Teen awards

THE TEEN AWARDS WAS AMAZINGGGGG. Except from feeling pretty dodgy all day we had such a lovely day.

It was in London, at the Wembley Arena and we left at 10:30. Gillian (Esme's Mum) drove us their, while myself, Esme and my Mum were being fabulous passengers. Gillian had already paid and booked the car park and when we arrived to the green car park, we had no idea what we were doing. We ended up reversing out of the barriers where you collect your ticket and waited for a car parking assistant. He then told us that there was a camera that scanned our number plate on the car and produced the ticket. When we finally got parked, we headed to the arena, with the wheelchair which had no one in. How embarrassing.

Outside the arena there were crowds and crowds of people screaming as cars drove in with all the celebrities and guests. We walked past the red carpet which was exiting but there was no one on it when we walked past. Sod's law really. As we got to the North West entrance we showed our tickets and got our bags checked, all the usual malarkey. We found a place to park the wheelchair and keep the oxygen which surprisingly went very very very smoothly. 

After 'parking' the wheelchair we went to find toilets but every single women's toilets were packed and there was a huge que outside. In the end we decided to go into the men's toilets which had no one in but then there was poo all over the toilets so we decided not to. Even though it would've been so much quicker, I don't really want to have wee on a toilet covered in poo. We queued up for the toilet which actually went really quick to be honest and obviously went to the toilet. After that we went to the merchandise stall, which was all the way on the other side from where we were sat but we had an hour till it started so that was fine. Me and Esme both bough a teen awards band as they were pretty funky and they are definitely my favorite things to collect from concerts and shows.

We grabbed a drink from one of the food place things. The girls that were serving us took the caps of our bottles for the reason that we could chuck them at the performers. Yes, that was their reasoning and all the food places were told to do the same. After being told this me and Esme decided to point out the fact that surely the bottle would do more damage since once we had drunk our drink we could chuck that too. NOT that we would but come on, where's the logic in that?

Anyway, we went to find out seats that were in the stalls up high but we were the very first row, of the second or third stall so we were really close and had a brilliant view. Gareth Malone, who formed the Milatry Wives choir, was there at the very beginning, and got us to sing part of a song for the Children in Need 2014 song. Ooooo how exciting. After, Greg James played some music and went live on Radio 1 where we all had to scream. It was ridiculously loud and my ears were bleeding when we came out after.

I can't little bit that happened through the entire show because there was so so much that happened, but there were so so so many people we saw. Ariana Grande, The Vamps, Rixton, Ella Henderson and Labrinth performed. But we then saw a whole bunch of people who spoke on stage and received awards: Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora (presented the show), Little Mix, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Fearne Cotton, Dan Howell and Phil Lester, Zoe Sugg (Zoella), Alfie Deyes (Pointless Blog), Tom Daley, Cheryl Cole, Jack Whitehall, Rizzle Kicks, Shaun Mendes, Scott Mills and Chris (not particularly sure on his last name so I'll leave it as just Chris), Ashley and Pudsey (the dog) and Joey Essex. There probably were a few more that I've missed but there was so many it really is hard to remember them all let alone this many!! 

We had such an amazing afternoon and we will definitely be going next year. Thank you to Gillian for driving us and getting us the tickets, thankyou Esme for letting me come, and thanks to Mum for providing me with money. Hehe. Love them all lots.

Thankyou for reading.

Erika X

Weekend, prize giving and my nutty first aiders x

This weekend has been such a different weekend to my usual ones. I actually saw my friends and went out instead of sitting at home and staying in bed. It was tiring but I had a lovely time.

Friday me and Sophie babysat and we caught up as we haven't seen one another in ages. On Saturday we had a rather strange morning and ended up getting out of bed at 12 which probably wasn't the best of ideas. We went out at 12:45 and I went to get my eyebrows done, Mwahahaha I absolutely love them and I've waited so long to get the. Done. I was so happy but I will never ever ever ever ever have threading done again. It was so painful. I do not advise anyone to have this done but each to their own and FairPlay if you do have threading because I cried all the way through it. 

Saturday evening Paige came over, and my 'Auntie' Sara and 'Uncle' Andy and 'cousin' Marcie came over as well, and we all sat and had a curry while Mike and Andy plastered hehe. We had a lovely evening full of laughter as well as such a nice curry. Me and Paige went to the shop and bought lots of sweets and drinks and pigged out all night while we were looking at Halloween costumes. 

It was just so nice to see my friends that I haven't seen in so long because of health and college. We had a laugh and a catch up and i thoroughly enjoyed myself although I've been paying for doing so much as I'm absolutely knackered and haven't managed it into school due to Mum not being able to wake up. Oops.

A few weeks backs I received a letter telling me I was receiving an award from my school, for my year 11 school year 2013-2014. The evening was to be on the 15th of October at 7:00pm, so we thought but it started at 7:30 and we all ended up waiting around for what felt like 4 million years. My Mum and Dad came with me, and my Auntie and Uncle were there too as my cousin was getting an award as well. The prize giving evening went on for about 2 hours all together and some of my friends got awards too; Megan, Natalie and Georgie. Georgie was unable to come but Megan and Natalie looked absolutely gorgeous and it was so lovely to see them get recognized for all the effort they put into year 11 and getting such good grades. My cousin got an award as well and I'm so proud of him, he's done so well for himself, and his grades were brilliant. There isn't anyone more prouder than me.

The award I received was for endeavor which is trying hard to attempt to achieve or achieve a goal. I was absolutely petrified going up, I felt sick, I had a migraine and I was shaking like there was no tomorrow. My head teacher said some lovely words, and to be honest I can't really remember much as I was so overwhelmed; but as I was stood there I didn't have a clue where to look. I looked at my Mum and she was crying, so I looked at my Dad and he was also crying, I then looked at Megan and she was crying, I skipped my cousin because I knew he'd just do something stupid and I'd end up laughing my head off, so I ended up just staring at the floor because if I see them crying, I'll cry, and then I'd look like a plank. Mr Defter said a certain few things that I actually can still remember. He said; I always lived for the moment, it was a relief that I still made it to this day (being prize giving evening), managing to overcome obstacles most wouldn't, and described me as outspoken, opinionated, hormonal, common teenager, loud, kind and some others but I can't remember. This was also down to the help of my two first aiders; Ali and Jo. I got presented with an envelope which had a gift card in and a trophy with my name on it which I get to keep for a year. I had a few photos with friends, teachers and family and over all it was a lovely evening. 

If you've never met Ali and Jo, they're the funniest people on the planet and I suggest you meet them (but please don't stalk them). These two nutters are my first aiders at school, and they're pretty much family. Ali has known me from day one, and has been my rock in school since I got sick. She's like a Step-Aunt really, she always knows what to say, and she's absolutely bonkers and always has me giggling. Jo, recently joined about a year or so ago I think, and she's like a Step-Aunt too haha. We get on really and she's always making me tea and giving me biscuits. I know I can always count on them if I ever need anything (especially tea or a blanket). Even though life is pretty poopy some days they always manage to have me giggling and put me back in my place, reminding myself of why I'm still here fighting. I honestly wouldn't of gotten through school without them and I will never be able to thank them enough for everything they've done for me. I love them so much and one day I'll do a whole blog dedicated to them because they are just fabulous.

Anyway, I haven't blogged for ages as I've just had no energy and when I've gone to blog it kept crashing so I've been going back and forth too it for about 4 days now, adding bits on. I'm going to the teen awards at Wembley tomorrow with my friend Esme so I'll probably do a blog on that later in the week. But until then, laters taters.

I need to cut down the chav talk but oh well.

Thankyou for reading.

Erika X

Ahhhhh so many exciting things happening☁

Soooo it's not exactly the 1st of October but it's close enough to say hello now. (This post is short and sweet my loves).

October is looking to be a fabulous month, so far it's been amazing, and there are so many more things to come that I'm looking forward too. I don't want to go into too much detail, and a couple of things that will be happening are going to be kept secret until they happen. Hehe.

Firstly I had an amazing check up and I'm on top of the world about it, no need for a lung transplant for the time being and my heart function as got better again, who wouldn't be happy?

Near the end of the month it's Daniel's birthday and I love birthdays, seeing people

open their presents and buying people present's gives me so much joy, I love it. It's Dan's 18th and he doesn't really enjoy birthdays but he's definitely looking forward to being 18. 

We then have Halloween at the very end of the month, fancy dress, sweets, party, what more could you want? I'll be seeing all my friends that I haven't seen since we went our separate ways at the end of school which I'm really looking forward to, and the dressing up is my favorite bit. Lol such a big kid. Any way, not much to write on this one, but at least it's more frequent that my last blog.

Over and out peoples and thanks for reading.

Erika X

Just keep swimming.

I've had a pretty crap past few days to be honest, and I'm not one to talk about how I'm feeling but it's been pretty crap, upsetting, hard and draining.

Since starting Sixth Form I've been suffering with headaches and sickness every day and I have no clue why, Stacie had her third false alarm which I'm 50/50 about, I had a little wound from the Doctors and it didn't stop bleeding and I also had my check up at Great Ormond Street this week.

I wanted year 12 & 13 to be a fresh start for me; no day's off, doing well, having fun, actually being able to go in and not being sick. But it hasn't gone that way at all. I've had numerous days in bed, consisting of sleeping, crying and fidgeting, and some days being sent home from Sixth form and ending up in bed, with a hot water bottle and Fudgey. I'm finding it really hard at the moment, and life just doesn't want to go my way at the moment at all.

On to Stacie, my fellow 'sick buddy' as we like to call one another and 'Erika's blogging friend' as some of my friends call her. Yep I'm glad Stacie got to meet my friends who so kindly named her 'Erika's blogging friend'.

Stacie has patiently been waiting for her heart and lung transplant for nearly 2 and a half years. One half of me craps myself and thinks omg that could of been Stacie who died and half of me thinks but it could of been so good for her. I honestly don't know what I'd of done if it was her call but we'll soon find out hopefully. Other than that, Stacie is holding up well for everything she's been through these past few weeks and she is such an inspiration too myself and so many other people. I luff her ♡.

On Tuesday I went to the Doctors for a small procedure, where I had a local anesthetic and weirdly that was the easiest bit! I was told to leave it for a couple of days and that it would bleed a little bit. Now, because of the medication I'm on I expected it to bleed a little longer as my blood is much thinner than most people's, but I definitely did not expect to bleed as much as I did. It wasn't even that bad on Tuesday night but when I woke I was covered in blood. I went to A&E Wednesday as it was still bleeding at lunch time, I was there from 12:30 till 3:00 which was bloody ridiculous!! They glued the wound hole for me, bandaged me up and off I went to catch the 4:30 train to London ready for my check up Thursday. There was no sign of any blood, so I thought it had stopped, then while we (myself, Mum, Dan, Jools and Kate) were out for dinner it started bleeding again and off I went to A&E in London at UCH (University College Hospital) at 10:30 at night. How fabulous, not. Anyway, it got to 11:30 and I couldn't stand to wait any longer so we left as I had an early appointment for a scan in the morning and decided that my Doctors could take a look at it.

Thursday morning, myself, my Mum and Dan went to GOSH after staying in the Western House (accommodation across the street from GOSH), I had an MRI, Lung function test, 6 minute walk test, chest X-Ray, echo and the usual; height, weight, blood pressure and clinic appointment. When I went for my clinic appointment (where I get my results and speak to my consultant) they basically told me that my heart function is even better and that I do not, I repeat, DO NOT need a lung transplant for the time being. This is music to my ears because before I was having to think about whether I wanted to go on the list or not because I wasn't that well and my heart function wasn't as good.

So yeah, this has been what's happening these past couple of weeks, and I've finally had some good news which I'm ecstatic about. I've realized I need to start blogging more and that I should probably change my age to 16 on my blog, whoops!

Thank you for reading✿ 

Erika X

Stacie's blog - http://stacie-lifeisworththefight.blogspot.co.uk/