The wallet was having trouble synchronizing and i had to update the version i was using to 2.9.3 from 2.7.3. Now that i have done that it still hasn't come through and showing my funds are in my wallet.
You are using a very old (and vulnerable) wallet. The latest version is
Electrum 3.2.2.
Why did you "update" to another old version? When downloading, make sure to use the official website only.