It was a Friday, just like any other day. We started the day as usual; gave Danial his bath, fed him and sent him to the nursery. I was on my way to the office when my dearest husband called me to wish me "Happy Anniversary!". Gosh! What day is this? My God! I forgot my anniversary. You would have thought that 02.02.02 is the easiest date to remember yet I completely forgot about it. Azrai just remembered when he saw the date on the his staff's leave application. We're both as bad. I guess we're both occupied ('ok-ku-pai-yed' as in the NST advertisement) with Danial so much so that it slipped our minds.
How time flies... 5 years in holy matrimony. I can't imagine my life without Azrai and Danial. We had our ups and downs. Alhamdulillah, there were more ups than downs. Lots of good times together and many more to come, Insya'Allah. Next, a baby brother or sister for Danial.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Another hospital stay
My throat was really itchy on the last day in Hong Kong. All the Strepsils in the world didn't help ease the sore throat. I was coughing my lungs out. Yet, on the last day, we took Danial on a last minute explore walk to Harbour City, destination: Toys R Us. After hours in Toys R Us, we got Danial a Bob The Builder toy named Scrambler; hoping that it will keep Danial occupied in the plane later.
We went to a record shop and that's where I had my little accident. The steps were small and I wasn't so I slipped as we were about to leave the shop. Luckily, I didn't sprain my ankle too badly. Azrai didn't see me fall. He saw me sitting at the steps, he thought I was tired from all the walking that we did.
It was a really tiring holiday. What with the bad throat and now with a sore ankle; I was just glad that we're going home. I needed a holiday from this holiday! At the airport, it took ages to check in. There were long queues at the imigration counters and we just made it to the gate by the time they were calling for boarding. It was a full flight home so Azrai got separated from us. Good thing the guy sitting next to me was willing to swap seats with Azrai so that we can seat together. I don't think he'd welcome the thought of sitting next to a restless toddler for 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Danial settled down a bit and slept after take off. Azrai practically had to feed me when they served dinner as Danial was sleeping in my arms. I had Strepsils overdose as I continuously suck on them one after another to stop me from coughing and my ankle started to throb.
Finally, we touched down in KLIA. Got our baggage and took the ERL back to Putrajaya. At that point, I was already feverish from the fatique. Azrai was a darling and took care of everything.
The next day, I was coughing away like mad and had a fever. Azrai asked me to see the doctor but I was too sick to go on my own so I took some Panadol and more cough drops and some rest; hoping that I'd get better soon. I didn't and on Sunday, Danial too cought the cold bug. He was sneezing and coughing. Azrai had to take us both to see the doctor.
On Monday, I went to Setiawangsa with Danial so that PapaTok and Nenek can help with Danial. Danial's temperature was high and it subsided when he took the medication; but it went up again as the medication wore off. We went back to Putrajaya in the evening with Danial burning up. I gave him his medication but the reaction was slower this time; his temperature was still high; 39 degrees Celcius. It was serious; so we took him to Putrajaya Hospital Emergency only to see a waiting hall full of sick people and baby. Danial was given a yellow card which means semi-critical patient. It says on the board that yellow card patients get to go in immediately or 15 minutes waiting period. I saw another baby with high temperature and a yellow card and asked the mom how long has she been waiting and she said she's been waiting for more than 2 hours! I don't have to tell you the murderous look on the patients holding a green card (non-critical). With that, we decided to take Danial home as his temperature has come down.
I woke up at 5am in the morning only to find Danial's having a fever again. This time, we took him to Sunway Medical Centre thinking that it's nearer to Putrajaya and more convenient for us. Unfortunately, they were full and there was no bed so they administered medication for Danial and sent us off. We didn't bother to check with SJMC as SMC just sent a patient there when SJMC confirmed that they have 1 bed for the patient. We went to Ampang Puteri. They sponge-bathed Danial as he was burning up. He has to be put on drips and by 7am, we're in the ward. This time it's 633 along with two other toddlers.
Long story short, Danial's fever spiked in the next few days and Dr. Lim had to changed his antibiotics twice before the second one managed to keep the fever down. We stayed until Friday when Danial's temperature has stabilized. Nenek and PapaTok were great sports taking turns visiting Danial and bringing lunch and dinner for me. I learned that Danial wasn't the only one who readmitted to the hospital. The other toddler; Haris was discharged for a day only to come back the next day with diorhea. As for me, I wanted rest, I got it. In fact, it's a hospital rest with Danial.
Our stuff from Hong Kong was still lying around in the living hall, untouched just the way we left it when we got home. After 5 years of marriage and a son, I don't expect anybody to clear them away for me. At least Azrai did the laundry and tidy up the house a little bit. Both of us are fully aware that with a toddler that keeps picking up things on the floor, we have to keep a certain level of cleanliness around the house; especially after the food poisoning episode. It's tough not having a domestic help but I guess somehow or rather, we'll manage. We've always have.
We went to a record shop and that's where I had my little accident. The steps were small and I wasn't so I slipped as we were about to leave the shop. Luckily, I didn't sprain my ankle too badly. Azrai didn't see me fall. He saw me sitting at the steps, he thought I was tired from all the walking that we did.
It was a really tiring holiday. What with the bad throat and now with a sore ankle; I was just glad that we're going home. I needed a holiday from this holiday! At the airport, it took ages to check in. There were long queues at the imigration counters and we just made it to the gate by the time they were calling for boarding. It was a full flight home so Azrai got separated from us. Good thing the guy sitting next to me was willing to swap seats with Azrai so that we can seat together. I don't think he'd welcome the thought of sitting next to a restless toddler for 3 hours and 40 minutes.
Danial settled down a bit and slept after take off. Azrai practically had to feed me when they served dinner as Danial was sleeping in my arms. I had Strepsils overdose as I continuously suck on them one after another to stop me from coughing and my ankle started to throb.
Finally, we touched down in KLIA. Got our baggage and took the ERL back to Putrajaya. At that point, I was already feverish from the fatique. Azrai was a darling and took care of everything.
The next day, I was coughing away like mad and had a fever. Azrai asked me to see the doctor but I was too sick to go on my own so I took some Panadol and more cough drops and some rest; hoping that I'd get better soon. I didn't and on Sunday, Danial too cought the cold bug. He was sneezing and coughing. Azrai had to take us both to see the doctor.
On Monday, I went to Setiawangsa with Danial so that PapaTok and Nenek can help with Danial. Danial's temperature was high and it subsided when he took the medication; but it went up again as the medication wore off. We went back to Putrajaya in the evening with Danial burning up. I gave him his medication but the reaction was slower this time; his temperature was still high; 39 degrees Celcius. It was serious; so we took him to Putrajaya Hospital Emergency only to see a waiting hall full of sick people and baby. Danial was given a yellow card which means semi-critical patient. It says on the board that yellow card patients get to go in immediately or 15 minutes waiting period. I saw another baby with high temperature and a yellow card and asked the mom how long has she been waiting and she said she's been waiting for more than 2 hours! I don't have to tell you the murderous look on the patients holding a green card (non-critical). With that, we decided to take Danial home as his temperature has come down.
I woke up at 5am in the morning only to find Danial's having a fever again. This time, we took him to Sunway Medical Centre thinking that it's nearer to Putrajaya and more convenient for us. Unfortunately, they were full and there was no bed so they administered medication for Danial and sent us off. We didn't bother to check with SJMC as SMC just sent a patient there when SJMC confirmed that they have 1 bed for the patient. We went to Ampang Puteri. They sponge-bathed Danial as he was burning up. He has to be put on drips and by 7am, we're in the ward. This time it's 633 along with two other toddlers.
Long story short, Danial's fever spiked in the next few days and Dr. Lim had to changed his antibiotics twice before the second one managed to keep the fever down. We stayed until Friday when Danial's temperature has stabilized. Nenek and PapaTok were great sports taking turns visiting Danial and bringing lunch and dinner for me. I learned that Danial wasn't the only one who readmitted to the hospital. The other toddler; Haris was discharged for a day only to come back the next day with diorhea. As for me, I wanted rest, I got it. In fact, it's a hospital rest with Danial.
Our stuff from Hong Kong was still lying around in the living hall, untouched just the way we left it when we got home. After 5 years of marriage and a son, I don't expect anybody to clear them away for me. At least Azrai did the laundry and tidy up the house a little bit. Both of us are fully aware that with a toddler that keeps picking up things on the floor, we have to keep a certain level of cleanliness around the house; especially after the food poisoning episode. It's tough not having a domestic help but I guess somehow or rather, we'll manage. We've always have.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Hong Kong Disneyland
We went to Hong Kong and Shenzhen courtesy of Alliance Unit Trust from 5th February to 9th February 2007. The highlight of the trip was a one day excursion to Hong Kong Disneyland. Danial's first Disneyland. Infact, Danial's first overseas trip. We had a good time there. There's limited rides which Danial can go on. Basically kiddie rides. Here's a picture of us with Buzz Lightyear. We only got Buzz because there wasn't a long queue yet after Buzz's toilet break and we made a dash for it. We didn't bother to take pictures with the other Disney characters as the queue were long.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Admitted to the hospital
No sooner did I recover from my tonsilitis, Danial started vomitting on Friday, January 26th. I didn't send Danial to daycare that day and he stayed with me at home instead.
He was OK in the morning, taking his food. He first started vomitting after his late lunch of Apple Sauce. I thought the sourness of the Apple Sauce didn't agree with Danial's stomach and didn't give it much thought.
Since he vomitted his lunch, I gave him a bottle of his baby formula in the early evening only to have him puked all over me after the bottle. When Azrai got home from work, we took Danial to Dr. Chan. Dr. Chan says there's a virus going around that causes vomitting and diorhea. So, we went home with the medication. At midnight, Danial took another bottle of formula only to vomit again. He couldn't keep his food down. Worried, we bundled him up and took him to Ampang Puteri at midnight.
He was admitted and given drips. The picture looks like Danial has a broken arm but it's the way to put drip into a baby. He's faithful companion, Ty-ty (now Danial insists on calling him Kakar) is always with him. I had to stay with him at the hospital of course and we stayed for 5 days as Danial developed diorhea and a fever following the vomit episodes.
It's no fun to be in the hospital with a sore throat (after tonsilities) and a toddler that keeps soiling his diaper every half an hour. Azrai is a wonderful father and he took over whenever he comes in to visit and stayed on until Danial sleeps at night. Danial became very clingy and didn't want to sleep in the cot and slept with me all the time. He was dehydrated and tired and he slept a lot. Good thing too because he's hooked up to the drip and can't move around too much. It proved to be a challenged when he was getting better and becoming his old self again. We had to ask the nurse to unhook the drip from Danial, let him play for a bit and hook it up again when he goes to sleep.
I am glad that we get to go home after the 5th day. We all have to get well before the trip to Hong Kong. That'll be another entry.
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