Next 1 week after Discharge from Gleneagles Hospital

18 Jul 05

Finally today can discharge from hospital. I am so excited to bring Giselle home. Having done all the documents, I left the hospital at 4pm with the drainage tubes on me. My CL will not be here until Tue. So my hb took turns to take care of bb during the nite.

19 Jul 05

My CL finally arrived on today afternoon. She cooked simple dishes for dinner which is quite yummy. She also bath Giselle today.

20 Jul 05

We have to bring Giselle to Polyclinic to check for Jaundice today. Set off at about 2pm and we have to go rooms after rooms for testing. Many nurses and people commented Giselle that she is very adorable and pretty.

When we have to bring Giselle to the lab room to draw blood, I try to look away. Her cries really made me cried too. My heart is so pain.

My hb has to rush to work during the middle of check up. The result came out to be 278 and doc said I have to bring her to KKH A&E to be admitted for photolight therapy. I was in a messed and really confused. My hb was not with me and I called him quickly. I took a cab with my CL and bb to KKH A&E. It was quite a long wait and when bb was brought to the nursery for the photolight … I cried… seeing that she has to be strip naked for it and blind-folded. My heart really really dropped and I really cannot control my tears. I cried and cried. My hb told me I have to be strong for my bb and she needs my support. But I just can’t bear to see her suffer.

We went home after that for dinner and wash up and went back to see her again at KKH.

21 Jul 05

Giselle level drop abit to 263 but still cannot be discharged.

22 Jul 05

Finally Giselle jaundice level drop to 203 and finally she is able to go home. I am so happy to dress her up and be ready to head for home.

I can also see that my hb missed Giselle very much that he shouted “baby” in his sleep.

Today is also the day to remove my stitches at Prof Chen clinic.

23 Jul 05

After the jaundice incident, I just cannot wait to hug Giselle every moment I can. I just cannot afford to lose her again.

24 Jul 05

She is doing fine at home and I have been mixing FM and BM for her.

25 Jul 05

Today to bring Giselle to Polyclinic to check for Jaundice level again. Her level stands at 202…. I am thrilled to know that there is no rebound of her level.

How she came to this world in on 15 Jul 2005

10am - Push to ops rm on last fri. Epidural was given and I felt millions of ants biting my lower body when the drug was taking effect within 5mins (my hb was changing into ops gown then). When I was pushed into room, I really want to back out and tell them I dun want to give birth anymore. I was lucky to meet my usual Anesthetist cos he know that I am always a merlion.

10.20am - My hubby came in and surgery started. No feeling at all but can feel people touching me. I was given a curtain to prevent me from seeing what happen. But my hb was the curious cat and keep staring when my gynae was cutting me up. He said it is really "colourful".

About 11am - BB was taken out. My Anthetist was the one keep updating me what was happening ( only the decent part). He told me I will hear my bb cries now and next it was my bb really crying...and I cannot control my tears and I cried too. I was just too touching. And it was at that moment that I felt that all the pain, fear and suffering that I have gone thru was really really worth in.

The staff cleaned my bb abit and the anethetist pass my bb to me and hubby. The moment my bb saw us both, she stopped crying liao and we just kept talking to her while her eyes keep looking at me and hb.

Then my hb followed my bb to the nursery while I remained in the theatre for my gynae to stitch me up. Then when I can felt some pain then, the gynae quickly ordered a mild sedation for me. I t was this jab that make me throw up immediately. And as you all can guess, I continue to throw up the rest of the day. I must really thank my Anethetist cos he is the one kept encouraging me and checking on me if I am alright throughout the ops. When my hb was gone, he even offer his hand to let me hold on for emotional support. And he came to my ward to check on my again the next day when no anethetist should do that.

After the ops, I was under observation for the next 6-7 hours for nausea and for losing alot of blood. I din see my bb again until about 6+pm when I tried to do some breastfeeding (even though no milk). When I opened my eyes, I can see that my hb has oredi bonded with bb. He can carry her like an experienced daddy and I was so glad that he loves her so much.

Food in the hospital was great and I kept eating like a pig. Luckily I recovered on Sat to enjoy the food. No infection throughout cos my gynae put me on drainage to drain out those dirty blood from my wound. However, without pain killer, my wound hurts like crazy. I stayed in bed till sat nite. The first step down from bed was a nitemare cos I was near to fainting due to poor blood circulation.