Counting Down To Baby C’s Surgery Date

No mother would possibly know what my feelings are right now unless they have a child who is about to go for a major surgery. I am worried, anxious, sometimes I feel pessimistic and at other times I feel optimistic. Once in a while I feel like crying too when I think of what my baby has to go through.  This is really a mental anguish to me. I really don’t know if this surgery will fix her problem once and for all or will she need another surgery to correct the problem. Will she suffer from any complications during the surgery? What if she doesn’t wake up from the surgery? Will she suffer from any mental and physical disabilities resulting from the surgery? These are just some of the misgivings that I have on the surgery. I can’t possibly handle all these by myself. I’ll leave everything in God’s hands.

I have started to prepare a check-list on the things that I need to bring to the hospital. My list is really long and I think I will need an extra large trolley luggage and another hand held luggage. Some of the things that I will need to bring to the hospital are my breast pump, some travel towels, a pack of diapers, milk bottles, my neck-support pillow and bolster (I need these, otherwise I am bound to have sleepless nights and a bad stiff neck and shoulders!), my supplements, Baby C’s bowl, cup, spoons and the list goes on. I can’t wait for the day to arrive yet I dread for the day to arrive. How ironic! I hope our stay at the hospital will be over real quickly without us realizing it and that everything will turn out smoothly without any complications and hitches. And I need lots of prayers for a smooth surgery and a minimal pain post-surgery for my baby.

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I Lost My Sweet Voice!

This morning, I managed to spit out loads of thick dark yellowish + greenish phlegm. It’s really terrifying to see such colored phlegm. I think I must have been bitten by a virulent bug. After spitting out the phlegm, I felt better and my throat doesn’t hurt that much anymore. Hubby has asked me to see the doctor to get some antibiotics but I hate popping on antibiotics. Most times after a course of antibiotics, my down south will most likely be attacked by yeast and I’ll need antibiotics to treat the yeast. Moreover I am still nursing Baby C and I don’t want my milk to be affected. I’ve been sucking on Difflam, drinking Apple Cidar Vinegar with Manuka honey and gargling salt water.

Though I am feeling slightly better today after my half-hour morning jog, I have however lost my voice! It’s been aeons since I last lost my voice. It’s difficult to manage 3 kids without my voice! I can’t talk and sing to Baby C and I can’t yell at Sherilyn too! Oh well, maybe it’s a good thing and hopefully Sherilyn will not do anymore mischief to anger me… coz on most days including today, the moment she wakes up, up until she goes to bed at night, she makes my blood boil with all her temper tantrums and unreasonable whims and fancies. I am really hoping that this is just a passing phase which will end soon.

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Sherilyn My Super Vain Pot

Sherilyn is only 4 years old and she’s super duper vain. I wonder who she inherited this trait from. I remember I wasn’t vain at all when I was a little girl. I had to wear whatever clothes that my mum bought me and I had no freedom to choose what I wanted to wear. Sherilyn chooses her own clothes everyday and she insists that her hair must be tied up and there must be a hair clip on her fringe too. And mind you, she doesn’t want me to put the hair clip for her for she wants to put the hair clip on her fringe by herself, which dangles loosely right in the middle of her forehead!! Goodness, I tell you she looks really hilarious as the hair clip would look messy and out of place. I should snap a picture of her with the hair clip on her fringe. Besides her hair clip fetish, she is also obsessed with her bangles. Daddy recently bought her some bangles that look like one of those bridesmaid gifts and she wears them everyday to everywhere!

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Feeling Better Today

I was still feeling sluggish last night and my throat hurt badly. It felt as if there was a huge piece of meat lodged in my throat and I couldn’t swallow food well. I also have lots of thick dark yellow phlegm. Eewwww! I think I must have sniffed too much of Baby C’s soiled diapers because the phlegm smelled a tad like Baby C’s infected pee! Sorry for being gross but that’s just how it smells like!

Anyway, I felt so terrible last night that I thought I would need to see the doctor today to get some antibiotics for my throat. However when I woke up at 6am this morning, I felt slightly better. I decided to go for a jog in the hope that after a good workout, the toxins would be expelled from my body and I would feel better. I made the right decision as after a half-hour jog, I felt good! After my jog round the neighborhood, I even sat on the patio furniture by the poolside of our condo and read the newspapers for about 5 minutes before going up. It was really refreshing sitting on the deckchair, admiring the view and the beautiful wicker furniture surrounding the swimming pool. What’s missing were some patio umbrellas for the tables and deckchairs. I should write a letter to the management of the condo and suggest to them to purchase some patio umbrellas from Today’s Swim And Patio for the pool. One of the things that I enjoy living in a condo is the facilities – a nice pool with lovely patio furniture and a cool gym too!

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HEALTH FREAK MOMMY