Home Sweet Home

Emily was tranferred to the normal ward in IJN since last Saturday, after 7 days in ICU. I stayed with her until she was discharged yesterday, 10 days after her operation. She has improved tremendously in the last few days. Her lungs improved and they finally took off her oxygen successfully after trying for the last few days. I was also worried about her feeding too. She has been too long feeding by tube that she has forgtten how to suck and swallow. I tried relentlessly and finally, she got it! I was elated. It was drastic improvement from day 9 to day 10! I though we would need to stay another day or two but the nurse told us we can go back yesterday, yeah! Finally!

Emily is home and doing very well, feeding like a pro. I bathed her for the first time in many weeks, she wakes often for milk. She is having a special diet with low fat for 6 weeks because of side effect from the surgery. So I have another issue. I have been expressing milk and storing it in the freezer and I am running out of space! I am thinking of buying a freezer or my milk will have to be discarded. What a pity that would be.

Need a bigger freezer!

Anyway, we need help with the care of Emily. I am hoping to get MIL and my mum to help out till the maid from Phillippines arrive in a few more months. But I am so very glad and grateful that Emily is home now after staying nearly all of her 2 months of new life in hospitals. Looking forward to a more routine and normal life for all in the family.