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very delayed response to ziah’s tag… blogspot has been listed as forbidden site in this tower - go figure

1. Were you smiling when you woke up this morning?
no.. coz was coughing when I woke up… how can one smile while trying to dislodge phlegm?

2. When was the last time you met someone new?
yesterday. of course, open house la kan

3. When did you last eat pizza?
yesterday - while doing groceries, gatal gi pick up kraft’s frozen pizza. shared with kakak. not too good tho - rather by the pizza base and do me own toppings - now to look for the pizza base

4. Do you drink beer?
yes…. rootbeer and also ginger beer (i know, it’s lame - but can’t help it)

5. Do you wash your own clothes?
what do you take me for? a tai-tai? i wash mine, my family’s and wayyyy back when i was still crashing with my parents - i did theirs too!

6. What do you want more than anything?
to be able to work from home while spending more time with my kids

7. Are you tired?
nope.. it’s just 9am - ask me when it’s 9pm

8. Are you restless?
no.. just bored

9. How many Frienster’s view do you have today?
been more than 3 weeks since i checked out that site

10. Who is in the room with you?
this floor got so many people - out of those, only a few i know by name

Imagine that the world had invented a new “dream product” to feed and immunize everyone born on Earth. Imagine also that it was available everywhere, required no storage or delivery - and helped mothers to plan their families and reduce the risk of cancer.

Then imagine that the world refused to use it.

At the end of a century of unprecedented discovery and invention, even as scientists discover the origins of life itself, this scenario is not, alas, a fiction. The “dream product” is breastmilk, available to us all at birth, and yet we are not using it.
UNICEF

note:

anaqi turned 9 months as of last saturday. and he is still exclusively breastfed. way back during confinement, i was wondering whether i’d actually be able to stick to it up to the 6th month.

with a few spills and leaks … the whole family (including my dad who has also agreed to go thru the hassle of warming up the milk) has pulled through up to the 9th month…

now to set a new goal….. 1 year!!

will revisit this come anaqi’s 1st birthday…

crazy.

that’s how i’d describe the past weeks.

the weekend after the raya weekend - i noticed that kakak and anaqi was starting to have sniffles and slight coughing - so dutifully bundled up the two to see our beloved dr siti and took home the necessary prescriptions.

by mid week of 22nd oct, anaqi’s cough matured into the full fledged phlegm-filled barks. good thing i was already going on my planned leave (papa not available to babysit - balik kampung with my aunt & uncle). on friday 26th oct, kakak had to be kept home because she has a slight temperature.

the weekend following was quite a challenge as anaqi would start coughing - and not stop for the next 5-10 minutes. i’d be patting him on his back to encourage him to cough out the phlegm but being the lil boy that he is - he swallowed the thing back *yeeshhh*.. he’d be quiet for another 10-20 minutes and then the cycle starts again. dun even get me started on how it was during the nite. nuff to say, i relocated myself and anaqi to the lounge so that anaqi’s coughing won’t cause kakak to wake up instead.

come mon 29th, the GP informed my dad (who took anaqi to the clinic) that she’d like anaqi to be checked by a specialist. both amir and i took the afternoon off and bundled  the kids to the nearest specialist - Pediatric Unit, GH KL. i was honestly a bit worried at this point - it was after all, the first time i had ever had to take any of my kids to see a specialist (kakak only had GP visits in her time).

what if - anaqi was diagnosed with asthma?

what if - he needs to be admitted for treatment?

what if - what if - what if…

then our number was called up. i went into the consultation room and placed anaqi on my lap. he immediately started to try grab the doc’s papers and stationery. she asked what was wrong - i explained the history that got us to the unit. she looked anaqi up, listened to his chest and back and checked his throat.

after confirming that anaqi is still active (proven of course by the fact that the boy just couldn’t stay still during the consultation) and continues to feed and nurse - the doc assured us that we should not worry. just finish the course of a/b and then allow the cough to slowly improve.

what a anticlimax.. here i thought i’d be berated for letting anaqi to get to this stage before taking him to see a specialist!

anywho… after one course of antibiotics - a few more nights of near-sleepless nights, anaqi losing his voice and also me succumbing to a bout of cold and losing my voice in the process… i am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

as of last night - anaqi only woke up thrice due to coughing and he has also recovered his voice…

on the work front… what more can i say? i will leave this post with a quote

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things i cannot change;

the courage to change the things i can;

and the wisdom to know the difference

fara =out=