Swollen Mouth

It started off as a pimple in your nose. We didn't make much of it since it has occurred before. Daddy tried to squeeze it before dinner on Saturday (and you were crying and screaming about it). Then we had dinner and all seemed well.

The next thing we knew, you were down with a fever just before going to sleep. Gave you Paracetamol (after much persuasion), put on a fever patch and off you went to bed. By then, your upper lip seemed to have swollen and the fold on your (upper) lip seemed to have gone all crooked. Oh dear.

The next morning, you still had a slight fever and your lip seemed even more swollen. I could not decide whether to bring you in to see Dr. Mary. Having a fever meant you could not go to the Paediatric Clinic, instead you'd need to go to the Unwell Child Clinic. We did a Covid test to rule that out. In the end, I got Ah Ma to drop us at Adventist Hospital.

It was a long, long wait for Dr. Mary to come down. My heart sank to the ground when I heard her tell me what could have happened had we not brought you in. The puss could go to your brain. Then, it would be a harder thing to cure.

Thank goodness we had gone in. You were given a course of 5 days' antibiotics and ibuprofen, and also MC for 2 days. She had also reminded me that if your swelling did not subside the next day, we'd need to bring you in; otherwise, she'd see us on Tuesday.

Picture of my teary eyed baby which I took to send to daddy

On Monday, you were not very happy to have to skip school, but ended up watching TV non-stop as I worked from home. In the end, I tried to encourage you to do something other than watching TV. So you took out the present you got from Audrey and spent the time in your room building the Sakura Tree Music Box. 

So many little parts to build

Brought up this Eevee rug which I had made before to cheer you up

You'd come to my room occasionally asking for help, but you built most of it yourself, including putting on the flowers and lights.

That night, you happily showed everyone. But when you went to Ah Ma's room, you dropped it. Daddy had to come to your rescue and fit back the part that had fallen off.

On Tuesday, your swelling had almost fully subsided. So you could go to school to attend your Festival of Lights celebration. 

The follow up check-up was good, but since there was still some swelling, you were given extra antibiotics to last up till Sunday.. yay (not!). 

Mommy is slacking off during work

The stupid ballet school messaged me at 10pm on Tuesday night to inform me regarding an extra lesson on the very next day. The way they manage things is absolutely abhorrent *sigh*. We had to shorten our swimming session and leave Penang Sports Club at 6pm so that you had enough time to come back and prepare for ballet which was happening at 7:15pm to 9pm (which when i called them to confirm, they said 9.15pm *stupid ballet school smh*). ok the end byebye \(^-^)/

King Stuck in the Room

On Sunday just as we were about to have dinner with Grampy and Nanna, daddy received a message that one of the golfers he played and had lunch with in the afternoon tested positive for Covid. He literally lost his appetite immediately. 

We quickly finished up dinner, washed up and headed home. I had to evacuate from our room as he wanted to self-isolate from everyone else. There is no more requirement, but daddy said he'd feel better by doing so even though he did a test which showed negative. After we had settled down in our own rooms, daddy realised that his room air-con was leaking! So I had to pass him a little pail to catch any dripping water while he slept. But no water dripped as he slept (fitfully) in the night. 

On Monday morning, it was just me. I had to prepare the packed meals for school, breakfast at home and also get you all ready then drive you both to school. Came back and brought daddy his "yummy" oats with coffee and his supplements. 

The same went for lunch and dinner. I'd put the food on a tray and leave it outside his door. He'll eat up and then put the tray back outside for me to wash. I wore gloves and masked up then poured hot water on the plates and cutlery before washing with a separate sponge. 

Last night though, he said that I'd given hi too little for dinner. So we had supper (after Mei-mei went to bed). Ko-ko and I sat downstairs while daddy had his in the room:

Super spicy noodles

Video call to "have supper together"

Today, I had a 6am meeting. Ko-ko offered to help heat up the food. But we had planned for you both to eat the fried rice Ah Ma had bought on Sunday. So it was a quick heat up, packing up the breakfasts and leaving Mei-mei for Kakak to help rush through breakfast. 

Had my meeting and at 6.30 just as my portion was done and I could get up to check that you were both at least in the shower, Mei-mei walked up to the room. You were already showered and dressed up. I tied up your hair and then you headed down to watch some TV, since it was still early.

The meeting ended 10 minutes earlier and I thought that I could drop you both. But Ah Kong said he'd drop you both as planned, so I would have my breakfast. Saw that daddy was also up, so I made grilled cheese sandwiches for the both of us. We had another "virtual" breakfast together before starting our meeting/work.

Breakfast must have been a lot better than yesterday's oats

Daddy says staying in the room is like being a king.. except for the fact that it's a small room and he misses seeing everyone face to face.

Thank goodness for voice and video chats that we can at least see each other. This brings new meaning to "so near, yet so far".

This is just day 2 or is it considered 3 (counting from Sunday...). More days to come. We just need to plan ahead for the next day so that we have less hiccups. 

I'm glad that the two of you are pulling your weight also, helping out and not making much fuss over having to do things slightly differently. 

Nearly a month

It's been nearly a month since the thief got into the house. And we have engaged someone to have grills fitted in the upstairs windows. Yet, we all seem to be still traumatized. We'd still leave a light on when we go down for dinner. Or even halfway through watching a movie, someone would walk upstairs just to have a look. 

Even Ko-ko sleeps with his weapons and we all have a stick or two lying within reach.. just in case. 

Hopefully all the additional safety measures that daddy has in mind will be put in place soon. Then we'll all have peace of mind. 

Thief

A scary thing happened last Thursday. The 4 of us had gone out for a car ride to pump petrol and then try out a noodle shop downtown. While we were out, Ah Kong and Ah Ma stayed downstairs to watch the Winter Olympics.

We got back and I told Mei-mei to go shower as it was nearly 9pm and the next day was a school day. Mei-mei went up and then came down to ask Ko-ko why he had left his room and bathroom windows open. He said that he did not. So he went up to have a look and lo and behold.. the windows were wide open. Daddy went up to have a look and it dawned on him that someone had broken into the house.

We quickly gathered our "weapons" (an assortment of cane and hockey sticks and even Ko-ko's Katana) to arm ourselves in case the thieves were still in the house. We searched and search the closets, bathrooms and all the rooms and found nothing. Then a check indicated that the thieves had taken the ang pows I had kept in my drawer. Some (with cash) had dropped on the floor but was not taken. The safe in my closet had also been moved. 

Ah Ma called the police who arrived a while later. She also informed the neighbour in case the thieves climbed over to their house compound. 

Ever since that evening, we have been sleeping in Ko-ko and Mei-mei's room as that was where the thieves had entered. The roof at the back was very close to the boundary wall with our back neighbour (whose house was vacant). Daddy has since contacted the iron grill maker who will come in the next few days.

Today the police came after Ah Ma made an official police report. They dusted for fingerprints on the window which was suspected to be the escape route. Oh my, your room was certainly dusty with a layer of black dust. Kakak, daddy and I had to clean up the dust and wipe up the surfaces (without the fan turned on so that the dust will not fly around). 

We are thankful that not much was lost. We had laptops and watches lying all over the rooms but only the ang pow were taken. And most importantly no lives were harmed. I shudder to imagine what may have happened had we come back earlier or had Mei-mei encountered the thief when she went up.