I have been trying to prepare Baby mentally for the MAG3 scan that she has to go through in April. She had gone through this scan just before her surgeries in April 2009. This procedure looked pretty scary and painful, especially when the doctor inserted the catheter into Baby’s down under and on her hand. Thereafter, she had to lie still on a cold and hard metal bed in the Xray room with a ginormous machine hanging over her. Radioactive dye will be injected on both catheters. This procedure is very, very costly and only available at the Cancer Centre in Sime Darby Medical Centre and a few government hospitals in Malaysia. The activities in her urinary tract system will be shown on a screen. She was sedated last time. She was exactly a year old then. I’m not sure if this time the doctor wants to sedate her. BTW, it feels sick and creepy to be at the Cancer Centre. I saw many cancer patients – young and old and I really feel for them – their emotions, their fears and their pain. I also saw some patients buying special bras at a lingerie shop at the Cancer Centre for their prosthesis breast.
This morning I told Baby this :
Me – Baby, in 3 months’ time, you need to go to the hospital. Dr In. will put a tube down there and on your hand. There’s no need to cry coz there is very, very little pain only. Baby is brave girl right?
Baby – oh ok (and then giggled)
Me – you have to lie still on the bed and cannot move. Then you can see the inside of your stomach, your kidneys and your bladder on the TV. Mummy will be with you in the room. Daddy and kakak will also be there.
Baby – Cheh cheh also go? I like to go hospital…
Me – no cheh cheh cannot go. They have to go to school. After that, mummy will buy you a big big ice cream ok?
Baby – ok… and I will share with mummy, daddy and cheh cheh. (and then seemed very excited about the whole procedure LOL!)
My little samseng girl is one tough cookie, the bravest baby I have ever met!
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Hope all goes well. Indeed she is very very special. When she grows big, she will understand all these and love you even more, because you are one very very brave mommy too.
I totally agree she is the bravest baby girl ever!! Gambatey and praying for everything to go smoothly!
Somehow I find children able to hold the pain better compared to adult hor. Brave girl, wish her have a smooth check up and good result too.
aww…she’s such a darling. such a caring girl who is willing to share her big ice-cream with her loved ones. could you ask the doctor to sedate her? inserting the catheter would be painful huh?
Wow, she is indeed a really tough young lady! If my girl heard about the word ‘hospital’, the whole night she would have nightmares!>_<
Kudos! Do keep us update on her condition!
She is very brave indeed and so are you.
I admire you!! You are such a brave Mommy!! Nevertheless, your baby is very very brave!! I will pray for her.. God bless..
Hopefully everything goes smoothly. You are brave too. You dare to go inside and be with her. I won’t even dare to see my kids being injected with those normal injections….
hope everything goes well. i see this picture reminds me of faythe, she also has alot of stunts at home when she watch tv O.o
Hope everything runs through successfully. One brave kid you got there.
Hope everything will goes well at that DAY.
She’s such a sweet baby!
Will pray that all goes well with her too.
I think if I am her, I will bawl and bawl and bawl. She really is a brave heart.