7 May 2012

Charlene has not been well for the past few days. It started off as diarrhoea on Friday. Her diaper leaked twice in school. But after 4 times of poo, she stopped. We thought it was just stomach upset. On Sat, we bought some probiotics from Guardian and gave her. She poo 3 times, vomitted twice and has mild fever on off.

This morning, she vomitted twice and has poo 4 times. And her fever went up to 38.9 and came down after giving panadol and ice pillow. She has a lot of phlegm in her throat and has been coughing.

Please pray for Charlene's recovery and that her lungs will be protected.

4 May 2012 - Love Gift

We thank our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ for their love gift to Charlene. We thank them for their thoughts and prayers for Charlene. Indeed, just last week I was shocked to receive the quotation for the tumble-form stander which cost USD3.4K. Was still considering and deliberating whether to purchase it or not. So the generosity of our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ came in handy and will be able to pay for the subsidized amount for the stander. God is truly our Provider!

2 May 2012

Charlene is normally quiet in school. Only when she is on the slide then will she make a lot of sounds. I have ruled out the possibility that she is cold by wearing a jacket for her. Nowadays, we don't do counting anymore. I just put her on the slide and tell her to slide down herself. She tried and does manage to slide down herself. Then she will make a lot of sounds to suggest she wants more. 

Charlene doesn't "talk" to her other teachers, Her PT is really priviledged. Charlene is talking to her non-stop throughout the session. I thank God that Charlene responds to sounds and lights and her eyes will follow the source, just got to help her a bit and she will turn her head as well. 

1 May 2012

It was rare that Charlene is awake in the morning. So we decided to bring her out for some sunshine and have a hearty family breakfast. We put on her new sunglasses for her and she was obviously less affected by the sunlight. She looks really cool in it. But we were getting a few stares from passerbys. Hahaha.

Afterwhich, Charlene fell asleep before we went to our church friend's house for housewarming. So Charlene was sleeping soundly on the sofa and Daddy, Mummy had a chance to make popiah together and had fellowship with church friends.

29 April 2012

This morning we brought Charlene to Suntec City Mall to attend her friend's first year old birthday celebration. Charlene must have been too excited again and didn't sleep till 3am last night. So, she was sleeping through the party which was sad (cos all the children were awake except for Charlene).

26 April 2012

Charlene had her physio session at KKH this evening. She was responsive and quite happy. She made her Daddy, Mummy and therapist very happy indeed.

25 April 2012

Charlene was awakened shortly after her class started. Just as she was about to enjoy herself in her favourite songtime, the senior teacher came in and took over from me. She wanted Charlene to do some work and so did not support her head fully. This clever girl refused to cooperate and was in defiant mode with her head hanging down and hands dropping off the teacher's legs. She did choose the toys that she preferred.

In the playroom, I refused to help her down the slide and she used her leg movements to "slide" herself down the slide. And she whined loudly to indicate that she wanted more (so that I will carry her to the top of the slide again).

Her physiotherapist wanted to help her in her breathing and articulating. As she was working on Charlene's head control and bringing her rib cage down, she was also engaging in a conversation with Charlene. This little girl will make sounds and sighs to "communicate" with her therapist. Using this way of communication, she "told" the PT she wanted 2 angry bird stickers and which one she wanted. I was very amused.