我们刚从普吉岛回来。难得的二人世界，但我们时时刻刻都在想念着家中的宝贝。她现在在做什么？公公婆婆有没有带她出去玩？她有没有想念我们？
我们总会不经意地说：要是宝贝在就好了；宝贝一定会好喜欢这里的泳池；宝贝一定会很喜欢这里的儿童游乐场和康乐活动；宝贝一定会吃得津津有味；宝贝……
原来，有了‘家’之后，二人世界变得不精彩了。二人世界其实可以很单调、很乏味；还是有宝贝的生活比较多姿多彩多乐趣。我想我们现在还是比较适合举家一起旅游，因为真的是多人多乐趣，虽然麻烦也会跟着多了，但当中的快乐足以弥补一切。
尽管如此，这一趟的旅行还是很愉快的。难得的二人世界、难得的舒适豪华度假方式、难得的蓝天碧海阳光沙滩、难得的美食和购物、难得的人文文化；让我们再次累积收藏了许多美好的回忆。
Day by day we watch them grow....
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Home Sweet Home!
Our little girl was finally discharged and has been home the past 2 days. She is slowly regaining her appetite and is active and happy again.
It is such a blessing, not to mention simply blissful, to see her play on her own, mumbling to herself. So joyful, so innocent, so carefree and so adorable.
Mommy and Daddy will be going away to Phuket this weekend for a short getaway. We have intended to bring her along, but with her hospitalisation episode, we've decided to leave her in the good hands of Yeye and Mahmah. We really hate to leave her behind, but we know it is all for her own good.
We still have to feed her antibiotics twice a day. We still face much resistance from her whenever we want to feed her medicine, but as soon as we warn her about the possibility of going back to the hospital full of nurses and doctors, she will give in and open her mouth to receive the awful-tasting thick liquid. We are going back to NUH for her review tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, the doctor will declare that she can be taken off her antibiotics.
It is such a blessing, not to mention simply blissful, to see her play on her own, mumbling to herself. So joyful, so innocent, so carefree and so adorable.
Mommy and Daddy will be going away to Phuket this weekend for a short getaway. We have intended to bring her along, but with her hospitalisation episode, we've decided to leave her in the good hands of Yeye and Mahmah. We really hate to leave her behind, but we know it is all for her own good.
We still have to feed her antibiotics twice a day. We still face much resistance from her whenever we want to feed her medicine, but as soon as we warn her about the possibility of going back to the hospital full of nurses and doctors, she will give in and open her mouth to receive the awful-tasting thick liquid. We are going back to NUH for her review tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully, the doctor will declare that she can be taken off her antibiotics.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Tessa is Hospitalized
I have repeated this story many times to many different doctors, I will repeat it just this once again.
28 Feb - Tessa saw Dr Chin because she has been crying whenever she urinate. Daddy suspects urinary tract infection, so we decided to send her to the doctor. It was hard to collect Tessa's urine specimen, but Dr Chin prescribed a course of antibiotics (Ospamox) anyway for her UTI.
03 Mar - Tessa stopped crying whenever she urinates, but she started to develop a fever. As both Dr Chin and Dr Chong are not open for business on Wednesday nights. We had to bring her to another doctor. The doctor predicted that the fever is due to the UTI, but I had my reservations because fever usually comes together with UTI, not after it, especially Tessa is on the tier-end of her antibiotics treatment.
Tessa's fever continued throughout the week. It peaked at night and hovered between 38 to 39 degrees. We are all very concerned and did all we can to manage her fever. She was very cranky and refused to take her medicine.
By Saturday, her fever has subsided a little, although it's still high at night. We decided to keep her at home on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday (10 March), she was alot better, so we decided to let her go back to childcare. Who knows on Friday night (12 March), after we've went back to Sengkang, she was down with a burning fever, running nose and cough.
So on Saturday (13 March), we brought her to see Dr Tan. Dr Tan is concerned about her temperature and her cough. He said it's upper respiratory tract infection. So he prescribed another course of antibiotics (Zinnat) to get rid of the nasty bacteria.
Come Monday, Tessa is still having relatively high fever (above 38), so we decided to bring her to our regular family doctor Dr Chong. Dr Chong advised that if her fever does not subside by Wednesday, we should bring Tessa to KKH A&E for blood test and urine test.
For the next 2 days, Tessa's appetite got worse, she refused to drink milk (most likely because we've been adding medicine into her milk). Then on Wednesday late night, her fever came back very high (39.3) and we decided to rush her to NUH Children's Emergency.
At NUH, the doctor who saw her was concerned about her prolonged fever and cough (Tessa has been coughing on and off since end January). She decided to conduct a blood test, a chest Xray and a urine test.
Throughout the physical examination, blood test and chest X-ray, Tessa was very quiet and cooperative. She is such a brave girl, I'm so proud of her.
The nurse drawing her blood.
28 Feb - Tessa saw Dr Chin because she has been crying whenever she urinate. Daddy suspects urinary tract infection, so we decided to send her to the doctor. It was hard to collect Tessa's urine specimen, but Dr Chin prescribed a course of antibiotics (Ospamox) anyway for her UTI.
03 Mar - Tessa stopped crying whenever she urinates, but she started to develop a fever. As both Dr Chin and Dr Chong are not open for business on Wednesday nights. We had to bring her to another doctor. The doctor predicted that the fever is due to the UTI, but I had my reservations because fever usually comes together with UTI, not after it, especially Tessa is on the tier-end of her antibiotics treatment.
Tessa's fever continued throughout the week. It peaked at night and hovered between 38 to 39 degrees. We are all very concerned and did all we can to manage her fever. She was very cranky and refused to take her medicine.
By Saturday, her fever has subsided a little, although it's still high at night. We decided to keep her at home on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday (10 March), she was alot better, so we decided to let her go back to childcare. Who knows on Friday night (12 March), after we've went back to Sengkang, she was down with a burning fever, running nose and cough.
So on Saturday (13 March), we brought her to see Dr Tan. Dr Tan is concerned about her temperature and her cough. He said it's upper respiratory tract infection. So he prescribed another course of antibiotics (Zinnat) to get rid of the nasty bacteria.
Come Monday, Tessa is still having relatively high fever (above 38), so we decided to bring her to our regular family doctor Dr Chong. Dr Chong advised that if her fever does not subside by Wednesday, we should bring Tessa to KKH A&E for blood test and urine test.
For the next 2 days, Tessa's appetite got worse, she refused to drink milk (most likely because we've been adding medicine into her milk). Then on Wednesday late night, her fever came back very high (39.3) and we decided to rush her to NUH Children's Emergency.
At NUH, the doctor who saw her was concerned about her prolonged fever and cough (Tessa has been coughing on and off since end January). She decided to conduct a blood test, a chest Xray and a urine test.
Throughout the physical examination, blood test and chest X-ray, Tessa was very quiet and cooperative. She is such a brave girl, I'm so proud of her.
The nurse drawing her blood.
The blood test and Chest X-ray showed signs of bacteria infection. The doctor suspected a case of early pneumonia and Tessa will have to be admitted.
But there is one last test to be done - the H1N1 nose swap. It was heartwrenching to watch the nose shaft the long swap into her nostril. She cried due to the discomfort. The H1N1 results will take 12 hours so in the meantime, Tessa needs to be at an isolation ward.
The next few hours were torturous and traumatic for the little one. Numerous tests will required and many nurses and doctors came in and out of our room. Her fever is still high and they had to force feed her the fever medicine.
The senior consultant A/P Loke told us that there were white spots on her chest Xray, suggesting lung infection. But they still have to rule out UTI and therefore we have to collect her urine specimen. They pasted the urine bag on her, but it collected so little urine that they can't do a full urine test.
In the end, one of the doctors have to insert a catheter to draw urine from inside. It was a traumatic experience for all - the little girl, Yeye, Mahmah, Daddy and me. Grandma and I were crying along with Tessa.
The urine test came back negative - no UTI. So it's a lung infection causing the cough and high fever. A/P Loke prescribed a course of intra-venous antibiotics. They inserted the needle into her hand - again a traumatic experience for her and me.
Throughout the night, she drifted in and out of sleep, and was perpiring alot. Her hair was always wet with perspiration.
Now the good news is, after the antibiotics and an overnight drip to hydrate the little girl, she is now feeling much better. She is urinating normally and her appetite has improved a little. She is able to drink 120ml of milk this morning and ate a char siew bao and some rice for lunch. She is also more energetic and has started to ask to watch her favourite Barney.
As I was writing this, the nurse came to start another round of IV antibiotics drip. She discovered that there is resistance at the barrel, restricting the medicine flow. The bad news is, they'll have to insert the drip needle AGAIN on the other hand.
My poor baby! I am sorry to have put you through all these sufferings. Please let her get well soon.
But there is one last test to be done - the H1N1 nose swap. It was heartwrenching to watch the nose shaft the long swap into her nostril. She cried due to the discomfort. The H1N1 results will take 12 hours so in the meantime, Tessa needs to be at an isolation ward.
The next few hours were torturous and traumatic for the little one. Numerous tests will required and many nurses and doctors came in and out of our room. Her fever is still high and they had to force feed her the fever medicine.
The senior consultant A/P Loke told us that there were white spots on her chest Xray, suggesting lung infection. But they still have to rule out UTI and therefore we have to collect her urine specimen. They pasted the urine bag on her, but it collected so little urine that they can't do a full urine test.
In the end, one of the doctors have to insert a catheter to draw urine from inside. It was a traumatic experience for all - the little girl, Yeye, Mahmah, Daddy and me. Grandma and I were crying along with Tessa.
The urine test came back negative - no UTI. So it's a lung infection causing the cough and high fever. A/P Loke prescribed a course of intra-venous antibiotics. They inserted the needle into her hand - again a traumatic experience for her and me.
Throughout the night, she drifted in and out of sleep, and was perpiring alot. Her hair was always wet with perspiration.
Now the good news is, after the antibiotics and an overnight drip to hydrate the little girl, she is now feeling much better. She is urinating normally and her appetite has improved a little. She is able to drink 120ml of milk this morning and ate a char siew bao and some rice for lunch. She is also more energetic and has started to ask to watch her favourite Barney.
As I was writing this, the nurse came to start another round of IV antibiotics drip. She discovered that there is resistance at the barrel, restricting the medicine flow. The bad news is, they'll have to insert the drip needle AGAIN on the other hand.
My poor baby! I am sorry to have put you through all these sufferings. Please let her get well soon.
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