cooked sausages might lead a pregnant woman to exposure to some harmful bacteria.

What are the side effects of having sausages during pregnancy?

Although if you consume homemade fresh and hot sausages, there is no guarantee that there would never be any side effects. Some common side effects of having sausages during pregnancy include –

·       Excess weight gain: A pregnant woman might put on some extra body weight if she continues having sausages every day. Sausages contain high fat and sodium that increases the risk of putting on extra body weight during pregnancy.

·       Bacterial exposure: Sausages might expose a woman to some harmful bacteria like listeria, toxoplasma gondii, etc. Direct exposure to such bacteria might cause several serious complications and even lead a woman to miscarriage.

·       Heartburn: Since high amounts of spices are added while preparing sausages, it might result in severe heartburn. This is not only harmful to the baby but also the acidity will make a woman feel uncomfortable throughout the day.

However, to conclude, it can be said that it will be best if you consult your doctor about this matter and then decide to eat sausages during your pregnancy. Besides, you can visit us for more queries and undergo a 4D Well-Being Scan in Leicester.

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Baby Scan Clinic Leicester reveals the 5 most super foods for pregnant women. Do not forget to visit Private Ultrasound Scan Leicester for a routine pregnancy scan.

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A premature delivery is exceptionally close to home second for hopeful guardians and lamenting the loss is regular. Tune in from a Baby Gender Scan Clinic of Leicester All About Miscarriage During Pregnancy And How To Avoid It?