We were scheduled for a cardiologist appointment some one week ago 21st October 2009 after dr after dr heard a murmur in his heart. The little one's growing up... he started to have his fears of going to the dr and the hospital. I kept having to psycho him that it was gonna be all right. He feared that the drs were gonna hurt him. He had this really sullen look as we set off.
As I was driving out of the carpark of our place, I prayed aloud with him, telling him that everything's gonna be all right coz it is just JESUS in his heart. We prayed that the Lord goes before us and bless the attending doctors and medical staff and that we will only walk out of that place glorifying His name! a big AMEN to that and we were on our way!
When we reached, we headed straight to the heart centre, got ourselves registered and sat there waiting. As we waited, the human nature got the better of me and I started to worry. I started to sms a friend who's daughter had a murmur and then had a heart op at KKH. She called me back immediately. Just as I was talking to her, a dear friend came and sat in front of us. It was none other than a dear sister in Christ, Eunice. It was such a pleasant surprise to Jere that he was stunned to beyond words as he looked at me. Eunice is our best supporter ever since she knew us. Whenever, Jere had any procedure or test, she would always be there with something to encourage us. Then Jere's name was called.
Jeremiah!
I quickly took Jere and entered the room.
In short, the doctor was really nice. Thank you Lord for going before us. Here's the gist of what transpired.
The Dr said, "Jeremiah! That's a beautiful name! I like your name."
Wow! That was a good start. I sat Jere on the patient's chair and the dr started to make small talk with Jere. Jere looked at him suspiciously.
Dr: Hi Jeremiah! I am Dr Chen.
Me: He's a little apprehensive coz he's been to lotsa drs recently. Also he had a bad flare of his eczema due to the haze and had blood test and all so he's a little apprehensive.
Dr: ok. Don't worry Jeremiah. I'm just gonna do a little check on your heart.
Jere: Just check?
Dr: Yes. Just check.
Jere: No injection?
Dr: No. No injection. Dr's juz gonna listen to your heart ok? (putting on his stethoscope and moving towards Jere)
Jere: Just check? No injection?
Dr: No.
Dr proceeded to listen to Jere's heart, his tummy, his neck. Jere sat really still. Then the Dr said, " OK. Sounds ok, but we'll do a little scan just to make sure. You gotta go to the next room. Meanwhile you wait outside till you are called ok? Jeremiah, can we take a picture of your heart and we will see. What is in your heart?
Jere: JESUS!
Dr: Wow! Jesus! Ok Jeremiah and mummy, you wait outside first ok?
Jere looked at the doctor and said very firmly "YOU ARE A GOOD DOCTOR!"
That really took the doctor aback.
Dr (smiling): Wow! This is the first time a child comes in and tells me I am a good doctor! I am flattered!
A child definitely knows who is kind and who's not :P
There are certain appointments that Jere just keeps saying "Oout! Out! I wanna go out! I wanna go home!" when he is in the doctor's office.
We went out to wait for our turn for the scan. There, Eunice was still waiting for us.This time, she brought us some really wonderful pictures that she took when we volunteered in a Club Rainbow fund raising event. They were really beautifully taken pictures. It kept us busy and before we knew it, Jere's name was called again. We went into the room with the photos and all. Dr Chen was in there and he gently told Jere to lie down and started his ultrasound. I am not sure how long we were in there but it did not seem too long as the dr and the technicians in there were really friendly as they chatted with Jere and distracted him.
Then Dr Chen said, " Looks ok. But lemme get the consultant in to check"
Soon another Dr stepped in with Dr Chen and he was introduced as Dr Tan.
Dr Tan looked at the scans and then he gave his verdict.
" Looks like a normal heart! It's what we call an innocent murmur."
Me: Praise the Lord! Thank You Lord!
Dr: You can be discharged and don't need to return here again.
Me: Praise the Lord! Thank You Lord!
IT IS A NORMAL HEART.... JUST WITH JESUS IN THERE! Praise the LORD!
Thank You Lord! THank You Lord!
Thank You Eunice for being ever so supportive!
Thank you all for your prayers!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Kungfu Panda!
Jerry was playing with his kungfu panda toys that we got from Mac's sometimes back. He put them all in position, all in that kungfu stance, all lined up nicely. You know the kungfu stance that these toys all have, with at least one hand raised. Then Jerry shouted to us all and said....
"Look! they are all singing praise and worship!"
and Jerry went "Alleluia! Alleluia!"
I was struck! I was like OH WOW! It's amazing how my little one see a kungfu stance to one of singing praise and worship. Yes! I am so amazed!
Thank you Lord for blessing me with this little one!
"Look! they are all singing praise and worship!"
and Jerry went "Alleluia! Alleluia!"
I was struck! I was like OH WOW! It's amazing how my little one see a kungfu stance to one of singing praise and worship. Yes! I am so amazed!
Thank you Lord for blessing me with this little one!
What's in your heart Jerry?
Dr Seow from KKH asked after he listened to Jerry's heart.
As advised by Jerry's paed after a vaccination visit, I asked Dr Seow to listen to Jerry's heart as the paed said he heard a murmur and asked me to ask the drs at kkh to hear again and refer to the cardiologist if necessary.
And what's Jerry's reply to Dr Seow's question of "What's in your heart Jerry?"
Jerry: JESUS!
Yup, Jesus is indeed in Jeremiah's heart! AMEN!
and so we are scheduled to see the cardiologist at 1540hr KKH on the 21st Oct 2009.
Dear husband is worried and said he will try to meet me at the hospital to hear what the doctors have to say. To that I replied, it's just JESUS. It was Jesus murmuring to the dr ;)
Jeremiah will be well. Nevertheless, keep us all in prayers especially our little one.
God bless one and all!
As advised by Jerry's paed after a vaccination visit, I asked Dr Seow to listen to Jerry's heart as the paed said he heard a murmur and asked me to ask the drs at kkh to hear again and refer to the cardiologist if necessary.
And what's Jerry's reply to Dr Seow's question of "What's in your heart Jerry?"
Jerry: JESUS!
Yup, Jesus is indeed in Jeremiah's heart! AMEN!
and so we are scheduled to see the cardiologist at 1540hr KKH on the 21st Oct 2009.
Dear husband is worried and said he will try to meet me at the hospital to hear what the doctors have to say. To that I replied, it's just JESUS. It was Jesus murmuring to the dr ;)
Jeremiah will be well. Nevertheless, keep us all in prayers especially our little one.
God bless one and all!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Jere's Manual Competence
Let's look for the Russian dolls for Jere to play to improve his manual competence as he takes the small ones out of the big ones. Hhhhmmmm, maybe I could find them in my mum's place... Grandma just seems to love to collect all these kinda stuff and I am quite sure I can find it there :P
We've managed to get a contact who is selling off their brachiation ladder third hand. Maybe we should go get the brachiation ladder and put it over the bed! That way, we don't have to worry about them falling and they should be able to stand on the bed on tiptoes and grasp on the rungs of the ladder and swing. Also, Jere could very well use that as an overhead ladder to start walking and straighten his feet. Now how cool is that :P
Right now, Jere has been hanging on the brachiation ladder at his centre and can hang a good 20 seconds on his good days.
A song for Brachiation :) to the tune of Alouette:
"Bra-chi-a-tion,
We love Bra-chi-a-tion
Bra-chi-a-tion's the game we love to play.
First we put the left arm out
Then we put the right arm out -
Left arm out, right arm out, oh...."
Thank You Lord for opening up the doors!
We've managed to get a contact who is selling off their brachiation ladder third hand. Maybe we should go get the brachiation ladder and put it over the bed! That way, we don't have to worry about them falling and they should be able to stand on the bed on tiptoes and grasp on the rungs of the ladder and swing. Also, Jere could very well use that as an overhead ladder to start walking and straighten his feet. Now how cool is that :P
Right now, Jere has been hanging on the brachiation ladder at his centre and can hang a good 20 seconds on his good days.
A song for Brachiation :) to the tune of Alouette:
"Bra-chi-a-tion,
We love Bra-chi-a-tion
Bra-chi-a-tion's the game we love to play.
First we put the left arm out
Then we put the right arm out -
Left arm out, right arm out, oh...."
Thank You Lord for opening up the doors!
Mobility: Confirmed Creeper!
I read in Glenn Doman books:
The goal at stage III, the midbrain - mobility competence, this level is for the baby to reach a total of 400 yards of creeping in a day.
1 yard = 0.9144 m
400 yards = 360m
creeping is moving in all fours in a quadruped position.
and yes, Jere has surpassed that. Jere's creeping a good 400m a day (recorded) of coz he creeps more than that in reality coz that is his main form of transportation which we do not purposely record.
The more he creeps, the closer he is to total midbrain development. The more he creeps, the closer he is to walking. AMEN!
Right now, Jere is a confirmed creeper. He creeps in cross-pattern. He goes wherever he pleases. Thank You Lord!
How right Glenn Doman books have said that they have never seen a baby who can creep four hundred yards who can't pull himself to a standing porsition holding onto a piece of furniture. Jere pulls himself to a stand. Only thing is his right foot is bent inwards and feels rigid while his left foot seems a little floppy. This prevents him from standing properly. Please pray that his feet will be straighten and strengthen and be what they should be. I believe Jere will walk and without walking aids! AMEN!
An activity to start: Place Jere at the bottom of the stairs and encourage him to creep up. This activity should be advocated at stage III as it puts the child into a position where his body is approximately 45 degrees from the steps, thus working toward being in an upright position.
On average, Jere takes approximately 2 min 11 s thereabout to climb up a flight of 20 stairs. Way to go! my little angel!
The goal at stage III, the midbrain - mobility competence, this level is for the baby to reach a total of 400 yards of creeping in a day.
1 yard = 0.9144 m
400 yards = 360m
creeping is moving in all fours in a quadruped position.
and yes, Jere has surpassed that. Jere's creeping a good 400m a day (recorded) of coz he creeps more than that in reality coz that is his main form of transportation which we do not purposely record.
The more he creeps, the closer he is to total midbrain development. The more he creeps, the closer he is to walking. AMEN!
Right now, Jere is a confirmed creeper. He creeps in cross-pattern. He goes wherever he pleases. Thank You Lord!
How right Glenn Doman books have said that they have never seen a baby who can creep four hundred yards who can't pull himself to a standing porsition holding onto a piece of furniture. Jere pulls himself to a stand. Only thing is his right foot is bent inwards and feels rigid while his left foot seems a little floppy. This prevents him from standing properly. Please pray that his feet will be straighten and strengthen and be what they should be. I believe Jere will walk and without walking aids! AMEN!
An activity to start: Place Jere at the bottom of the stairs and encourage him to creep up. This activity should be advocated at stage III as it puts the child into a position where his body is approximately 45 degrees from the steps, thus working toward being in an upright position.
On average, Jere takes approximately 2 min 11 s thereabout to climb up a flight of 20 stairs. Way to go! my little angel!
Monday, July 20, 2009
More pics of Jere's birthday
More Pictures of Jerry's Birthday party! The first pic with Yee ma and Yee papa and precious faith and of coz korkor nat. the second is with godma, godpa korkor owen and megan and of coz my dar dar, mummy and korkor nat! and last but not least is jere and his pressi from aunty lingling and aunty say lian! love u all!
How God watches over us!
Thank You Lord!
We were asked to share our bite size of testimony in our friday budding aka cell group and my dear wifey shared about how our good Lord had protected Jeremiah.
It happened on that day that i took half a day off to join michele in speaking to Father Adam, a priest from Hong Kong who travels here once a year to share about how to manage a program for Jeremiah's home education. Jeremiah was having lotsa of fun playing pretend drum performance for Father Adam : ) when he suddenly lost his balance and fell forward out of his stroller. Mummy had just placed him back in his stroller without buckling him up as he had been wanting to come out and sit back in his stroller and fussing as we had a three hour or even more session with Father Adam. Thank God Jere managed to break the fall with his hands as he fell out headfirst out of his stroller. Thank You Lord for your protection over Jeremiah!
We were very inspired to do more for Jere. Managed to download the recommended read "What to do when we do not have a doctor" at Hesperian Foundation website.
A comment that Father mentioned that stuck with me "Jeremiah is a special child, a miracle from God that brings the whole family together stronger". Thank God for guiding us there.
We were asked to share our bite size of testimony in our friday budding aka cell group and my dear wifey shared about how our good Lord had protected Jeremiah.
It happened on that day that i took half a day off to join michele in speaking to Father Adam, a priest from Hong Kong who travels here once a year to share about how to manage a program for Jeremiah's home education. Jeremiah was having lotsa of fun playing pretend drum performance for Father Adam : ) when he suddenly lost his balance and fell forward out of his stroller. Mummy had just placed him back in his stroller without buckling him up as he had been wanting to come out and sit back in his stroller and fussing as we had a three hour or even more session with Father Adam. Thank God Jere managed to break the fall with his hands as he fell out headfirst out of his stroller. Thank You Lord for your protection over Jeremiah!
We were very inspired to do more for Jere. Managed to download the recommended read "What to do when we do not have a doctor" at Hesperian Foundation website.
A comment that Father mentioned that stuck with me "Jeremiah is a special child, a miracle from God that brings the whole family together stronger". Thank God for guiding us there.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
What Jere's been up to?
No hospital appointments :P
Ok. Mummy decided to put off all hospital appointments till the H1N1 thing is blown over.
So, NO MRIs, No catheterisation, no medical for the moment coz mummy thinks, if it is nothing life-threatening, we are not gonna put ourselves, especially the little one to any risk. We walk by faith and not by sight.
One week of school has passed since school reopened. This has been the second week of school. Jere's getting the hang of things back again. So you ask, what does Jere do in school. Lemme fill you in. definitely no mean feat ;)
Jere does:
1. Patterning - at least 4 sets of 5 min each time, target is 6 sets at least. However if i focus too much on this, I lose the time to do the other stuff. It's really such a dilemma. To top it all, when I attended the "What to do" course in July 2007, I was told then that Jere should do at least 12 sets a day. How to do>? There's simply not enough time when we are in school, and not enough hands when we are at home.
2. Commando Crawl - Target - 3 sets of 80m. That makes 240m. These days, Jere does 2 sets of 120m. Hhhmmmm, maybe I can slowly increase his distance now.
3. Doggy Crawl - 3 sets of 120m which makes 360m. Now, Jere's been doing 2 sets of 160m which makes us fall short of 40m.
4. Hanging on the monkey bar - Jere has worked up to hanging 19 seconds now. Praise the Lord!
5. Gym work - Jere has been upgraded from an inclined log roll to rolling 3 to 4 sets of 12 rolls each time on the gym mat set up on the floor.
6. Spiritual - Jere loves lighting the candle and saying a little prayer and singing a little song. Now's he's been singing "Who built the ark? Noah Noah!". He now can turn the globe and spot the little red dot that Aunty Lingling has drawn on Israel and say out loud "ISRAEL!"
Of coz, Jere has learnt many other things like opening and closing jar lids, rolling and unrolling of mats on the floor, scooping of beans, dry pouring of beans, pegging and playing balls to refine his motor skills.
Thank God for the Amazing Clouds to keep me on my toes in terms of Jere's schooling.
Ok. Mummy decided to put off all hospital appointments till the H1N1 thing is blown over.
So, NO MRIs, No catheterisation, no medical for the moment coz mummy thinks, if it is nothing life-threatening, we are not gonna put ourselves, especially the little one to any risk. We walk by faith and not by sight.
One week of school has passed since school reopened. This has been the second week of school. Jere's getting the hang of things back again. So you ask, what does Jere do in school. Lemme fill you in. definitely no mean feat ;)
Jere does:
1. Patterning - at least 4 sets of 5 min each time, target is 6 sets at least. However if i focus too much on this, I lose the time to do the other stuff. It's really such a dilemma. To top it all, when I attended the "What to do" course in July 2007, I was told then that Jere should do at least 12 sets a day. How to do>? There's simply not enough time when we are in school, and not enough hands when we are at home.
2. Commando Crawl - Target - 3 sets of 80m. That makes 240m. These days, Jere does 2 sets of 120m. Hhhmmmm, maybe I can slowly increase his distance now.
3. Doggy Crawl - 3 sets of 120m which makes 360m. Now, Jere's been doing 2 sets of 160m which makes us fall short of 40m.
4. Hanging on the monkey bar - Jere has worked up to hanging 19 seconds now. Praise the Lord!
5. Gym work - Jere has been upgraded from an inclined log roll to rolling 3 to 4 sets of 12 rolls each time on the gym mat set up on the floor.
6. Spiritual - Jere loves lighting the candle and saying a little prayer and singing a little song. Now's he's been singing "Who built the ark? Noah Noah!". He now can turn the globe and spot the little red dot that Aunty Lingling has drawn on Israel and say out loud "ISRAEL!"
Of coz, Jere has learnt many other things like opening and closing jar lids, rolling and unrolling of mats on the floor, scooping of beans, dry pouring of beans, pegging and playing balls to refine his motor skills.
Thank God for the Amazing Clouds to keep me on my toes in terms of Jere's schooling.
Friday, July 10, 2009
All in a day's work
Almost daily now ferrying the kids Nat and Jerry to schools, in the morning to St. Gabriels and in the evening both of them to Kumon lessons. Last evening when i dropped by just in time to pick Jerry up for his turn to Kumon cos it was raining, He said "Thank you dar dar for fetching me"..That really made my day's work worth it.
Its the child that really appreciates that shows us the way to the Lord.
Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these." Matthew 19:14
Its the child that really appreciates that shows us the way to the Lord.
Jesus, however, said, "Let the little children come to me, and stop keeping them away, because the kingdom of heaven belongs to people like these." Matthew 19:14
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Jere's "likes" and "don't likes"
It was a regular Tuesday morning and we were all doing patterning for the little one, the activity he kinda avoids most so mummy dearest tried to distract him by talking to him and telling him what are the attractive stuff that comes after. Here's how the conversation went.
Mummy: Jere, you wanna do bells? (some sound works that I do with him. Jere loves musical instruments and music)
Jere: YES! (and he starts singing) Jingle bells Jingle bells!
Aunty Say Lian: Oh you like christmas? Do you like Santa Claus?
Mummy: No! He's scared. He's afraid of dress-ups.
Jere: I don't like Santa Claus. I scared.
Aunty Florence: Then what do you like?
Jere: I only like pretty girls!
Everyone burst out laughing!
Aunty Florence: That's a good one!
Wow! At 3 years and 2 days exactly, our dear friend can tell us he likes pretty girls. I thought that was hilarious.
Mummy: Jere, you wanna do bells? (some sound works that I do with him. Jere loves musical instruments and music)
Jere: YES! (and he starts singing) Jingle bells Jingle bells!
Aunty Say Lian: Oh you like christmas? Do you like Santa Claus?
Mummy: No! He's scared. He's afraid of dress-ups.
Jere: I don't like Santa Claus. I scared.
Aunty Florence: Then what do you like?
Jere: I only like pretty girls!
Everyone burst out laughing!
Aunty Florence: That's a good one!
Wow! At 3 years and 2 days exactly, our dear friend can tell us he likes pretty girls. I thought that was hilarious.
Jeremiah's 3rd Birthday
was celebrated with lotsa love and cheer and blessing and prayers with all our wonderful clouds brothers and sisters in the clouds! Check out the great big family! I think it's a beautiful beautiful pic! Way cool!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
They are beautiful
My 2 angels. Thank God for them. As Jerry turns 3, next we will be look at Nat turning 7. Time flies as i recall all the diaper changing times. Now look at them...Cheeky pirates!
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Jeremiah turns 3!
Praise the Lord for His wonderful blessings and protection! Thank you all for your prayers and for journeying with us!
This year, we decided to celebrate Jeremiah's birthday with the Clouds of Praise . The Clouds people had been Jeremiah's favourite people, bestest friends since last year and we thought what better way and people to celebrate with than the clouds and in the clouds! Thank You Lord for sending these clouds to us! Thank you our dear clouds friends! You guys have been the best support ever! God bless the clouds in their mission.
So if you guys are free on the 5th July 2009 and wanna catch up with Jere, do join us for some Praise and Worship at 1030am at 27c Hong Kong Street opposite Clarke Quay MRT station, opposite Central Mall :) followed by a little bite and some cake ;)
See Ya! Blessed Sunday!
Love,
Mama Mich :)
This year, we decided to celebrate Jeremiah's birthday with the Clouds of Praise . The Clouds people had been Jeremiah's favourite people, bestest friends since last year and we thought what better way and people to celebrate with than the clouds and in the clouds! Thank You Lord for sending these clouds to us! Thank you our dear clouds friends! You guys have been the best support ever! God bless the clouds in their mission.
So if you guys are free on the 5th July 2009 and wanna catch up with Jere, do join us for some Praise and Worship at 1030am at 27c Hong Kong Street opposite Clarke Quay MRT station, opposite Central Mall :) followed by a little bite and some cake ;)
See Ya! Blessed Sunday!
Love,
Mama Mich :)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
MCU
The little one will be having an MCU on the 27th April 2009 3.30pm . May our Good Lord send forth His Holy Spirit and guide the medical staff as they do the procedure for Jeremiah. Let it bring good news! AMEN! Please pray for positively good results. AMEN!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
DON'T STOP!
DON'T STOP! DON'T GIVE UP!
That's the latest cheer that Jere came up with while he does his commando crawl and doggie crawl daily.
Picture the little one doing the commando and saying that "DON'T STOP! DON'T GIVE UP! Keep trying!"
Really melts my heart! He's just 33 and a half months!
My little warrior! He will be exalted of the Lord, the meaning of his name! AMEN!
That's the latest cheer that Jere came up with while he does his commando crawl and doggie crawl daily.
Picture the little one doing the commando and saying that "DON'T STOP! DON'T GIVE UP! Keep trying!"
Really melts my heart! He's just 33 and a half months!
My little warrior! He will be exalted of the Lord, the meaning of his name! AMEN!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Mummy, Can I bless the people?
It was a hot Saturday afternoon and as usual, after the session. we went to the front and mummy dipped Jere's little right hand in the holy water and guided him with the sign of the cross. After Jere finished with his sign of the cross, his little hands was still quite wet with the holy water.
Jere: Mummy, I still got holy water.
Flinging his little hand at the people around, Jere asked," Mummy can I bless the people?"
Jere: Mummy, I still got holy water.
Flinging his little hand at the people around, Jere asked," Mummy can I bless the people?"
Skin Review at National Skin Centre
It was Wednesday, 4th March 2009. Jere had an appointment at the National Skin Centre.
The first thing when I got there was to see whose name was on the door of the consulting room that we were to enter. When I saw it was the Ass. Prof's name that did not give me a good time some 4 months ago, immediately, I took Jere to a side and told Jere," Jere, shall we say a little prayer that our good Lord goes before us and bless the Doctor and guide her with her diagnosis and treatment and also her mind and heart that she would be kind and compassionate and speak blessings.
When it was our turn, we went in. As usual, the prof had a junior dr with her and the prof was at the computer, typing away. However, this time, the prof came forward to see the spots that developed in Jere some 2 days ago. Yes, just when I said Jere was healed and just when we had an appointment, the spots decided to come on. Fortunately, the prof said it was not a biggie and that if we did not use the proper moisturisers, the spots would return. Then, I whipped out the photos of Jere six months ago and pulled up his shirt and pants and told her the eczema was actually completely gone. It was just something that had triggered these batch of spots. Then, Jere had to add on saying, "See Dr, I am healed." Then, the prof said "You're a clever boy." and "Mummy is also doing a good job!"
Ain't prayers amazing???? If you have read what this Prof told me some 4 months ago, you can definitely be sure that the good Lord has gone before us. AMEN! Thank You Lord!
The first thing when I got there was to see whose name was on the door of the consulting room that we were to enter. When I saw it was the Ass. Prof's name that did not give me a good time some 4 months ago, immediately, I took Jere to a side and told Jere," Jere, shall we say a little prayer that our good Lord goes before us and bless the Doctor and guide her with her diagnosis and treatment and also her mind and heart that she would be kind and compassionate and speak blessings.
When it was our turn, we went in. As usual, the prof had a junior dr with her and the prof was at the computer, typing away. However, this time, the prof came forward to see the spots that developed in Jere some 2 days ago. Yes, just when I said Jere was healed and just when we had an appointment, the spots decided to come on. Fortunately, the prof said it was not a biggie and that if we did not use the proper moisturisers, the spots would return. Then, I whipped out the photos of Jere six months ago and pulled up his shirt and pants and told her the eczema was actually completely gone. It was just something that had triggered these batch of spots. Then, Jere had to add on saying, "See Dr, I am healed." Then, the prof said "You're a clever boy." and "Mummy is also doing a good job!"
Ain't prayers amazing???? If you have read what this Prof told me some 4 months ago, you can definitely be sure that the good Lord has gone before us. AMEN! Thank You Lord!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Fill My Cup Lord!
Like the woman at the well I was seeking
For things that could not satisfy;
And then I heard my Savior speaking:
"Draw from my well that never shall run dry".
Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up, Lord!
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul;
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more--
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole!
There are millions in this world who are craving
The pleasures earthly things afford;
But none can match the wondrous treasure
That I find in Jesus Christ my Lord.
Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up, Lord!
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul;
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more--
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole!
So, my brother, if the things this world gave you
Leave hungers that won't pass away,
My blessed Lord will come and save you,
If you kneel to Him and humbly pray:
Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up, Lord!
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul;
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more--
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole!
I am running so so dry...
Fill my Cup, Lord. Fill it up and make me whole!
For things that could not satisfy;
And then I heard my Savior speaking:
"Draw from my well that never shall run dry".
Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up, Lord!
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul;
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more--
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole!
There are millions in this world who are craving
The pleasures earthly things afford;
But none can match the wondrous treasure
That I find in Jesus Christ my Lord.
Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up, Lord!
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul;
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more--
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole!
So, my brother, if the things this world gave you
Leave hungers that won't pass away,
My blessed Lord will come and save you,
If you kneel to Him and humbly pray:
Fill my cup Lord, I lift it up, Lord!
Come and quench this thirsting of my soul;
Bread of heaven, Feed me till I want no more--
Fill my cup, fill it up and make me whole!
I am running so so dry...
Fill my Cup, Lord. Fill it up and make me whole!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
What song is Jere singing now?
No other name but the name of Jesus
No other name but the name of the Lord;
No other name but the name of Jesus
Is worthy of glory, and worthy of honour,
and worthy of power and all praise.
yes! thanks be to God He sent a wonderful helper, Gina who helps me with the house and the children and teaches Jere all these wonderful praise and worship :)
No other name but the name of the Lord;
No other name but the name of Jesus
Is worthy of glory, and worthy of honour,
and worthy of power and all praise.
yes! thanks be to God He sent a wonderful helper, Gina who helps me with the house and the children and teaches Jere all these wonderful praise and worship :)
BLADDER WASHOUT
AGAIN!
The staff nurse just called to say jere needed another bladder washout coz his wbc was 30 and only then would they arrange his ultrasound and MCU
Does a wbc of 30 really warrant a bladder washout?????
I don't know why... but I just said NO.
Somehow, something in me questions... bladder washout no pressure? with the syringe pumping in the saline and drawing out the saline.
Somehow, I am a little sceptical about the whole management when I hear of this bladder washout thing.
The last I blogged about bladder washouts was some October. Last December, Jere came down with infection again. Jere went into hospital for a routine check which ended up with his urine having a high wbc again. That was a Thursday when we did a urine test. Then we were instructed to go to the hospital on Friday for a bladder washout and stay 3 hours and do another urine test. I felt that it was a little questionable as after a washout, i am sure the urine would be clear. NO? The attending dr insisted. I hung out in the hospital then returned to the children surgery centre again 3 hours later to catheter some urine for a retest. I asked the nurse as she was drawing out the urine whether would it be accurate, she then assured me yes. I then thought alright, maybe the medical professionals know their stuff. Jere had his urine drawn out and we went home. That very afternoon, they called us and said urine test cleared. We were so happy. Then the weekend passed. Monday, the hospital called and said "We sent the Thursday urine for culture and indeed there is an infection so please come and get the necessary medication and do some more bladder washouts. I thought it was so so strange. If they had wanted to treat Jere based on Thursday's urine, why should they bother to make us do another retest on Friday? Money is secondary, it was both stressful for Jere to stay so long in the hospital and also it was really draining for me too. What exactly were they thinking? Do they thiink through the process or they just give whatever orders that spins off their head? When I asked the nurse why had they make Jere do another urine test on Friday if they had wanted to base the treatment on Thursday urine test. The nurse kept quiet.
I really really can't understand the management of this whole thing at all.
Lord, make me a channel of your peace.
I'm tired. Lord, take over.
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love,
Where there is injury, Your pardon Lord,
And where there's doubt, true faith in You
Oh Master, grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope,
Where there is darkness, let me bring light,
And where there's sadness, bring Your joy
Oh Master, grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope,
Where there is darkness, let me bring Your light,
And where there's sadness, bring Your joy
Oh Master, grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace,
For when we give, we will ourselves receive
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
And in dying that we gain eternal life
And in dying that we gain eternal life
The staff nurse just called to say jere needed another bladder washout coz his wbc was 30 and only then would they arrange his ultrasound and MCU
Does a wbc of 30 really warrant a bladder washout?????
I don't know why... but I just said NO.
Somehow, something in me questions... bladder washout no pressure? with the syringe pumping in the saline and drawing out the saline.
Somehow, I am a little sceptical about the whole management when I hear of this bladder washout thing.
The last I blogged about bladder washouts was some October. Last December, Jere came down with infection again. Jere went into hospital for a routine check which ended up with his urine having a high wbc again. That was a Thursday when we did a urine test. Then we were instructed to go to the hospital on Friday for a bladder washout and stay 3 hours and do another urine test. I felt that it was a little questionable as after a washout, i am sure the urine would be clear. NO? The attending dr insisted. I hung out in the hospital then returned to the children surgery centre again 3 hours later to catheter some urine for a retest. I asked the nurse as she was drawing out the urine whether would it be accurate, she then assured me yes. I then thought alright, maybe the medical professionals know their stuff. Jere had his urine drawn out and we went home. That very afternoon, they called us and said urine test cleared. We were so happy. Then the weekend passed. Monday, the hospital called and said "We sent the Thursday urine for culture and indeed there is an infection so please come and get the necessary medication and do some more bladder washouts. I thought it was so so strange. If they had wanted to treat Jere based on Thursday's urine, why should they bother to make us do another retest on Friday? Money is secondary, it was both stressful for Jere to stay so long in the hospital and also it was really draining for me too. What exactly were they thinking? Do they thiink through the process or they just give whatever orders that spins off their head? When I asked the nurse why had they make Jere do another urine test on Friday if they had wanted to base the treatment on Thursday urine test. The nurse kept quiet.
I really really can't understand the management of this whole thing at all.
Lord, make me a channel of your peace.
I'm tired. Lord, take over.
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me bring Your love,
Where there is injury, Your pardon Lord,
And where there's doubt, true faith in You
Oh Master, grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope,
Where there is darkness, let me bring light,
And where there's sadness, bring Your joy
Oh Master, grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace,
Where there's despair in life let me bring hope,
Where there is darkness, let me bring Your light,
And where there's sadness, bring Your joy
Oh Master, grant that I may never seek,
So much to be consoled as to console,
To be understood, as to understand,
To be loved, as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace,
For when we give, we will ourselves receive
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
And in dying that we gain eternal life
And in dying that we gain eternal life
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Clean Intermittent Catheterisation (CIC) Training II
Today is Wednesday 18th February.
I thought long and hard.
Jere had physical program at Clouds of Praise today.
Should I go to the hospital for the CIC training?
I was really quite at a loss. To go or not to go?
Me to the helper: (sigh) Gina dear, should we go?
Gina: I don't know m'am, it's up to you.
Me: ok let's just get ready and see how.
We got ourselves ready and got out of the house.
At the train station, I was still quite reluctant to go.
Me: How? Gina, How?
I think only God has the answer for me. Yes, I know that and I haven't been reading His word enough that's why I am so lost.
Jeremiah, on the other hand was very very focused. Along the way, as we passed neighbours, not one but two, he had the same answer to the question. Everytime a neighbour asked, "Where are you going?",
he would very consistently reply," 我要常在基" ( I want to always remain in the Lord)which is his way of calling the Clouds of Praise coz the first thing he learnt there was "我要常在基督内喜乐因这喜乐是我的力量" (I want to always remain in the joy of the Lord for the joy of the Lord is my strength)
However, Jeremiah was a really good boy. When I asked him, can we go to the hospital first to take out your ssh sshh (urine)?
Jere replied, " Yes, coz i am a good boy. Not naughty boy."
We reached the hospital, this time, another staff nurse assisted us. She then asked Gina to try her hand at it. Gina seemed a little nervous but tried to do it. Jere was very cooperative. Gina washed her hands, prepared the cotton swaps with chlorehexidine (sp?) then our dear nurse said she wanted to send the urine for test. I found it rather strange that if she had wanted the urine for test, shouldn't the professional do the job in case we may not do it right and cause any contamination or do anything wrong? The staff nurse said never mind and my helper, Gina could do it and the urine collected can be sent for test. Gina carefully inserted the catheter. There was very little urine collected. Probably just a teaspoon. Then, when we thought it was done, and the catheter should be removed from the penis, the staff nurse suddenly took out her pen and wrote on the paper towel that Jere was lying on, telling us that if we started the CIC, we had to keep a chart and she started drawing a chart on the paper towel with me trying to keep Jere's hands off the catheter as he was trying to pull off the thing stuck in his penis. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, I told the staff nurse,
"Can we not remove the catheter first before you start explaining whatever chart we have to keep and draw it on proper paper so we can keep and have a better understanding?"
Then it suddenly dawned upon the nurse that the catheter was still in the penis. *sigh* Did she not realise that there is something stuck to someone's private? I wonder.
Then, we were told to go to the counter to pay.The cost was $19.50. I enquired why so and the staff nurse then said $12.50 for the CIC and $7 for the urine test. I was a little baffled as I thought I was told that when we did it we won't be charged. I had to ask them to clarify and the staff nurse said,
"You used our facilities and supplies."
I really wasn't warned how much it was all gonna cost us when they were advising us to do the daily CIC thing. It's not so much of the cost of $12.50 but I really think that maybe I would feel more at peace not doing this catheter thing and giving the money as offering. Really, we should have been advised what were the costs involved especially so when I had said I liked the professionals i.e. the nurses to do the demo for 1 week and I would do it for another week before I start to do it myself at home. While we can still afford, that's fine but they said they will hold our hand till we are confident enough. Seriously, that did not sound like there was any costs involved or maybe I'm just too naive. Maybe they should have re phrase it to "We will hold your hand till you are confident enough but we will also charge accordingly." The dr even asked what was holding us back and if we needed a social worker to see us at a point when we were refusing to do the daily CIC.
Maybe a CIC support group should be formed and some nurse volunteer would help to do demo for free was my idea of holding hand. Instructing and advising the parents or caregivers along the way in terms of buying whatever supplies and as for facilities, how much of the water are we using to wash our hands? or how much more lights are we using or bed? This is what I call holding hands. This is a government hospital. A public hospital so to speak.
These people are not in the situation. They have healthy children. Do they really care about how much we are paying in our whole management of our special little one? Do they care about the costs that we incur all the time? Come on, where is the compassion here? I am sure with each CIC demo done by the nurses would not mean commission to the nurse and it does not mean that the bed or lights are not gonna be there if we were not there. Really, I just can't understand this whole thing. What's more we have been and still are a patient there and this is a public hospital. What send social worker to speak to us? You need not give us money by the hundreds or thousands but just a simple act of compassion, is it that difficult? Must everything be so bureaucratic?
Pray our good Lord leads and guides Jere's attending drs and nurses. Pray that our Lord lead me to make the right decisions for Jere. AMEN!
I thought long and hard.
Jere had physical program at Clouds of Praise today.
Should I go to the hospital for the CIC training?
I was really quite at a loss. To go or not to go?
Me to the helper: (sigh) Gina dear, should we go?
Gina: I don't know m'am, it's up to you.
Me: ok let's just get ready and see how.
We got ourselves ready and got out of the house.
At the train station, I was still quite reluctant to go.
Me: How? Gina, How?
I think only God has the answer for me. Yes, I know that and I haven't been reading His word enough that's why I am so lost.
Jeremiah, on the other hand was very very focused. Along the way, as we passed neighbours, not one but two, he had the same answer to the question. Everytime a neighbour asked, "Where are you going?",
he would very consistently reply," 我要常在基" ( I want to always remain in the Lord)which is his way of calling the Clouds of Praise coz the first thing he learnt there was "我要常在基督内喜乐因这喜乐是我的力量" (I want to always remain in the joy of the Lord for the joy of the Lord is my strength)
However, Jeremiah was a really good boy. When I asked him, can we go to the hospital first to take out your ssh sshh (urine)?
Jere replied, " Yes, coz i am a good boy. Not naughty boy."
We reached the hospital, this time, another staff nurse assisted us. She then asked Gina to try her hand at it. Gina seemed a little nervous but tried to do it. Jere was very cooperative. Gina washed her hands, prepared the cotton swaps with chlorehexidine (sp?) then our dear nurse said she wanted to send the urine for test. I found it rather strange that if she had wanted the urine for test, shouldn't the professional do the job in case we may not do it right and cause any contamination or do anything wrong? The staff nurse said never mind and my helper, Gina could do it and the urine collected can be sent for test. Gina carefully inserted the catheter. There was very little urine collected. Probably just a teaspoon. Then, when we thought it was done, and the catheter should be removed from the penis, the staff nurse suddenly took out her pen and wrote on the paper towel that Jere was lying on, telling us that if we started the CIC, we had to keep a chart and she started drawing a chart on the paper towel with me trying to keep Jere's hands off the catheter as he was trying to pull off the thing stuck in his penis. Finally, I couldn't take it anymore, I told the staff nurse,
"Can we not remove the catheter first before you start explaining whatever chart we have to keep and draw it on proper paper so we can keep and have a better understanding?"
Then it suddenly dawned upon the nurse that the catheter was still in the penis. *sigh* Did she not realise that there is something stuck to someone's private? I wonder.
Then, we were told to go to the counter to pay.The cost was $19.50. I enquired why so and the staff nurse then said $12.50 for the CIC and $7 for the urine test. I was a little baffled as I thought I was told that when we did it we won't be charged. I had to ask them to clarify and the staff nurse said,
"You used our facilities and supplies."
I really wasn't warned how much it was all gonna cost us when they were advising us to do the daily CIC thing. It's not so much of the cost of $12.50 but I really think that maybe I would feel more at peace not doing this catheter thing and giving the money as offering. Really, we should have been advised what were the costs involved especially so when I had said I liked the professionals i.e. the nurses to do the demo for 1 week and I would do it for another week before I start to do it myself at home. While we can still afford, that's fine but they said they will hold our hand till we are confident enough. Seriously, that did not sound like there was any costs involved or maybe I'm just too naive. Maybe they should have re phrase it to "We will hold your hand till you are confident enough but we will also charge accordingly." The dr even asked what was holding us back and if we needed a social worker to see us at a point when we were refusing to do the daily CIC.
Maybe a CIC support group should be formed and some nurse volunteer would help to do demo for free was my idea of holding hand. Instructing and advising the parents or caregivers along the way in terms of buying whatever supplies and as for facilities, how much of the water are we using to wash our hands? or how much more lights are we using or bed? This is what I call holding hands. This is a government hospital. A public hospital so to speak.
These people are not in the situation. They have healthy children. Do they really care about how much we are paying in our whole management of our special little one? Do they care about the costs that we incur all the time? Come on, where is the compassion here? I am sure with each CIC demo done by the nurses would not mean commission to the nurse and it does not mean that the bed or lights are not gonna be there if we were not there. Really, I just can't understand this whole thing. What's more we have been and still are a patient there and this is a public hospital. What send social worker to speak to us? You need not give us money by the hundreds or thousands but just a simple act of compassion, is it that difficult? Must everything be so bureaucratic?
Pray our good Lord leads and guides Jere's attending drs and nurses. Pray that our Lord lead me to make the right decisions for Jere. AMEN!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Healed!
Jeremiah's healed of his eczema! PRAISE GOD! THANK YOU LORD!
I will try to get the pics up of 6 months ago and now.
Lotsa people who've seen his skin at its worst was pleasantly surprised to see his skin nice and normal.
A friend even said "He does not look like he's got eczema!"
and Jere's eczema was not just serious, it was chronic back then.
JEREMIAH IS HEALED OF HIS ECZEMA! PRAISE GOD!感谢祖!
I am gonna give testimony this Saturday at Church of St Michael's healing mass. Got all the pictures ready to pass around, those of 6 months ago and all can see how his skin is healed and restored! AMEN! THANK YOU LORD! and guess what? it's the hubby that said... "YOU SHOULD GIVE TESTIMONY ABOUT THIS!" Jere's skin 6 months ago looks like it's been burnt. No kidding! Come right down to the healing mass and see and hear for yourself!
Thank You Lord
I come before you today
And there's just one thing that I want to say
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
For all you've given to me
For all the blessings that I cannot see
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
**With a grateful heart
With a song of praise
With an outstretch arm
I will bless your name
Thank you lord
I just wanna thank you lord
Thank you lord
I just wanna thank you lord
Thank you lord
For all you've done in my life
You took my darkness and gave me your light
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
You took my sin and my shame
You took my sickness and healed all my pain
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
Yes, Jere sings this song out loud with his hands outstretched and his eyes closed!
I will try to get the pics up of 6 months ago and now.
Lotsa people who've seen his skin at its worst was pleasantly surprised to see his skin nice and normal.
A friend even said "He does not look like he's got eczema!"
and Jere's eczema was not just serious, it was chronic back then.
JEREMIAH IS HEALED OF HIS ECZEMA! PRAISE GOD!感谢祖!
I am gonna give testimony this Saturday at Church of St Michael's healing mass. Got all the pictures ready to pass around, those of 6 months ago and all can see how his skin is healed and restored! AMEN! THANK YOU LORD! and guess what? it's the hubby that said... "YOU SHOULD GIVE TESTIMONY ABOUT THIS!" Jere's skin 6 months ago looks like it's been burnt. No kidding! Come right down to the healing mass and see and hear for yourself!
Thank You Lord
I come before you today
And there's just one thing that I want to say
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
For all you've given to me
For all the blessings that I cannot see
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
**With a grateful heart
With a song of praise
With an outstretch arm
I will bless your name
Thank you lord
I just wanna thank you lord
Thank you lord
I just wanna thank you lord
Thank you lord
For all you've done in my life
You took my darkness and gave me your light
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
You took my sin and my shame
You took my sickness and healed all my pain
Thank you lord
Thank you lord
Yes, Jere sings this song out loud with his hands outstretched and his eyes closed!
The Clean Intermittent Catheterisation Training
After much pressure from the doctors for some 2 and half years since Jeremiah's birth, I finally succumbed. I agreed to go for the training for this catheter thing.
However, I told the doctor that I will like to take it slow and at my pace. Dr and nurses all said no problem, anything for me. Yes, those were their exact words.
"No Problem Mummy. Anything for you mummy."
In fact they even said, "This is the best Chinese New Year gift for us!"
I was kinda miffed at what's the connection.
Nevertheless, I told them that I would like the nurses to do it once a day for one week and I like to see with the professionals doing it, were there any implications. Then I would do it the following week if I was comfortable with it. Then, if I was all ready to take it on my own then I would start it at home. The professionals agreed with the "No Problem Mummy. Anything for you mummy." one echoing another.
We set the date for the 10th of February, right after Chinese New Year as promised. I went to the hospital with Jeremiah and my helper, Gina who was all ready to see and learn. The staff nurse did the thing and asked us to return tomorrow. We were charged $12.50 for the thing. 11th February, we returned, the staff nurse said we should do it hands on. Then, I asked would I be charged $12.50 everyday like that, she then said if the nurses did it, we had to be charged. Okie. I wasn't told that. So it would be a good sixty over dollars if I had the nurses do it for one week. So I was ask to DIY. I was made to do it. Jeremiah's penis looked red and raw. I sounded my concern and the nurse said if it was a concern, the dr would prescribe some steroidal antibiotics cream to get the redness away. *sigh* We were told to return tomorrow and this time for the helper to try. I went home telling the hubby I was not comfortable about Jere's penis turning red and raw and Tim said something to the effect of not doing it if I was not at peace.
Somehow, the next day and after we did not return to the hospital. Was it the right thing or not? I don't know.
Yesterday, Monday, start of a new week, the nurse called again to ask why we did not return. On Thursday we did not return frankly was because Jere had a fall and was not in the best of moods. Friday, I just did not feel I was up to it.
Today, Tuesday, I asked Jere should we return, he said no. I asked the hubby should we return, he said let's pray about it and let the Holy Spirit guide us.
Please pray for our course of action.
Lord be my guide.
However, I told the doctor that I will like to take it slow and at my pace. Dr and nurses all said no problem, anything for me. Yes, those were their exact words.
"No Problem Mummy. Anything for you mummy."
In fact they even said, "This is the best Chinese New Year gift for us!"
I was kinda miffed at what's the connection.
Nevertheless, I told them that I would like the nurses to do it once a day for one week and I like to see with the professionals doing it, were there any implications. Then I would do it the following week if I was comfortable with it. Then, if I was all ready to take it on my own then I would start it at home. The professionals agreed with the "No Problem Mummy. Anything for you mummy." one echoing another.
We set the date for the 10th of February, right after Chinese New Year as promised. I went to the hospital with Jeremiah and my helper, Gina who was all ready to see and learn. The staff nurse did the thing and asked us to return tomorrow. We were charged $12.50 for the thing. 11th February, we returned, the staff nurse said we should do it hands on. Then, I asked would I be charged $12.50 everyday like that, she then said if the nurses did it, we had to be charged. Okie. I wasn't told that. So it would be a good sixty over dollars if I had the nurses do it for one week. So I was ask to DIY. I was made to do it. Jeremiah's penis looked red and raw. I sounded my concern and the nurse said if it was a concern, the dr would prescribe some steroidal antibiotics cream to get the redness away. *sigh* We were told to return tomorrow and this time for the helper to try. I went home telling the hubby I was not comfortable about Jere's penis turning red and raw and Tim said something to the effect of not doing it if I was not at peace.
Somehow, the next day and after we did not return to the hospital. Was it the right thing or not? I don't know.
Yesterday, Monday, start of a new week, the nurse called again to ask why we did not return. On Thursday we did not return frankly was because Jere had a fall and was not in the best of moods. Friday, I just did not feel I was up to it.
Today, Tuesday, I asked Jere should we return, he said no. I asked the hubby should we return, he said let's pray about it and let the Holy Spirit guide us.
Please pray for our course of action.
Lord be my guide.
Confessions of the busy mama
I was knocked out of my sleep at 2.30am with the heat and just could not get back to sleep and was led here to blog my so long overdue post.
Pardon me if I do sound incoherent as it is now like 3am in the morning.
Frankly, I was drained. Overwhelmed. Caught up in my own world. So absorbed in my own challenges and trials that I forgot how much the good Lord has already done in our lives.
Guilt has also a part of knocking me out of sweet slumber as I know I had to do this.
I am feeling so guilty that I was knocked out of my sleep as I kept thinking how I had started this blog wanting to share my faith in Christ after the birth of Jeremiah and what we had and still going through with him but yet many a times I was almost unforgiving about how the drs had dealt with us till it came to a point that I stopped blogging. It's been like months since I did a proper post.
I forgot my first call to evangelize. I ignored the continuous nudges, the continuous prompting of the Holy Spirit. Really! There's so much noise in this world that God's soft prompting is sometimes so easily ignored.
Of course, God worked in His most amazing and wondrous ways. He called again, again and again. Finally, all I can say is "Here I am Lord. Send Me!"
The last nudge that hit me is from the earth angel Eunice and thank you Lord for sending her :)
Last week, after the Chinese New Year was over, I decided to take up the challenge of the 3-4 hourly catheter thing for Jeremiah. Frankly, I was still in much chaos in my heart about the decision. I went to the hospital and waited outside the treatment room at the Children's Surgery Centre waiting to be trained in the thing that I had dreaded so much. Maybe the people in the medical field would think cathetering a spina bifida kid every 3 to 4 hourly would have been the best option taken but to a normal mother like me, it pains me. Yes, it does. Imagine putting a catheter into the penis of a 2 and half year old every 3 to 4 hourly. In case, some of you still do not know what is a catheter, it's a fine tube being inserted through the penis, through the urethra into the urinary bladder to drain the urine. Why is it needed? According to the doctors professional point of view, this catheterization is useful when one is unable to fully empty the urinary bladder and Jeremiah is thought of this way by the doctors that he is unable to do so due to a supposed neurogenic bladder from his open neural tube defect. As I stood outside the room waiting, the mobile rang. It was from the social worker, Eunice of Club Rainbow. We had a short chat and she kinda lightened the mood before we entered the room. Eunice had wanted to meet up with us to give us some milk and diapers but I declined as Jere was allergic to cow's milk and as for his diapers, the little one had expensive bum since birth as we tried cheaper diaper alternatives from the pampers active and the little one had so bad diaper rash till his bum was raw. Then I passed the mobile to the little one to chat and thank Eunice for her kind thoughts.
Eunice: Jere, what do you like to drink?
Jere: (cheekily with a grin on his face) Milo and Coffee.
I was like what??? Jere, you don't drink coffee. Ok, the little one was trying to be a little cheeky. Jere laughed.
We hung up soon as we were next into the room but the coffee line certainly got us all laughing. After we were done that day and went to the pharmacy to get Jere's supply of antibiotics, Eunice called again to check where were we and guess what? The angel appeared with 2 big packs of diapers, a big tin of Milo, a book for Jeremiah and a catholic digest for me. I thought her thoughts and actions were the biggest! It was so sweet and it touched me so, telling me God is so with us on this journey. I was so not looking forward to this catheter training but the phone call itself so reminded me of God's presence and Eunice coming down with all the gifts was almost like an angel sent by Him to tell us He is with us throught it all. Especially with the digest. The digest was called "the WORD among us" has helped to wake me from my self absorption and shallowness. I had started this blog to proclaim His word, to glorify His name since Jere's birth but somehow at the end of last year, along the way I got absorbed into the noise of the world, I conveniently forgot to give glory to Him who has already done so much for us. I know there are many people we see everyday that need to hear us witness to our faith. I told myself then that i gonna revive my somehow dead blog with my very own experiences of the Lord and His working in my heart and mind. Indeed He works in His mysterious ways. How great is our God! When I shared this with Eunice, she told me that when she called me, she was actually prompted by a line she came across in Joyce Rupp's book which she was reading. She had cited Jeremiah 29:11. Praise God! He works in wondrous ways! and yes I always proclaim the promise that our good Lord has plans for us especially Jeremiah. Plans to prosper not to destroy. AMEN!
In the last few months of last year, I was caught up in bouts of infection of Jeremiah and all the procedures that followed till daddy Tim got a little tired over the whole thing of medical, medical and medical that he packed us all up in his biz trip to Macau. I was reluctant to spend the money, all around us rallied for the trip telling us it was time we take a good break and off we went. Thank you Lord for that good break as we ferried over to Hong Kong and the kids had a great time in Disneyland including me :P Yeah! more than 30 yrs on earth and it was my first to Disney :) and there is so much more to give thanks! I'll do this in another post.
Thank You Lord for bringing me back!
Pardon me if I do sound incoherent as it is now like 3am in the morning.
Frankly, I was drained. Overwhelmed. Caught up in my own world. So absorbed in my own challenges and trials that I forgot how much the good Lord has already done in our lives.
Guilt has also a part of knocking me out of sweet slumber as I know I had to do this.
I am feeling so guilty that I was knocked out of my sleep as I kept thinking how I had started this blog wanting to share my faith in Christ after the birth of Jeremiah and what we had and still going through with him but yet many a times I was almost unforgiving about how the drs had dealt with us till it came to a point that I stopped blogging. It's been like months since I did a proper post.
I forgot my first call to evangelize. I ignored the continuous nudges, the continuous prompting of the Holy Spirit. Really! There's so much noise in this world that God's soft prompting is sometimes so easily ignored.
Of course, God worked in His most amazing and wondrous ways. He called again, again and again. Finally, all I can say is "Here I am Lord. Send Me!"
The last nudge that hit me is from the earth angel Eunice and thank you Lord for sending her :)
Last week, after the Chinese New Year was over, I decided to take up the challenge of the 3-4 hourly catheter thing for Jeremiah. Frankly, I was still in much chaos in my heart about the decision. I went to the hospital and waited outside the treatment room at the Children's Surgery Centre waiting to be trained in the thing that I had dreaded so much. Maybe the people in the medical field would think cathetering a spina bifida kid every 3 to 4 hourly would have been the best option taken but to a normal mother like me, it pains me. Yes, it does. Imagine putting a catheter into the penis of a 2 and half year old every 3 to 4 hourly. In case, some of you still do not know what is a catheter, it's a fine tube being inserted through the penis, through the urethra into the urinary bladder to drain the urine. Why is it needed? According to the doctors professional point of view, this catheterization is useful when one is unable to fully empty the urinary bladder and Jeremiah is thought of this way by the doctors that he is unable to do so due to a supposed neurogenic bladder from his open neural tube defect. As I stood outside the room waiting, the mobile rang. It was from the social worker, Eunice of Club Rainbow. We had a short chat and she kinda lightened the mood before we entered the room. Eunice had wanted to meet up with us to give us some milk and diapers but I declined as Jere was allergic to cow's milk and as for his diapers, the little one had expensive bum since birth as we tried cheaper diaper alternatives from the pampers active and the little one had so bad diaper rash till his bum was raw. Then I passed the mobile to the little one to chat and thank Eunice for her kind thoughts.
Eunice: Jere, what do you like to drink?
Jere: (cheekily with a grin on his face) Milo and Coffee.
I was like what??? Jere, you don't drink coffee. Ok, the little one was trying to be a little cheeky. Jere laughed.
We hung up soon as we were next into the room but the coffee line certainly got us all laughing. After we were done that day and went to the pharmacy to get Jere's supply of antibiotics, Eunice called again to check where were we and guess what? The angel appeared with 2 big packs of diapers, a big tin of Milo, a book for Jeremiah and a catholic digest for me. I thought her thoughts and actions were the biggest! It was so sweet and it touched me so, telling me God is so with us on this journey. I was so not looking forward to this catheter training but the phone call itself so reminded me of God's presence and Eunice coming down with all the gifts was almost like an angel sent by Him to tell us He is with us throught it all. Especially with the digest. The digest was called "the WORD among us" has helped to wake me from my self absorption and shallowness. I had started this blog to proclaim His word, to glorify His name since Jere's birth but somehow at the end of last year, along the way I got absorbed into the noise of the world, I conveniently forgot to give glory to Him who has already done so much for us. I know there are many people we see everyday that need to hear us witness to our faith. I told myself then that i gonna revive my somehow dead blog with my very own experiences of the Lord and His working in my heart and mind. Indeed He works in His mysterious ways. How great is our God! When I shared this with Eunice, she told me that when she called me, she was actually prompted by a line she came across in Joyce Rupp's book which she was reading. She had cited Jeremiah 29:11. Praise God! He works in wondrous ways! and yes I always proclaim the promise that our good Lord has plans for us especially Jeremiah. Plans to prosper not to destroy. AMEN!
In the last few months of last year, I was caught up in bouts of infection of Jeremiah and all the procedures that followed till daddy Tim got a little tired over the whole thing of medical, medical and medical that he packed us all up in his biz trip to Macau. I was reluctant to spend the money, all around us rallied for the trip telling us it was time we take a good break and off we went. Thank you Lord for that good break as we ferried over to Hong Kong and the kids had a great time in Disneyland including me :P Yeah! more than 30 yrs on earth and it was my first to Disney :) and there is so much more to give thanks! I'll do this in another post.
Thank You Lord for bringing me back!
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