A Hectic Week
It's been a hectic week. Zerlynde caught a cold since last Tues. I brought her to see her regular GP near our home on Fri when she didn't improve after 4 days. That evening, when I got home from work, my mum said she had been vomiting the whole afternoon. I got panicky and after a few phone calls to GMC, mum and I packed our bags and headed straight to see Dr Jessica to have a check up and a blood test. We also decided to put her on drips to improve her hydration. We could hear poor Zerlynde howling at the top of her lungs from outside of the procedure room.
We spent the night in a 2 bedded room. I shared a bed with Zerlynde. Poor mum had to sleep on the folding chair. The next morning, Dr Rama and Dr Jessica came for their rounds. We were relief to be told the results showed Zerlynde was just suffering from a common cold. So, I had "overreacted" again, but it's better to be safe than sorry, right?
On the same day, my brother's wife, Liew Yang was admitted to GMC to have a baby. We requested for Zerlynde's discharge and moved our stuffs to Liew Yang's room No. 527 to wait for the arrival of Shaun. Dad and Kitty bringing Jonathan and Mina arrived shortly after 3pm. We then went to the second floor to wait outside the operation theatre. Finally, a nurse wheeled out a baby wrapped in a pink bundle. We all immediately rushed to gather around the incubator to catch a glimpse of the baby. That moment was infused with a great sense of awe, amazement and love. We stayed at the hospital until at about 6pm. Since both Zerlynde and Jonathan were not well, we decided not to stay too long.
On Sunday, Kitty, Kenzu and I originally planned to do a bit of shopping and get a basket of flowers for Liew Yang from Island Plaza before visiting her and the baby again. We were detoured by the signposts leading us to E&O Tanjung Sri Pinang's Courtyard Terrace show units. Spent about one and a half hour there. We were very impressed with the 2 show units and toyed with the idea of buying 2 adjoining units there. We even went to the extent of exploring the possibility of converting the courtyard into a room. That's how much we liked the place. Anyway, we did some shopping and got our flowers after that, then went to GMC to catch the 7-8pm Baby Show Time. Left at about 9pm.
Monday. Again, Kitty, Kenzu and I went to GMC, this time to assist James and Liew Yang with the discharge. Jonathan's got fever and running nose and Zerlynde was still coughing, so mum and dad stayed home to look after them. We waited for the nurse to change the baby etc, then I carried tiny Shaun in my arms all the way to the car as James filmed the "homecoming". Kitty then took over the handling of Shaun while Kenzu and I left separately to check out some jewelleries at Nam Loong. The traffic that day was really bad and it took us really long to drive from one place to another. So, we decided to go straight home after coming out of Nam Loong empty-handed, stopping at Ghee Hiang on the way to get some 'Tau Sar Pneah". That evening, we had dinner with some of dad's friends at a chinese restaurant, then Kenzu rushed off to join his family for dinner at Tambun.
Tuesday - Deepavali. Kenzu and I went to Ramesh's house for lunch. The ayam masak merah was delicious. Zerlynde was initially abit wary of the strangers there but later warmed up to 4-year old Dylan who played "peek-a-boo" with her. We were there from 1.30pm and left about 2 hours later, after Zerlynde threw up all the biscuits she consumed. Jonathan, on the other hand, didn't seem to have improved. His fever was still high, more than 39.5 degrees celcius and his cough was really bad. Also, his eyes were red and teary. After dinner, I set up a yahoo mail for newbie dad and taught him how to visit our blogs.
Wednesday - The whole family with the exception of Kenzu, Zerlynde and I went to GMC again. Jonathan's condition was bad, so we decided to bring him to the hospital to check his blood. Shaun had jaundice, so he too had to go for a blood test. They came back at about 2pm. Seems Jonathan's got a "measles-like" infectious disease. The Chinese call it "fake measles" literally. I think he must have got a mild form of measles or perhaps Roseola. We were so worried about Zerlynde and the baby catching the disease from him, so the three babies were segregated. Jonathan's free to roam about downstairs, Shaun's confined to the guest room, Zerlynde to our bedroom. Kenzu and I were stuck in the room the whole day with her. Luckily there're enough toys to keep her occupied, so she didn't make any fuss.
Despite all the buzz, I managed to steal an hour off earlier this evening to go for my belly-dancing class :) When I got home, my siblings commented that results are showing :) :)
We spent the night in a 2 bedded room. I shared a bed with Zerlynde. Poor mum had to sleep on the folding chair. The next morning, Dr Rama and Dr Jessica came for their rounds. We were relief to be told the results showed Zerlynde was just suffering from a common cold. So, I had "overreacted" again, but it's better to be safe than sorry, right?
On the same day, my brother's wife, Liew Yang was admitted to GMC to have a baby. We requested for Zerlynde's discharge and moved our stuffs to Liew Yang's room No. 527 to wait for the arrival of Shaun. Dad and Kitty bringing Jonathan and Mina arrived shortly after 3pm. We then went to the second floor to wait outside the operation theatre. Finally, a nurse wheeled out a baby wrapped in a pink bundle. We all immediately rushed to gather around the incubator to catch a glimpse of the baby. That moment was infused with a great sense of awe, amazement and love. We stayed at the hospital until at about 6pm. Since both Zerlynde and Jonathan were not well, we decided not to stay too long.
On Sunday, Kitty, Kenzu and I originally planned to do a bit of shopping and get a basket of flowers for Liew Yang from Island Plaza before visiting her and the baby again. We were detoured by the signposts leading us to E&O Tanjung Sri Pinang's Courtyard Terrace show units. Spent about one and a half hour there. We were very impressed with the 2 show units and toyed with the idea of buying 2 adjoining units there. We even went to the extent of exploring the possibility of converting the courtyard into a room. That's how much we liked the place. Anyway, we did some shopping and got our flowers after that, then went to GMC to catch the 7-8pm Baby Show Time. Left at about 9pm.
Monday. Again, Kitty, Kenzu and I went to GMC, this time to assist James and Liew Yang with the discharge. Jonathan's got fever and running nose and Zerlynde was still coughing, so mum and dad stayed home to look after them. We waited for the nurse to change the baby etc, then I carried tiny Shaun in my arms all the way to the car as James filmed the "homecoming". Kitty then took over the handling of Shaun while Kenzu and I left separately to check out some jewelleries at Nam Loong. The traffic that day was really bad and it took us really long to drive from one place to another. So, we decided to go straight home after coming out of Nam Loong empty-handed, stopping at Ghee Hiang on the way to get some 'Tau Sar Pneah". That evening, we had dinner with some of dad's friends at a chinese restaurant, then Kenzu rushed off to join his family for dinner at Tambun.
Tuesday - Deepavali. Kenzu and I went to Ramesh's house for lunch. The ayam masak merah was delicious. Zerlynde was initially abit wary of the strangers there but later warmed up to 4-year old Dylan who played "peek-a-boo" with her. We were there from 1.30pm and left about 2 hours later, after Zerlynde threw up all the biscuits she consumed. Jonathan, on the other hand, didn't seem to have improved. His fever was still high, more than 39.5 degrees celcius and his cough was really bad. Also, his eyes were red and teary. After dinner, I set up a yahoo mail for newbie dad and taught him how to visit our blogs.
Wednesday - The whole family with the exception of Kenzu, Zerlynde and I went to GMC again. Jonathan's condition was bad, so we decided to bring him to the hospital to check his blood. Shaun had jaundice, so he too had to go for a blood test. They came back at about 2pm. Seems Jonathan's got a "measles-like" infectious disease. The Chinese call it "fake measles" literally. I think he must have got a mild form of measles or perhaps Roseola. We were so worried about Zerlynde and the baby catching the disease from him, so the three babies were segregated. Jonathan's free to roam about downstairs, Shaun's confined to the guest room, Zerlynde to our bedroom. Kenzu and I were stuck in the room the whole day with her. Luckily there're enough toys to keep her occupied, so she didn't make any fuss.
Despite all the buzz, I managed to steal an hour off earlier this evening to go for my belly-dancing class :) When I got home, my siblings commented that results are showing :) :)
posted by Lin at 10:19 PM
1 Comments:
Running through past issues of your blog we found your notation of calling on us for our traditional biscuits and pastries and sesame oil. Thank you for keeping us where we are today. Its been 150 years of history since 1856...and we thank you in appreciation. The pioneers and originals...GHEE HIANG!
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