BB @ KKH A&E

Last Saturday, we brought Yuan2 to my parents' place for Mid Autumn Festival celebration. Yuan2 was all dressed up and having fun playing with her cousins. Then she took a nap in my room -- think the aircon was too cold... The next day, she started to have running nose and we were home-bound. She was drinking, sleeping & playing as usual -- except we could hear the "blockage" noise throough her breathing. After her last feed, we put her in her cot and she dozed off soon after. We then got ready her stuff for IFC and prepare to go to bed.

Yuan2's 2st lantern -- a cute star-shaped doraemon

At ard midnite, Yuan2 woked up when she got choked by mucus stucked at her throat -- she was wailing with a hoarse voice and seemed to have difficulty breathing! We had never seen her like that before -- she could not be pacified even when we carried and hugged her :( We immediately rushed her to KKH A&E -- she was tired from crying and dozed off on my shoulder on the way there. When we reached there, we took a queue number and it was our turn right away. The nurse used thermometer that clasp under Yuan2's armpit to check her temperature -- UNBELIEVABLE! When I asked whether she has a ear thermometer, she said hers is too big to fit in Yuan2's ear -- FAINT, this is a children's hospital and they dun have a kid's ear thermometer??!! Finally, the thermometer beeped and Yuan2's temperature was taken -- phew, no fever. We got a queue number and were asked to make payment of $80 for A&E first -- so practical!

There were lotsa of kids at the waiting area -- maybe Yuan2 is an infant and has high priority, it was our turn right away. The male doctor asked what happened and proceed to check on Yuan2. By then, Yuan2 was wide awake and in a playful mood -- sticking out her tongue, grabbing things ard her, attempting to flip *haha* After a detailed check, the doctor said that Yuan2 was fine as there was no whizzing sound (water in the lung/chest) but there was lotsa mucus in her throat. As Yuan2 was too young to how to spit out, he need to use suction machine to take out the mucus. We then went to the weighing machine to take Yuan2's weight -- yeah, our little darling is7kg! The 2 nurses explained what they would do -- 2 tubes would be inserted through Yuan2's nose to suck out the muscus. They warned me that our baby would cry but we gotta bear with it. On hearing that, my face turned green and I was on the verge of crying -- I myself had not gone through this and the thot of the process sent chills down my spine. They swaddled Yuan2 tightly (to prevent her hands from moving n pulling the tubes) and asked us to step behind the curtain -- think they saw my worried look and better that I dun see. TK held on to me when -- gosh, broke my heart into bits when we heard Yuan2 crying behind the curtain. The nurses kept talking to Yuan2 to reassure her and it was done in a flash -- they commented that lotsa mucus was sucked out! Finally, Yuan2 could breathe with no blockage! The doctor prescribed nose drop and medicine to reduce phelgm -- yeah, Yuan2 was discharged. So happy to bring Yuan2 home -- she dozed off in the car on the way home.

I took childcare leave to look after her at home on the 1st day. TK took leave on 2nd day -- I was worried as this was the first time he was home alone with baby for more than 2 hours! I packed lunch home to check on TK and Yuan2 -- very happy that Yuan2 was happily playing with daddy (though she was not sleeping as much as when I was home with her). Good job, daddy! Her running nose turned to cough but she was drinking, sleeping & playing as per normal. She was well enough to go to IFC on the 3rd day -- we asked the caregivers to give her medicine if necessary. It would take some time for her to fully recover...

P.S. This was a scary experience but we are learning with each new experience to better take care of Yuan2.