No! I didn’t post the wrong video. I knew it was a video from my brother Addison’s 4-month check-up. The point I’m trying to make here is… noticed all the attentions that he received? The blanket to cover him… Daddy talking to him… and as soon as he made an attempt to cry… the whole world paused.
Now, take a look at how my 4-month check-up went.
No blanket... Daddy was not holding me... and of course, I was trying to be a good girl, and didn't make a sound. But somehow, it was Addison who was crying! What’s going on here? I thought I’m the girl here, and I’m the one who needs the most attention.
Sadly, here’s the painful part where I had to take a few shots to my thigh. I cried only because I was worried that there will be scare on my thigh. Not because of the pain, of course, as you can tell.
The majority of the test results have returned to Dr. Liu’s office, except for the urine and G6PD test. Dr. Liu called to inform Mommy that all the results looked good! Dr. Liu told Mommy to stop breastfeeding completely, until my Jaundice is completely clear. We are to return to Dr. Liu’s office, again, in a week’s time to check up on my color.
Dr. Liu called called Daddy later this afternoon and told Daddy that she spoke to a specialist about my Jaundice situation, and the specialist recommended further blood tests and an urine test, just to make sure everything is okay, especially my Liver. Dr. Liu asked Daddy to stop by her office to pick up a kit to collect urine, and to pick up a form for the blood test at the lab. Here’s the list of blood work that was being ordered!
Today is my 2-month check-up. My previous visit to the doctor should had been my 1-month check-up, yet, I’ve been making a lot of un-scheduled visits, due to my Jaundice condition.
As of last visit, Dr. Liu said my color looked a lot better and she said I could stop the blood test. That was about 2 weeks ago. So today, when we arrived at Dr. Liu’s office, one of the questions that Daddy asked was:
“Does her color look ‘okay’ to you?”
Dr. Liu’s answer was ‘No, not really.’ But she also commented that there isn’t much that anyone could do. Dr. Liu said there is no need to check-in to a hospital. There is no medication for it. And I’m already too old to be sitting under those lights for newborn. The only thing that Mommy and Daddy could do is to stop breast-feeding.
Unfortunately, that didn’t save me from injections. Part of the routine 2-month check-up is to take the immunization shots. And ‘ouch!’ They were painful. Below are 2 videos. The first one shows me getting weight-in, and the second one shows the nurse sticking that long needle in me.
Dr. Liu told Daddy that my test result is at 18. However, Dr. Liu is still not too satisfied with the result and scheduled us to return to her office next week FOR ANOTHER BLOOD TEST!
The numbers are already dropping! What’s her problem!?
We started off the day with me going to Dr. Liu’s office for another blood test. I’m sad to say that but drawing blood seems to become a routine for me. But I still cried out loud when the nurse poke a hole on my foot. No, we didn’t bring the camera either because it was just another blood test.
Right after my blood test, I went back home for a quick nap. By around 3pm, it was time for Mommy to go see her doctor. Since Grandma (Tong) has been staying with us for the past few days, she was able to look after Addison at home, while Mommy, Daddy, and Myself headed out to the Doctor.
Based on what I’ve heard from Mommy’s doctor, Dr. Chen, everything is good with Mommy too! Which is a very good news!
Later that evening, Daddy took this video while he was chatting with me.
Dr. Liu told Daddy that it’s good that the number is going down, but a ‘21’ is still too high.
Dr. Liu told Mommy to stop breastfeeding, again, for 2 more days before resuming and we are scheduled to return to the Doctor’s office for another blood test next week.
…means that I have to go through another painful episode of drawing blood. Mommy didn’t have the camera this time because both Grandmas are not available, and Daddy had to stay in the car with Addison to wait for us. Daddy didn’t want to bring Addison to the Doctor’s office fearing that that naughty Addison might pick up some virus when his hands will be touching just about everything. We shall get the result later this afternoon.
The Jaundice test result came back and I scored a 23. Dr. Liu said it is high, and Mommy needs to stop breastfeeding me for 24 hours and return to Dr. Liu’s office for another blood test. Just when I thought I could have something else to eat other than milk, Daddy kindly informed me that I will be on formula for the time being. How boring!
I just had my 1-Month Check-up today. Everything went well, of course, except for 1 thing! The same thing that Daddy has been mentioning to the doctor during the past 2 visits… Jaundice! Remember Daddy kept mentioning to the Doctor that I looked yellow? Well, instead of wearing a yellow shirt, Daddy decided to wear a black shirt so that nobody can blame his shirt for my yellow-ish looking skin color. It turned out that a change of shirt was rather convincing. Dr. Liu finally agreed that I do looked a bit yellow (contrary to my personal observation), and ordered a blood test. A blood test!? How about I’ll just wear a different color scheme of outfit? I’m sure it will make me look less yellow-ish. Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option.
Before we get to the scary stuff at the Doctor’s office, let’s start with some routine measurements.
Right after the measurement, we were waiting in the examination room for a while before the doctor showed up. During this time, Daddy took this video…
Now comes the ‘ouchy’ stuff!
Well, I’m okay. I survived. So there is no need to send me toys, dolls, jewelry, nor cosmetics to help me with my pain. However, Daddy said if my blood test came back with a ‘naughty’ result, I might have to do this again.
Today is Daddy’s birthday. In preparation for his birthday, I looked to Addison’s blog to find out what did he do last year, with Addison, on his birthday, hoping to get some ideas on his preference on birthday celebration. What I learned was that the didn’t go anywhere last year. Instead he just stayed home. So, I thought I should get him out of the house this year, since he hasn’t been to anywhere outside of the house other than the grocery store since I was born. More importantly, this is Daddy’s first birthday with me. It’s only the right thing to do, to do something special to celebrate this big day with him, right?
So what can I do to get him out of the house?
It wasn’t until Noon that I’ve finally figured a way to get him to take me out of the house! I remember back when I was in the hospital getting ready to be discharged, the nurse told Mommy and Daddy that if I have any projectile vomiting, I need to be taken to the doctor right away. So I thought why not have Daddy take me to the Doctor on his birthday to celebrate?
In order to have something to vomit, in case you don’t know, you’ll need either 1) plenty of alcoholic beverages, or in my case, 2) milk. So shortly after my early afternoon feeding, I performed a basic projectile-style vomiting. No, Daddy didn’t freak out. In fact, I did a projectile-style vomit just yesterday, and Daddy told Mommy not to worry. But to celebrate Daddy’s birthday today, I made sure my vomit today is worth a trip to the Doctor’s office, at least in Mommy’s mind. I figured if I scare Mommy enough, she will bug the crap out of Daddy to take me to the Doctor’s office. Having Grandma (Tong) on-site helped too, as Daddy had to answer to two concerning individuals, and not just one.
Mission accomplished!
Mommy and Daddy called the Doctor’s office for an appointment and took me to the Doctor while Addison was taking his afternoon nap. It was a very short and quick trip to the Doctor because the Doctor knew, as well as I did, that I’m doing this just to celebrate Daddy’s birthday. Still, the Doctor put up a good show by checking me here and there.
“Her weight gain is good; Just give her extra time to digest her food. If the vomiting continues, bring her back tomorrow.” the Doctor said.
Oh the Doctor also assured Daddy, once again, that my skin color looks fine!
So here’s my first un-planned Doctor’s visit… just to celebrate Daddy’s birthday, of course!
Later in the evening, Grandma and Grandpa made a surprise visit. They brought dinner and had dinner with all of us. After dinner, there was even a birthday cake for Daddy. Below is a video and some pictures taken from today.
Mommy, Daddy, and Myself started the day with a visit to Mommy's doctor. No, Addison didn't get to go because he's considered as a threat to today's missions.
At Dr. Chen's office, the Doctor removed the stitches (more like staples) on Mummy's tummy. I counted them... there were 13 in total. I can't imagine someone put 13 staples onto my tummy. That must be really ouch-ouch. Fortunately, Mommy seemed to be okay while the staples were being removed. Dr. Chen said there seems to be some minor infection on the wound, but there's no need to be too concern. He prescribed some anti-biotic for Mommy, and off we went. Our next visit to Dr. Chen is in 5 weeks' time.
On our way out, Mommy and Daddy stopped and took a picture at the hallway. I thought it was a strange spot to take a picture. But now I know why! It turned out that Mommy and Daddy also took a picture with Addison, during the first visit to Dr. Chen after being discharged from the hospital. And if you look at the pictures below, you can tell that Mommy and Daddy are clearly happier when they are spending time with me!
We went home after the Doctor's visit. But shortly after, we were about to leave the house again. This time is to see my Doctor instead! Here's a video of me getting measured in every possible way, at the Doctor's office.
While talking to Dr. Liu (my Doctor), I couldn't believe that Daddy brought it up, again, to Dr. Liu that I look yellow. Hello, Daddy!? Look who's wearing a bright yellow t-shirt? The color of your t-shirt is reflecting everywhere that all of you looked yellow-ish to me! Dr. Liu took a look at me... check here and there, and told Daddy that I should be 'okay.' Although I can still tell that Daddy is not completely convinced.
Since I'm not used to going out so much, I got really tired when I got home. Here's a video of me taking my afternoon nap. Looking at this video again, I wonder if I was dreaming that I was getting measured, again, at the Doctor's office, and therefore, I moved so much.
Later in the evening, someone found this stupid toy that makes a very annoying sound when shaken. Mommy and Daddy kept telling me that this toy belongs to me. I just think that it was actually Addison's toy, and he gave it to me because he didn't like that annoying noise either.
Here's another video, but this time I'm leaning against the u-shaped pillow.
Last but not least, here are a few pictures taken from today.
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