DAY 54

D's DAY: GOOD (considerating his bath...)

Dopey had his 1st bath in ages this morning, thanks to favourite nurse G. All these days, all he has had were sponges, but finally today, he has the chance to wash his hair (well, what little hair he has anyway) :D He seemed to enjoyed his bath, which came as quite a surprise to me. Thought he would cry like he always does during his sponges. Good, we shall do this again tomorrow, shall we, darling dopey?

Another new experience is the visit by Speech Language therapist just now. No, Ethan is not learning to speak yet, despite what that title says. This is to assess and help with his bottling. Since he started retching about 2 weeks back, he has been refusing to feed orally, so we're trying to make him 'remember' that 'milk taste and sucking = full tummy', in case he gets too used to the NG tube feeding and forgets the natural way. Anyway, he's ultra sensitive to touch and complains when the therapist touches his face.

Weight: 3.37kg (slighlt up from last weigh, good!)
Puke: 0830am (it's that nasty-tasting multi-vits); 1230pm feed, quite a lot
Poo: 4 times since morning
Blood count: a bit low but doesn't need a transfusion for now
K level: 2.5 on yest's check (dropped again, sigh. It's all that apho's fault)
No fever today

Oh, and i finally bought a Kopitiam privilege card today. After accumulating a spend of $20, I shall be entitled to upgrade to a blue card that gives me 10% discount...