Cassandra – Page 33 – HEALTH FREAK MOMMY

Baby C Is Finally Discharged!

Posted on May 28, 2009May 29, 2009 by Shireen

…. but to play safe this time, we ain’t going back to Ipoh or KL just yet. We are now staying in a hotel located just next to the hospital. This time, the hubs and I want to make sure that baby is really well before we bring her back to Ipoh, and then back to…

Thank You

Posted on May 27, 2009May 28, 2009 by Shireen

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!

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Shireen

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

Posted on May 26, 2009May 26, 2009 by Shireen

Post-Op (2nd op) – day 3 (25 May 09) Baby C was given an enema in the morning to induce her to poo poo. She poo pooed quite a bit and the stools were green. More and more of her usual antics re-surfaced. She also farted towards the evening at around 5pm when she was…

Baby C’s Post-Surgery (2nd Op) – Day 2, Sunday 24 May 09

Posted on May 25, 2009May 25, 2009 by Shireen

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!

Posted on May 23, 2009May 23, 2009 by Shireen

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

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Shireen

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

Posted on May 21, 2009May 21, 2009 by Shireen

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?

Posted on May 20, 2009May 20, 2009 by Shireen

Baby C’s vomiting spells have not abated. My maid and I did not get much sleep the whole of last night as we were jumping up from bed round the clock to attend to baby who kept spewing out vomit like a volcano and purging lots too. Each time she vomitted in her sleep, we…

Updates On Baby C’s Lazy Guts

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Shireen

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?

Posted on May 18, 2009 by Shireen

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

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Shireen

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

Posted on May 16, 2009May 16, 2009 by Shireen

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

Posted on May 11, 2009May 11, 2009 by Shireen

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

Posted on May 10, 2009May 10, 2009 by Shireen

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…

Baby C’s Post Surgery – Day 3

Posted on May 9, 2009May 9, 2009 by Shireen

Friday, 8 May 09 marked the 3rd day of Baby C’s post surgery day. On the 2nd day post surgery, I noticed that her left hand (i.e. the hand which had the IV line on) was a tad puffy. I thought it was just the baby fat on her hand, like lotus roots. However, the…

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