Slim Down...

Photo was taken just few hours before we admitted her. Though watching her favourite cartoon, her face was so ‘sour’.

Poor little Ching Ern, slimmed down a lot just few days of fluid diet and poor appetite. When we brought her to see PD on Tue (before we admitted her), she was already 0.6kg down. With several days of just drip and diluted milk, I think easily 1kg. Even without weighting her, we can tell from:

- When we carry her, we are touching bone instead of fat right below her armpit
- Her backbone is so visible
- Her skirts and pants no longer fit nicely on her waist. It drops slightly below the waistline.
- The velcro closure tab on her disposable diaper has to be placed nearer to each other
- The stripe on her spaghetti blouse doesn’t stay on her shoulder but off to the arm slightly

Thank goodness her appetite is back. I shall blog about it in another post.

Telephone

( Back-dated Post)

Few weeks back, Ching Ern found something that fascinate her a lot - House Telephone!

She will take the handset up, place next to her ear (to be exact, on her shoulder!) and "talk" (actually she is babbling). Once we say bye bye, she will put down the phone (never put back to the right position) and walked away!

She is mimic us like talking over the phone.

That's why we, the adults, have to be very careful on the words we speak and our act too. Kids learn fast!!

Scrap credit:
Papers & Button: Princess Pamela
Staple: Miss Mint
Journal: Sharon Kenealy
Flower: Kim B

On Her Way...

Firstly, thanks for all your love, wishes and prayers. Ching Ern is on her way of recovery. She has yet to gain back her appetite but slowly taking her milk back. We have been asked by PD to give her 'porridge water' and diluted milk.

To be on a safer side, I gave her lactose free milk and even dilute it. So, she is typically drinking water with some milk flavour. I was glad to see she can finished 1 small bowl of 'porridge water' during lunch. In fact, she asked for more but I dare not give more, worried that she may vomit again.

Since morning, she only farted once and that's a good sign on her stomach - lesser wind. She is still weak and walked wobbly, just like when she first started to walk. Just less than 10 steps, she would want us to carry her and she would lie down her head on our shoulder.

She has slimmed down a lot, she is so much lighter when I carry her. Also, when we lifted her up from her armpit, you can typically touch the bone instead of the fat. :-(

We wanted her to gain back the fat but I kept remind myself not to be so anxious. Ern needs time to recover and re-energize. So, we have to do things one at a time.

Just yesterday afternoon, Ern napped for 2 1/2 hours, the longest nap she had ever take since birth. So, you can tell how weak and tired she was.

While typing this post, Ern is taking her 3rd nap of the day. Poor girl, I hope more rest will gain her energy back.

The Gastroenteritis really hit Ching Ern badly. She had never been that weak before, even when she had dengue.

Get well soon, Princess.

Gastroenteritis

We are back from hospital this afternoon.

Ching Ern is down with Gastroenteritis, an inflammation of stomach and intestines which cause vomit and diarrhea. She has stopped vomiting after Sunday but started to see soft and watery stool. Also, she started to reject fluid, even milk. Although she has not gone into dehydration mode, we decided to admit her on Tuesday afternoon after she has showed sign with weakness. She was so weak that she didn't have energy to talk and sit up anymore. When I put her on sitting position, within 2-3 seconds, she will fell side way slowly and lie down. :-(

Immediately, Ching Ern was put on drip to prevent her from dehydration and gain some energy. She was farting throughout the whole stay at the hospital and even now, she is still farting a lot.

It was sad to see 90% of the Paediatric ward is Gastroenteritis cases. The ward was so full until they have to put beds along the corridor for the sick children to rest. Luckily our PD managed to 'fight' a room for us at the adults surgical ward. Else, poor Ching Ern and mummy had to spend overnight at the corridor or move to other hospital. One of the nurses told me the day before, it was so full that there were 10 beds at the corridors.

With vomit, diarrhea and no appetite, poor lil Ching Ern had lost some weight - 0.5kg just within 2 days. *sigh*

Ching Ern vomited again just now after she took her milk. Called up her PD and she asked us to minimize milk if possible as diary products will disturbed her stomach.

Ern was whining and whining the whole day and wanted us to carry. I believe she had upset stomach because she took out the Chinese oilment and signal to me to massage for her!! After each massage, she farted even more...

Believe It or Not!! 不得你不相信...

Heads-up: The below post touches on 'spiritual' topic. If you are uncomfortable, please do not read on.

The whole of Sunday, Ching Ern was on fluid diet and poor little fella, only consumed ~ 8oz of milk the whole day. In between we gave her water in small amount worried that she may vomit again. Everything spoon-fed as per PD advised. She didn't vomit after the last vomit at 4am.

She was cranky and crying the whole day, wanted us to carry her all the time. We knew she was hungry and tired, but she didn't seem to have the appetite to drink the milk at all. It was merely through "tricks" and "divert attention" to get her to drink the milk. She was so weak that she didn't even have the strength to walk or stand stable. She fell down whenever she tried to walk, even just 2 steps. So you can imagine how weak she was.

When we asked her "where do you want to go?" whenever she cried( Yes, she wasn't whine but cry, with big tears coming down), the answer we have been getting from her pretty consistent. She would only point at the:

1. Front door
2. Back door (from our kitchen)
3. The shoe rack where we placed her shoes/sandals
4. Window on the upper floor facing the main road

All the above 4 linked to "kai kai" (outing). The moment we brought her to anyone of these, she stopped crying and hence, we took turns to take her whenever she asked. Even when we put on her sandal and let her walk, she would find her strength to walk to the door and wait for us to bring her out.

Towards the evening, she started to cry more and getting louder. The frequency of pointing to the 'all 4' were getting more and more. It was like the moment we brought her out of these sight, she cried. The tactics of "tricks" and 'divert attention' didn't seem to work anymore! It was a very strange behavior of Ern because she has never been a 'long winded' crying baby. She can easily be calmed down whenever we hugged her and say 'sayang', like within 5 seconds type.

Ching Ern cried so badly towards the evening (8pm) until daddy and I find it extremely strange to see our girl behave so differently. We started to sense "something" is not right on Ern and we both knew she need 'spiritual help'. Without hesitant, I called my Goddad telling him we wanted to bring Ern to see the Burmish monk for help. While explaining briefly to him on Ern's condition, Ern cried out loud and this time, she struggled from her daddy, trying to get out from him.

My Goddad contacted the Burmish monk and we then told to meet at the temple at 8.30pm. The moment I told Ching Ern we are going to the temple and I need to change her, she cried loudly and non stop. Nothing can stop her from crying no matter how i coaxed. I had no choice but continued to change her in a forceful way. While doing that, more or less I can confirmed the 'evil spirit' is inside her.

When we get to the car, she quiet down and hug me tightly. As we get nearer to the temple, she started to cry again. It was getting louder and louder as we reached the temple. She stopped crying for a while when we entered into the temple but she was "staring' at her surrounding. We then proceed to the first floor to meet the Burmish monk. Ching Ern was ok while waiting outside the monk's room but the moment she saw him, she cried HYSTERICALLY.

She refused to face the monk and the Buddha statue by buried her face on my shoulder. When I moved her to the direction to let her see the monk, she moved again to the other side and "avoid" both the monk and Buddha statue. My heart sanked when I saw that because Ching Ern never did that before. All this while, she was so delighted to meet the monk and even did her 'cheng cheng' (putting both palm together) to the Buddha statue.

Ching Ern cried so loud and you can see her lost control. Big tears falling down, shouting her lung out until her mucus also came out from her nose. No one can calm her down at the moment. The monk moved us to a private room, close the door and we kneel down in front of the Buddha statue.

I think the 'evil spirit' knew what's coming next because Ching Ern really cried so badly until 'no sound' type. We can see she was struggling in pain, bending her body backward and forward in trying to seek help from us. While she did that, she kept on pointing towards the door direction, signaling to go out. Also, she was trying to get away from me in carrying her and yet, she didn't have the energy to stand on herself then.

My Goddad and hubby followed chanting together with the monk, while I was trying to calm Ching Ern down. I have never seen Ching Ern suffered so badly before, not even the suction she had gone through (to clear her mucus from her nose and throat) when she was a 6-months-old baby. At the moment, I knew the 'evil spirit' was 'reluctant' to get out from Ching Ern. It was "HIS" struggling and suffered in pain voices that came out from Ching Ern. I collapsed seeing Ching Ern suffered this way. I cried because I can tell she was suffering from the 'separation' process.

After 30 minutes of continuous chanting, Ching Ern calmed down finally. In between, she cried once and then stopped. Once the chanting session finished, Ching Ern walked up to the monk to receive the holy water. When we saw that, we knew everything was ok then. The monk assured us Ching Ern was ok because her eyes are "cleared"!!

We went to the hospital to see PD again to ensure Ching Ern wasn't in dehydration mode. PD confirmed her tummy is lesser 'windy' and she looked more active when he saw her at 4am. Ya, it was the same PD. PD gave us green light to let Ching Ern drank from the bottle but still need to on diluted milk.

My little Princess finished the 2 oz of milk less than 2 minutes time and after then, slept soundly.

Btw, there was a possession passed by our house and Ching Ern happened to witness it on the night before. That's how she 'gets' all these.....