hi everyone,
thanks for all the well wishes, sms n gifts. thanks cal for organising the gifts. madeleine was very interested in the balloons. she never saw any b4, n suddenly had so many in the hospital.
she kept trying to hug the balloons. really glad to hv all ur support, especially when madeleine is doing her crazy milk rejection stuff.
madeleine is still not drinking well. yesterday, she drank 385ml total. she threw up 60ml that we syringe to her at midnight, then we kenna scolded by the nurses for making her throw up. today when the doc visited her, he was shocked to hear that she hasn't drank any milk yet. only managed to syringe her 35ml of water. we managed to make her drink 90ml of milk b4 we were allowed to discharge, so that's her total tally now, 90ml of milk, 35ml water. she lost 400g since her op.
the op went well tho. she fasted fr 5am n she was hungry b4 the op at 11am, but the crying wasn't too terrible. when we were allowed to see her after the op, she was guai guai sitting on the hospital bed, propped up by pillows. all the ot nurses were crowding around her cos she's the only bb they hv seen who doesn't cry. she gagged on her blood b4 we were cleared to return to the ward n started coughing up clumps of blood. but still no tears, no crying.
she looked so brave that the speech therapist was telling us that she's one of the best bb she's seen. but that opinion quickly changed when she tried feeding madeleine later.
ever since that time, madeleine is called the big bully, cos she fights the bottle even in arm restraints. speech therapist cannot believe that madeleine can smile n laugh all day long but dun want to drink milk. all bb she has seen will be hungry for milk, but cannot smile until several days later.
speaking of restraints, my big bully found a way to detach the restraints after 1 day.
the restraints kk used fell off after 1 day on her, n when we used the home-made restraints on her, she figured out how to put her hands together n pull the restraints down past her hands, which makes the restraints fall off by themselves. this girl better make use of her problem-solving skills to earn big bucks in life, else she's just making me sleepless for no reason.
the left side of her face swelled v. badly yesterday n there were blue black patches around her nose n eyes. some swelling is expected after facial surgery, but hers was quite jialat. her left eye was half the size of her right eye. speech therapist said it was bcos she spent too much time sleeping on her left side. we just left her to sleep on the bed mah n she prefers to sleep on her left. had to stop the swelling, so yesterday night, hb n i carried her for the whole night to prevent her fr rolling to her left. so happy this morning to see that the swelling had mostly disappeared.
at least i know the engorgement n sleeplessness was not wasted.
it's been so long since i had to carry her thru the night that i forgot how sleeplessness felt like. think the last time i had to do this was when she first had her retainer n was badly traumatised. at least she wasn't struggling when i carry her nowadays.
n hor, i think she really looks like a boy. there was a balloon sculpturist in the ward when madeleine was warded. the nurses went to pick up a balloon for her, n guess what they picked? a sword.
to think she was in all pink that day. n this madeleine liked the sword wor. she grips the handle park n started to poke at her mobile toys.
oh yes, i met up with icylemon twice daily while in kk. bb rachel is v. angelic looking n she's a brave brave girl to endure the surgery. she's now in the step down unit n will be discharged on monday. icy said the docs wanted her to discharge tomorrow, but icy prefers to let rachel be monitored for another day.
we also tried to visit bb sabie on wed but we din know her full name, so the nurses refuses to let us know which bed she was in.
doremi,
glad to see u back.
serene,
wah, ur bb
qianhui,
i'm going over for swiss rolls once i finish pumping.