At East Coast Park
At the newly opened Punggol 'nature reserve'(?) (got to find out the actual name)
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sherryn can walk
Record of another milestone - Sherryn can walk without support from 13 months!
At East Coast Park
At the newly opened Punggol 'nature reserve'(?) (got to find out the actual name)
At East Coast Park
At the newly opened Punggol 'nature reserve'(?) (got to find out the actual name)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Happy Chinese New Year! - Day 4
On Sunday, we went to the Sentosa Flower festival. It was a nice trip. We parked our car at Vivo City and took the train to Imbiah Station. Pretty flowers there. Thereafter, we walked down to RWS, had dinner at Hard Rock Cafe, and went on the newly opened boardwalk across to Vivocity. Along the way, we managed to catch the Crane Dance performance (impressive!) and fireworks (nice!!).
Monday, February 7, 2011
Happy Chinese New Year! - Day 3
Visiting continued. Today we went to my auntie's house, and thereafter went down to River Ang Bao at Marina floating platform. We went down in the late afternoon, lighting not as nice as the night scene.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Happy Chinese New Year! - Eve and Day 1
I am so glad that I am able to celebrate Chinese New Year this year! Last year this time, I had just given birth to Sherryn and was still in confinement. Was feeling really miserable then.. But how quickly a year has passed. And just a month ago the 2 kids were down with Influenza A, and Kaelyn had pneumonia as well and was hospitalised.
I was so afraid it would morph into something even more serious (not saying that pneumonia wasnt serious enough..), but good thing they both recovered from that. And they got to enjoy CNY this year, especially Kaelyn, who has begun to appreciate the loud CNY songs, receiving ang pows, eating the goodies etc..
The visiting is tiring, and the kids were sleeping later these few days. But well it is the festive season, so I dont want to be too strict with the routine at this time!
Early reunion dinner at my parents place the weekend before CNY
CNY eve - before heading out to in-laws place
CNY day 1
I was so afraid it would morph into something even more serious (not saying that pneumonia wasnt serious enough..), but good thing they both recovered from that. And they got to enjoy CNY this year, especially Kaelyn, who has begun to appreciate the loud CNY songs, receiving ang pows, eating the goodies etc..
The visiting is tiring, and the kids were sleeping later these few days. But well it is the festive season, so I dont want to be too strict with the routine at this time!
Early reunion dinner at my parents place the weekend before CNY
CNY eve - before heading out to in-laws place
CNY day 1
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sherryn turns ONE!
Although this entry was created in January, it is now written in July! A very backdated post, but on a very important event - Sherryn's first birthday.
Sherryn's first birthday celebration was not too grand an affair - family and a few close friends. Here are some of the photos - pictures say a thousand words.. She is wearing the Minnie mouse dress that Gong Gong and Po Po bought for her. Kaelyn also has a similar matching dress.
Playing with little friends
Presents!
My birthday cake
Cutting the cake with Papa, Mama and Jie Jie
My first taste of cake - Yummy!
With Ye ye and Nai nai
Sherryn's first birthday celebration was not too grand an affair - family and a few close friends. Here are some of the photos - pictures say a thousand words.. She is wearing the Minnie mouse dress that Gong Gong and Po Po bought for her. Kaelyn also has a similar matching dress.
Playing with little friends
Presents!
My birthday cake
Cutting the cake with Papa, Mama and Jie Jie
My first taste of cake - Yummy!
With Ye ye and Nai nai
Kids' first major illness
Yet another belated post. Some of the dates and sequence of events may not be that accurate but I believe should be quite close.
After we came back from HK back in November, Kaelyn began developing a mild cold and cough. It went away after a few days. But after a week or so, so had high fever that hovered around 39+ degrees for several days. She started with cough and sore throat on 26 Dec and we brought her to the GP. On 28 Dec, she was down with fever, and we brought her to the PD who put her on a course of antibiotics. Sent her to the KK Hospital A&E on either 30 or 31 Dec (cant recall exact date) and was sent home after some blood tests. For that few days, the poor gal had very poor appetite. She could only take a few bites of bread or porridge for the whole day and cant even finish half of her usual milk intake. She's also very lethargic. We were really very very afraid she is down with something serious.
When her fever was still very high on the night of 3 Jan 2011 (7th day of persistent high fever), we sent her to KKH again. This time, they advised us to admit her to hospital, as she was in danger of dehydration due to low fluid and food intake. For the 2 nights that she was warded, the nurses would come in every few hours to take her temperature and feed her paracetemol and brufen. There was one evening when she was coughing rather badly and we asked for the doctor. The doctor did not appear even on the next morning. We lodged a complaint that morning itself. How could they not send a doctor for 12 hours when we requested for one, and we are in the hospital! This is simply unacceptable.
We were told she had Influenza A Respiratory Tract Infection. X ray showed patchy streaks in her lungs which warranted a follow up in 3 months. She was discharged on the 3rd day.
Meanwhile, while Kaelyn was in hospital, Sherryn also developed fever around 38+ degrees. When I heard that, I could feel my head spinning - not 2 at the same time! The worse was not over - the day Kaelyn was discharged from hospital, her fever came back again. We called KKH and they actually asked us to visit the GP if the fever came back (shouldnt we go back to KKH for follow up?). Anyway, we didnt have much confidence in KKH after our stay there. We went back to the PD and PD after looking at the reports, said Kaelyn had pneumonia! I cant believe KKH did not tell us about it! PD put her on a course of antibiotics and Singular to strengthen her lungs. She recovered 3 days after - finally!!
During those few days, David and the helper were also both down with flu. Helper's was quite serious as her fever went up to 39 degrees. At one point, I was the only one standing, with 4 people down with flu at the same time, with 2 serious cases. That was one of the most tiring and trying times in my life.
But I am really glad that all this is over. A few lessons learnt:
1) Put on really warm clothings for kids if visiting cold countries. Not sure if this was the reason Kaelyn caught the Influenza but I believed it was partly the cause.
2) Get yourself and kids on flu vaccine. Was told Kaelyn's case may not be that serious if she had taken the flu shot.
3) I'll visit Thomson Medical centre next time instead of KKH (hopefully we'll never have to).
After we came back from HK back in November, Kaelyn began developing a mild cold and cough. It went away after a few days. But after a week or so, so had high fever that hovered around 39+ degrees for several days. She started with cough and sore throat on 26 Dec and we brought her to the GP. On 28 Dec, she was down with fever, and we brought her to the PD who put her on a course of antibiotics. Sent her to the KK Hospital A&E on either 30 or 31 Dec (cant recall exact date) and was sent home after some blood tests. For that few days, the poor gal had very poor appetite. She could only take a few bites of bread or porridge for the whole day and cant even finish half of her usual milk intake. She's also very lethargic. We were really very very afraid she is down with something serious.
When her fever was still very high on the night of 3 Jan 2011 (7th day of persistent high fever), we sent her to KKH again. This time, they advised us to admit her to hospital, as she was in danger of dehydration due to low fluid and food intake. For the 2 nights that she was warded, the nurses would come in every few hours to take her temperature and feed her paracetemol and brufen. There was one evening when she was coughing rather badly and we asked for the doctor. The doctor did not appear even on the next morning. We lodged a complaint that morning itself. How could they not send a doctor for 12 hours when we requested for one, and we are in the hospital! This is simply unacceptable.
We were told she had Influenza A Respiratory Tract Infection. X ray showed patchy streaks in her lungs which warranted a follow up in 3 months. She was discharged on the 3rd day.
Meanwhile, while Kaelyn was in hospital, Sherryn also developed fever around 38+ degrees. When I heard that, I could feel my head spinning - not 2 at the same time! The worse was not over - the day Kaelyn was discharged from hospital, her fever came back again. We called KKH and they actually asked us to visit the GP if the fever came back (shouldnt we go back to KKH for follow up?). Anyway, we didnt have much confidence in KKH after our stay there. We went back to the PD and PD after looking at the reports, said Kaelyn had pneumonia! I cant believe KKH did not tell us about it! PD put her on a course of antibiotics and Singular to strengthen her lungs. She recovered 3 days after - finally!!
During those few days, David and the helper were also both down with flu. Helper's was quite serious as her fever went up to 39 degrees. At one point, I was the only one standing, with 4 people down with flu at the same time, with 2 serious cases. That was one of the most tiring and trying times in my life.
But I am really glad that all this is over. A few lessons learnt:
1) Put on really warm clothings for kids if visiting cold countries. Not sure if this was the reason Kaelyn caught the Influenza but I believed it was partly the cause.
2) Get yourself and kids on flu vaccine. Was told Kaelyn's case may not be that serious if she had taken the flu shot.
3) I'll visit Thomson Medical centre next time instead of KKH (hopefully we'll never have to).
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