17 Oct 10

17 Oct 10

Charlene started crying at 230am, initially whimpering but gradually escalating to full-blown crying. Dez had to wake up to help out my FIL in calming her down, giving her milk... but despite all his efforts, Charlene never stopped crying.

We are not sure why she's crying. The worst thing about crying is that it will start of the whole chain of problems... crying --> coughing ---> leaking gauze ---> wet diapers ---> discomfort ---> more crying. Though we all tried to change the gauze & diapers to make her comfortable, if the crying doesn't stop, the cycle won't stop.

At about 4am, me and my MIL woke up to help out to calm her down. But no use, Charlene just never stopped crying. Though there were pockets of time in which Charlene stopped crying momentarily, she cried all the way till 645am.

Charlene finally slept after she was put in prone position. We don't usually put her in prone position bec the gauze will leak. I decided to put her in that position, because the gauze was already leaking and the bed sheet already dirty.

Everyone is exhausted.