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sigh, thanks all so much. but just discovered my dad contracted pneumonia and mrsa. sigh. doc said they are already treating him with the strongest antibiotics. if it still doesnt kill the bacteria then they will just stop all antibiotic treatment. i feel terrible. its like waiting for a person to see if he dies. omg. dunno how long the wait will be. donno whether he will survive at the end of the wait. sigh. whatever it is i just hope he is not suffering. i'm so tired of feeling sad. still going over everyday to talk to my dad, although he hardly respond now. think the strong medicine make him drowsy. now that he has mrsa i'm also worried whether i accidentaly passed it to my babies. i've been taking extra precautions with mask and gloves now that i know but previously he could have contracted it and i've always had close contact as i massage him everyday. sigh. just hope my babies are alright. i cant take anymore bad news. livesimply, my dad was selfemployed so v little cpf. anyway all retirement account monies used up already coz he is 78 liao. hmm not sure abt medishield.. will go check. we just discovered he has a little medisave so will deduct from there first. cantona. thank god she recovered! stroke is such a scary thing. sigh. how old was ur mil? all the doc i spoke to were really pessimistic about my dads case partly due to the extensive damage caused by the brainstem stroke and partly due to his age..

sigh.. just upset that he has to spend the remaining time of his life in this state. he used to be so active for his age 666/deepakvali, thanks, ya the nurses rotate him every now and then.. they did say they will teach us how to take care of him when he is discharged. they are already providing him with the "pressure relief" mattress.. applefreak, yar right now keep repeating the same things.. sigh.. my day so mundane dunno what to tell him about my day also..

thank u all for your help. really appreciate it.. think i'll explore training of maid as an option.. seems the most economically viable and at least my dad can stay at home. sigh.. today his condition is uncertain again as he has developed some serious chest infection. might need longer time in the hospital. he is no longer responding to us as much as the past few days.. doc say it could be due to the medicine and the fever. sigh.. just when we saw some improvements in him, this has to happen. thanks estamum.. i've been reading lots of articles on stroke patients, about their recovery and all that.... i want my dad to be able to recover well enough too, in fact i dont even hope for much. just hope he can open his eyes and be able to talk again.. at least he wont be as isolated as now. but age is against him.. he is already 78. .. doctors are very pessimistic about recovery. sigh. besides, he suffered the worst type of stroke. brain stem stoke. livesimply... i;ve run out of things to encourage him about. . was doing ok with lots of things to tell him and encourage him everyday for the first week.. now its like keep repeating myself until he must think i v lorsor.. now we just let him listen to his fav music .. massage his legs and hands everyday.. but other then that really nothing much to say already. didnt even tell him its new year in case he get depressed. sigh.. applefreak, ya i definately gg to send him for acupuncture if theres a chance! i believe in it rdnest, we r thinking of downgrading fr b2 to c class ward but dunno whether he will have more discomfort with so many patients in the same room.. more noisy and more chances of getting infection. sigh will let my bro make the decision.. sigh i'm feeling frustrrated coz i cant do much to alleviate his suffering.

i'm very very upset. my dad suffered a serious stroke some weeks back and although he is out of ICU, he is still in the general ward and cant be discharged yet. he has lost all movements in his limbs and is completly bedridden and feeding from a tube. cant even open his eyes or talk. we only know he is awake coz he nods/shakes his head in response to our questions. i get so depressed everyday when i visit my dad. it must be a torture not being able to move or see but still completely aware and able to think. especially worse for him as he used to be very active. i'm so angry and upset that this has happened. especially since i thought my dad can finally enjoy his retirement not too long ago and enjoy being a grandfather i cry everyday seeing him in this state that i htink i'm getting into a depression myself now that he's out of icu, doc has been asking us to make arrangements for taking care of him in the future. i'm not keen to send him to a nursing home as i'm afraid he might get depressed and lonely. my mum wont be able to take care of him at home alone. so i'm thinknig of hiring a maid or a nurse.. anyone knows if theres such a thing as a live in nurse? or can maids be trained to take care of bedridden patients. sigh.. long term cost is also a concern as my dad has no cpf/medisave/savings/insurance. my parents dont even own a house as we were quite poor in the past. now me and my bro are paying his hospital bills from our medisave. does any one has any experience with anyone who needs long term care . sigh.

You are renovating again!! so good. i also want to renovate again if i have spare cash. have fun!

? did i read wrongly? the shops closes at 9am? then wad time it opens?

wah! how come u travel so often! so envious.

yep breastfeeding is the best for the baby. in fact b4 i give birth, everyone keep saying that and telling me to bf and bf and bf, after i give birht they say don give up breastfeeding when i go back to work and etc.. i hear so many times also sien. i supplement with formula feed already as i couldnt bf both twins at the same time. and when i buy the formula milk, its even stated in the can that breastfeeding is best! its everywhere i looked. so now i really understand what my friend went thru when she couldnt bf her baby coz she wasnt producing milk. she nearly went into depression bcoz of that. i think the whole breastfeeding thing is overhyped. thanks! its so hard to take photo of them! i'm not satisfied with the photos i took that i posted in my blog but bo bian leh. so hard to wait for them to smile. taking photo of kids is really challenging. hey sumobear think u will find it fun since u like to take photos. can imagine ur photos nex time will all be on your baby:)

Wah sounds like u guys had alot of fun! i cant wait to go. booked on 3rd week of aug. will be staying at shanghai inn in chinatown wor. applefreak u shopped at chinatown? is there anything interesting? dont want to sight see as i've been to bkk so many times. just wanna shop shop shop. which part of chinatown is a must go huh. 1 day there enough or not.

wa so fun u all going together so re nao! i also planning a bkk trip.. celebration for the end of my maternity leave and going back to work. haha. so tiring taking care of babies! hey airtickets now so ex! jetstar for 2 person i $750.. tiger airways is $550..

hehe think sumobear wont find it a problem coz he seems like a family man so will be super fatherly. got.. i posted in my blog. http://oh-so-nice.blogspot.com/2008/06/the...onth-early.html that photo taken some time back liao. i've been taking more photos of them nowadays. will post in my blog one day.

yar maybe hehe i cant really remember much liao! all return to my lecturer. keke. well tempered or not as long as its still glass, must be more gentle with it

isit! i always thot tempered glass was stronger. can withstand heat better, doesnt it mean its stronger? yar it breaks into smaller rounder pieces so it wont hurt people as easily as when a normal glass breaks. hmm but nvrmind liao coz frostyflake already bought the table..

how old is ur dog? can still toilet train him if not too old. my hubby's dog too old to toilet train so we didnt bring him over to our house when we got married. so sad.. but i'll faint if he pees and poop everywhere leh.

but but tempered glass are actually stronger then normal glass. so the possibility of normal glass table breaking is higher then that if its tempered glass leh. And hor.. normal glass breaks into shards.. got sharp edges.. tempered glass when it breaks it breaks into smaller oval pieces. wont hurt u that much.

mine are fraternal lo. i don need a name tag coz there are differences lo. but unless i check for the difference, cant really tell from the face. i'm storing milk now too... but mainly for my mil to help feed when i go back to work.. wah! 2 years apart still look alike! lucky i don look like my brother. hahaha. aiya sumobear sorry your thread went off topic on my twins. anyway having kids is a life changing experience. from got life to no life. haha. er just joking.

hahaha! that happend to me ok. my twins are not supposed to be identical twins but they are looking more and more alike. i fed baby 1 and tried feeding baby 1 again when she cried coz i thot its the other twin. aiyo. and they premature so i had to give them vitamins but i keep forgetting who i fed vitamins to.

Very nice! I did the same thing as you last time.. using oyama paper from the fish shops. but i find the thin strips very hard to put up leh. coz when i scrape it to get rid of the airbubbles, the strips slide out of shape easily due to the water. Do you get that problem? and very time consumming leh. mine is a small decal but already so hard to cut neatly and put up.

hehe i'm only coping with one thing at a time mah. cant think so long and far liao. my night schedule is like feed baby 1, burp baby 1, if baby 1 refuses to sleep and cries to be carried then have to carry baby 1, then baby 2 have to feed and burp and carry then its time to feed baby1 again. finish baby 1 feed baby 2. finish feeding baby 2 feed baby 1. finish feeding baby 1 feed baby 2. and it goes on and on. i hav a maid to help me with the feeding of 1 baby while i breastfeed the other baby but its still tiring coz have to supervise her as shes new. just cant wait for the day they stop their night feeds.

Hehe i think its more of getting yourselves mentally prepared for the NIGHTS. i got panda eyes already.

waahh your glass door so clear, your dog got walk into it or not

maid sleep with babies at night v dangerous leh.. i still feel like doing a kids room but i'm so busy now!!!.. its 330am and bb refuse to sleep without me carrying her zzz

Wah! still got theme some more! the theme depends whether he/she is boy or gal right. u know already? yar sg v hard to find nice baby furniture. I'm so stressed taking care of my twins!!!arrgh. my maid is currently using the spare room which is supposed to be the nursery. i'm still thinking of doing up the nursery.. but now my babies hardly sleep there although there is a cot. because we feel its not safe to leave the babies with the maid unsupervised at night. so will ur mil or your mum be helping to take care of your baby or u diy?

gasp! so fun! u all gg to bkk together?? sigh i wanna goooooooooooooooooooo :(

wow your hubby so pro.. can take 3 to 4 hrs for a room. we took double the time! i think it also depends on the wallpaper pattern la. ours was damask and each panel of wallpaper cuts up the pattern, so when we put up the next panel, have to make sure the floral matches.. so maybe for DiY-ers can consider getting simpler striped patterns instead of floral patterns.