Today marks an important day in the history of Malaysia. It is our country’s 13th General Election, a day where many people cast their votes. I am not going to talk about politics here. I’ve had enough of stuffing myself sick with news on politics for the past one month. Today is the 4th anniversary of my baby girl’s life changing surgery. I will never forget 5 May 2009, the longest and most anxious day of my life.
Those who have been reading my blogs since 2007 will know the history of my baby girl and why she had to go through a Uretheral Reimplantation surgery at GMC, Penang, carried out by Dr N, a pediatric nephrologist.
This is Cass, after her 2nd surgery, which took place 2 weeks after the first surgery, resulting from a complication of the surgery which caused a kink in her guts. When there is a knot in your guts, every drop of water that you drink will be thrown out from your mouth and nose.
Can you see that she’s truly a tough cookie? Though her 2 hands and feet were bound on top of being swaddled with a cloth to prevent her from moving her hands, and she was prodded and poked on all her limbs, she could still act gungho by doing a half split stunt and pointed to the food on the table when asked to! Though she could not talk nor move freely, she was very alert and could react to me whenever I said “Cassandra, show us your funny face”— to which she will purse her lips to an ‘O’ — super cute!! She could not muster a smile for over 3 weeks but when she finally did, that was one of the sweetest moment in my life! And her first fart after the 2nd surgery was the sweetest sound to me. A fart meant that her guts were functioning well again – no blockage anymore!
This picture shows Cass a few days after the first surgery… with the help of the caring nurses, we washed her hair, which was really dirty — stained with blood, sweat and vomit. She was still running a high fever and kept vomiting green stuff – a sign that something ain’t right.
The 3 weeks I spent with my baby girl was the most heart wrenching days in my life. I thank God that she is now free from Kidney Reflux and UTI. Now, only time will heal and strengthen her bladder.
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