Been soooooooooooo busy running to & fro KKH eversince I discharged on the 14th Mar... Let me update what I've been doing this 1 week + after Kayden's arrival!!!



14th March 2007

After giving birth to Kayden via c-sect, the doctor finally discharged me but not for lil' Kayden... He was diagnosed with jaundice on the 2nd day after birth & was under photo-therapy since then... His jaundice was very high standing @ 283 in the morning but went down to 233 in the evening... But still not under the normal range... So I have to discharged without my Kayden... You know how SAD I was when I kissed him goodbye @ the nursery??? I was crying even when I'm back home... =(

p/s: oh ya, the doctor on duty during my stay in KKH look soooooo alike like the taiwanese group, Fei Lun Hai's that Wuzhun!!! He's driving a BMW convertible... But but but, tooo bad, he's married... lol...



15th March 2007

Finally I can understand why some mummies complained about the pain when engorgement came... It was sooooo painful like hell that I feel like crying... When I had engorgement, my breasts were stiff like 'stones' & when gently touched the engorged area, it's very pain... I tried pumping out the breast milk & store it in the fridge for Kayden to consume... The pumping part is the worse... I pumped till both my breasts were so sore & heavy & I can't imagine I pumped for hours & the engorgement still won't go away... And I was crying badly & I wanted to stop breast feeding Kayden... =( After seeking advice from my friend, she advised me to go see a doctor rather than continue pumping... So I called up to the nursery where Kayden was having the photo-therapy @ KKH whether I can drop by & see him & also seek help from them & the answer was YES!! So got hubby drove me down to KKH & the nurses there guide me along about expressing breast milk (BM) out when engorged... Managed to pumped out almost 50-60 ml of BM & fed Kayden!!!

Yuppie!! That's my 1st time carrying Kayden & feeding him milk... @_@ But seeing him under the photo-therapy, I was soooooo heart pain... =(



16th March 2007

Called KKH in the morning to check whether Kayden's jaundice level went down & can he be discharged... They told me his jaundice level went down below 220 (the normal range) & he's allowed to discharge... I was soooooooooooooo happy & told hubby about that... Went down to KKH @ 2+pm & waited for alomost coming to 1 hour then they discharged Kayden... But he had to be on medication for his lacking of calcium that made his hands & legs to jitter... Was given an appointment to polyclinic tomorrow to monitor his jaundice level... Noticed Kayden's right eye got alot of thick yellowish discharge, will ask the doctor tomorrow...



17th March 2007

Brought Kayden to Bedok polyclinic for his jaundice lebel checked... The waiting hours was fairly fast for infants... Got hubby to carry Kayden for the blood test for jaundice cuz I'll freaked out & heart pain to see needles poking into his little feet... Waited for 10 mins for the result & went back to the doctor... Kayden's jaundice level went slightly higher standing @ 229... Told doctor about the yellowish discharge on Kayden's right eye & he said it's like an minor infection & wrote a referral letter to KKH for appointment tomorrow with regards to his eye & jaundice level...

p/s: Kayden made a mess with his urine in the doctor's consultation room when the doctor remove his pampers to check on his poo poo... LOL!!! Naughty Kayden... @_@



18th March 2007

Brought Kayden to KKH for his appointment @ the Children's 24 hrs A & E... The
waiting time was fairly ok & I happened to see one of the mummies from the same ward as me... When it's Kayden's turn to see doctor, we were told to bring him for the blood test for jaundice & have to wait for an hour for the result to be out... When the nurses took Kayden for the test, I heard him crying his lungs out for very long... My heart was sooooooooooo pain that I even covered my ears with my hands... After the result's out, was glad that his jaundice level went down... =) The doctor examined Kayden's right eye & sent for an Eye specialist to look into Kayden's case... After the Eye specialist examined Kayden, he said that need to admit Kayden to be place under observation... Upon hearing that, I was ok @ 1st... But when registering for Kayden, I cried... To me, I just brought him home for barely 2 days & now he had to admit again, my heart sudden dropped & hurt very badly...

While waiting for the ward to be ready, I cried & cried & cried... Even on the way up to the ward, I just couldn't stop crying... Hubby also heart pain when he saw me crying like that... Even the ward nurse also ask my hubby to console me... After all the admission was done, hubby called my in-laws & told them about the situation... They came shortly to kind of take over while hubby & I went home to freshen up... I just couldn't stop crying till I reached home... As I'm still doing my confinement, hubby went to take care of Kayden in the hospital @ night... I'd cried till my both eyes very swollen & tired, I told hubby to kiss goodnight Kayden on my behalf & take good care of him, then headed to bed... (x_x)



19th March 2007

In-laws sent me down to KKH to visit Kayden as they knew even I stayed home, I also will cry... So spent most of my time carrying Kayden as I missed him soooooooooo much... The doctor said Kayden's condition was improving & was asked to stay another day for observation before they discharged him... The nurse there also asked how come I can come out during my confinement where I'm supposed to be resting @ home... How can I fang xin when Kayden's in hospital?? So have to wait for another day before Kayden can come home... =(



20th March 2007

Yuppie!!!! Kayden coming home today!!! Was @ KKH in the morning & had breakfast with hubby... Kayden just returned from the Eye clinic & his infection is getting better... While waiting for all his discharge paper procedures to be done, hubby & I went for lunch... Kayden was being prescribed 2 different kinds of eye drops... The doctor told me that the infection could be caused during birth & they're still waiting for the test results to be out... Was given an appointment to come back on 22 Mar to see the Eye specialist, the PD regarding about his jitterness...

p/s: 1st time cutting Kayden's tiny lil' fingernails... =)



22nd March 2007

Brought Kayden for his appointment @ KKH... Went to register with the Eye clinic then to the PD to have his weight & height taken... I was surprised that he gained 0.45kg & grown 3.6cm in height in just 1 week & 4 days... His current weight is 3.66kg & standing @ 51.6cm in height... While @ the eye clinic, the doctor took a tiny lil' 'hook' like instrument to open up Kayden's eyes to examine his condition... The moment the doctor used that (it was scary one lor), Kayden was crying & puked a lil' of his milk out... The doctor told me his infection was caused by my white discharge... He was saying that my white discharge contains a kind of bacteria that will cause blindness to newborn thru the birth canal if not getting any treatment fast... I was like: "OMFG!!! What have I done to my lil' one??? I'm such a bad mummy!!! =(

The doctor gave me a referral letter to get myself checked on my white discharge & Kayden was given an eye ointment & antibiotic... My poor baby, sooooooo small have to go thru all this... Mummy is very very sorry to have caused you the infection... You must recover fast ya...

p/s: Baby Kayden, Mummy is very very sorry... Mummy LOVE you LOTS!!!!