FollowCounting back today, I realized that Baby C, my maid and I had stayed in the hospital for 25 days, which is almost one whole freaking long month of being cooped up in a cold air-conditioned room of the pediatric ward…. 25 freaking long days of not being able to feel the sun or breathe…
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Baby C Is Finally Discharged!
Thank You
I would like to say thank you to everyone who has been praying for baby Cassandra throughout our 3-week ordeal here in Penang. I especially want to thank Paik Ling for going all out to help me organize a fund-raising drive to help ease our financial burden arising from the ginormous medical bill. You’re really a God-sent…
Baby C’s Happy Again!
For 3 weeks since 5 May 09 (her first surgery), I have been waiting and waiting and waiting for my sweetie-pie to give me a smile…. and she finally gave me her sweet, angelic smile 2 days ago. Since yesterday, there has been more smiles and antics from my sweetie-pie. My doctor gave me the green light…
Baby C’s Post-Surgery (2nd Op) – Day 3 and Day 4
Baby C’s Post-Surgery (2nd Op) – Day 2, Sunday 24 May 09
Baby C started to be more and more alert and responsive yesterday. She was feeling way better than she was before her second surgery to fix her guts. When we asked her to make her trademark ‘funny face’, she gladly showed us like this: Seeing baby make her trademark ‘funny face’ and being so responsive made all…
Baby C ‘s Second Surgery!
By now, most bloggers already know that my sweetie-pie went through another major surgery yesterday evening. My joy of being able to breastfeed baby was shortlived when her tummy looked more and more distended by the hour yesterday. Baby was in total discomfort and she kept fretting and wanted to be carried the whole day. My…
Baby C’s Finally Got Her Mek Mek
Last night, baby’s hand looked puffy and swollen again. Our doctor had to come to the hospital at 10:30pm to re-insert the IV line AGAIN. Poor baby has a dozen holes in her hands now. She’s just one of those babies whose skin is very sensitive to needles. It could also be the plaster and…
Baby C’s Re-admission – Day 6, Post Surgery Day 16
Yesterday afternoon – the branula on Baby C’s hand leaked. When the doctor opened up the branula, we saw that the hole on baby’s hand had expanded, thus the leakage. Ouch, the line had to be removed and another line inserted again. That was the dunno how many umpteenth time the line was inserted and…
What’s Wrong With My Baby?
Updates On Baby C’s Lazy Guts
My worst fear came true this morning when Baby C puked at 3am. The whole of last night, baby’s been very fretful and kept tossing and turning and fussed. I knew she wasn’t feeling too comfy and finally at around 3am, she puked… greenish liquid plus water. Towards the morning, at around 7ish am, she…
Another Surgery?
Baby C was brought down to the X-ray department yesterday evening to have another X-ray of her guts taken. Our doctor said that the guts still looked dilated. The baffling part is that her tummy is very soft (which is a good sign) and she can still pass out some wind. So he wasn’t really…
Updates On Baby C’s Re-admission
Baby C is still puking today. I had only fed her with 3 teaspoons of soy bean milk to go with her antibiotics this morning and she puked them all out, together with yellowish bile liquid about an hour later. It was really horrifying to see her puke as not only did the vomit pour out…
Baby C Re-admitted Into Hospital
Baby C was discharged from the hospital yesterday. Words couldn’t express how happy I was when our surgeon told us that Baby C can be discharged after being cooped up in the hospital for 11 freaking long days. I was also so happy to be able to feed my baby food again. She was happily…
Baby C’s Post Surgery – Day 5 and 6
Post Surgery Day 5 (Sunday, 10 May 09) Early in the morning, the x-ray machine was wheeled into our room for the x-ray to be done on Baby C’s guts and chest since she was still puking. The x-ray showed nothing wrong with her guts and chest. There was however lots of gas towards the…
Baby C’s Post Surgery – Day 4
My sweetie-pie had her first post-surgery hair wash yesterday. I could no longer stand the amount of vomit on her hair and asked the nurses to give her a good hair wash when they gave her her usual morning sponge after the surgeon had changed the dressing for the wound. As usual, this fler hates…