We have tried and tested so many products for Jerry's skin. What worked for one need not work for another. This is just a record of what we have used.
Medicines:
1.Hydrocortisone
2.Foban
3.Bactroban
4.Elomet
5.Elidel
6.Dermanol
Organic and Naturals
1. Akin
2. Jericho's sea Mud and salts and body butter
3. Perfect Potion Calendula infused oil
4. Natralia Nourish Eczema and Psoriasis Cream
5. Hero stick
6. Baby Balm
7. Earth Mama, Angel baby
8. California Baby's Calendula, Aloe Vera
Off the Shelf stuff
1. Body Shop Shea Body Butter
2. Boots Baby Bath, shampoo and lotion (from Bangkok)
3. Palmer's Olive Butter
4. Palmer's cocoa butter
Our conclusion: Boots baby products works well for little jerry so if any of you are going bangkok, do us this big favour to bring it back and we will come pick it from you at the airport and even fetch u home :)
We have stopped all steroidal stuff for Jerry and using the Boots baby stuff and organic calendula oil when the skin is really dry and Natralia when it's red.
Thank you Lord for bringing us the right things :)
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Friday, March 19, 2010
Jerry's skin is healed :)
Praise the Lord! Jerry's skin is healed.
Thank you Lord for leading us to the various things that helped Jerry's skin to get better.
From the last post in January, we watched Jerry's diet real close, making sure that there was no milk products to trigger anything. We told him he cannot kneel on the church floor as the dust would trigger his eczema. Hence, we put him on the seat to kneel.
We realised what were the products to use for cleaning him. Boots baby products worked really well for him. Gentle enough for him and yet he smell good. By right, for these sensitive skin, they are supposed to use fragrance free products but .... :P then we use the e.excel antibacterial wash when it gets really red to wash away the bacteria and we apply the natralia eczema cream.
Also, we used some homeopathic drops to help him to build up his resistance to dairy products and dust. We also started to give him fish oil to help give his skin more oil? :P He's looking great now :) Here's a pic of him this march holidays while he was playing sand at Tioman
Thank you Lord for leading us to the various things that helped Jerry's skin to get better.
From the last post in January, we watched Jerry's diet real close, making sure that there was no milk products to trigger anything. We told him he cannot kneel on the church floor as the dust would trigger his eczema. Hence, we put him on the seat to kneel.
We realised what were the products to use for cleaning him. Boots baby products worked really well for him. Gentle enough for him and yet he smell good. By right, for these sensitive skin, they are supposed to use fragrance free products but .... :P then we use the e.excel antibacterial wash when it gets really red to wash away the bacteria and we apply the natralia eczema cream.
Also, we used some homeopathic drops to help him to build up his resistance to dairy products and dust. We also started to give him fish oil to help give his skin more oil? :P He's looking great now :) Here's a pic of him this march holidays while he was playing sand at Tioman
Friday, January 29, 2010
Eczema strikes again!
Started from the 21st with little red dots at the thigh.
What triggered it? We weren't sure. Maybe it was the diet? Coz Mummy added so little scallop bits in the brocolli to try. Before we could nap the culprit, Jerry's whole body kinda flared in the next few days.
What triggered?
Only conclusion.... DUST MITES! Daddy allowed him to kneel in church and he probably got the allergy of dust mites triggered.
RED AND ANGRY Jerry's whole body became!
"MURDER" took place the next few nights and days whenever he slept. His bed sheets would be covered with blood. Not little spots but whole big patches! His neck was scratched till all bloody and raw. He can't even hold his violin up with his neck. He screamed everytime we take him to the bath as if it was chickens to the slaughter. Poor baby!
Lord, I pray for healing and wholeness for Jeremiah. I pray that sickness and infirmity will have no place or power in his life. I pray for protection against any disease coming into his body. Whenever there's sickness , disease or infirmity in his body, Lord I pray that you would just touch him with Your healing power and restore him to perfect health. Deliver him from any destruction or injury that would come upon him. Specifically Lord, now i ask You to heal Jeremiah of his eczema. Thank You Lord. I lay claim to the heritage of healing which You have promised in Your Word. Your Word in Psalm 107:20 says, "He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction". Lord I look to You for a life of health, healing and wholeness for my child. This I ask in the mighty name of Jesus. AMEN!
What triggered it? We weren't sure. Maybe it was the diet? Coz Mummy added so little scallop bits in the brocolli to try. Before we could nap the culprit, Jerry's whole body kinda flared in the next few days.
What triggered?
Only conclusion.... DUST MITES! Daddy allowed him to kneel in church and he probably got the allergy of dust mites triggered.
RED AND ANGRY Jerry's whole body became!
"MURDER" took place the next few nights and days whenever he slept. His bed sheets would be covered with blood. Not little spots but whole big patches! His neck was scratched till all bloody and raw. He can't even hold his violin up with his neck. He screamed everytime we take him to the bath as if it was chickens to the slaughter. Poor baby!
Lord, I pray for healing and wholeness for Jeremiah. I pray that sickness and infirmity will have no place or power in his life. I pray for protection against any disease coming into his body. Whenever there's sickness , disease or infirmity in his body, Lord I pray that you would just touch him with Your healing power and restore him to perfect health. Deliver him from any destruction or injury that would come upon him. Specifically Lord, now i ask You to heal Jeremiah of his eczema. Thank You Lord. I lay claim to the heritage of healing which You have promised in Your Word. Your Word in Psalm 107:20 says, "He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction". Lord I look to You for a life of health, healing and wholeness for my child. This I ask in the mighty name of Jesus. AMEN!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Blessed New Year!
It's the 6th day of the New Year and before I start,
A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ALL! WORK HARD! PLAY HARD! LOVE HARD! SEIZE THE DAY! XOXOXO
Thank You Lord for bringing me thru 2009 and helping me to see 2010 with a new light!
We started our new year at Catholic Spiritual Centre, celebrating mass at 10.30pm, counting down and fellowship with nice warm porridge. Jeremiah came home saying," Mummy, I like the salty porridge at CSC." :P No, it wasn't salty at all... in fact, it was really quite yummy....coz we never put salt or msg in the food we cook especially for Jere and maybe jere's vocab is quite limited :P We came home at almost 1.30am. We had a great time and what other Beautiful way to kick start yet another year abundant full of blessings.... :)
Dare to dream. Live that dream. Together we will scale greater heights!
God bless!
A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO ALL! WORK HARD! PLAY HARD! LOVE HARD! SEIZE THE DAY! XOXOXO
Thank You Lord for bringing me thru 2009 and helping me to see 2010 with a new light!
We started our new year at Catholic Spiritual Centre, celebrating mass at 10.30pm, counting down and fellowship with nice warm porridge. Jeremiah came home saying," Mummy, I like the salty porridge at CSC." :P No, it wasn't salty at all... in fact, it was really quite yummy....coz we never put salt or msg in the food we cook especially for Jere and maybe jere's vocab is quite limited :P We came home at almost 1.30am. We had a great time and what other Beautiful way to kick start yet another year abundant full of blessings.... :)
Dare to dream. Live that dream. Together we will scale greater heights!
God bless!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Jere at the cardiologist
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!
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!
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!
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