Down with Rhinorrhea

It's not me. I'm still doing great and getting fatter.. It's Ian. It has been two or three days. I think it's from Cameron trip. At first I thought it's because of mucus that babies normally have. But since Tonimer Baby Spray doesnt work anymore, it must be selsema la kan? Hubby and I, brought Ian to see a doctor. Not specialist lah.. Just a GP clinic.

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I've stopped being a paranoid mother who ran to a specialist hospital everytime her baby had a higher-than-normal body temperature or something different on any part of his body. It happened twice actually, his temperature was 37.6, we went straight to KPJ Perdana. Pd hal xde apa pun.. Tak pasal2 Ian kena admitted. Pas sejam, suhu turun.. Padahal demam biasa jer.. Siap menjerit2 lagi kat hospital. Smpi paed dia gelak, "Kalau dia sakit, he wont be this active and drinks lots of milk." Dah Ian kena inject and amik darah. Procedure hospital kata diorg.

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Another one, when we discover something different under his armpit, macam cyst. Pagi tu jugak bwk gi Emergency Dept kat Pantai Med Centre. It turns out to be a swollen lymph node due to his BCG injection.

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We were at the clinic for quite some time. Processnya takde la lama.. Check sket2.. Lungs clear.. Just a mild cough and runny nose. So Dr, prescribed some medication. Yang lamanya, I had a long chat with the Dr. Of course I need to tell bout Ian's condition coz I'm afraid that he'll give something that Ian can't take.

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Premature? C-sect? Why? And lots of other questions. I guess it's just a doctor's thingy that they'll be interested in such things. After a while, the Dr. said, "Hmm.. Actually, I was wondering inside, this lady must have been repeating this story so many times till everything is so detailed and complete. She also doesn't seems hard to pronounce the medic term." He told me this with a huge laugh.

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Yes Dr. I've been repeating this whole story over and over again. It's like a tape recorder. And of course, I didn't feel tired or bored with all the questions. I'm proud of my little miracle.

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As we speak, there came a few questions that I normally got. "Why didn't the gynea adviced for abortion?".. "What's the cause of it?".. "It cant be nothing.. It cant just happened out of the blue.." And some others that actually hurts me a bit.

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Well, like what you said Dr. Above all, we have God with us. As you believes in your God, me too, believes in Allah SWT. This is what Allah has destined for us. Kami redha. Yes it's not easy, but not everybody can be the chosen one like us.

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The Dr. asked me whether I've taken any medicine during my pregnancy, traditional maybe? Then I explained to him, not that I can remember of. I was strictly on Folic Acid, Calcium nuerogain and a few others which is totally recommended by my gynea. The only thing that still makes me wonder is, an injection that I have before I knew that I was pregnant.

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Due to allergy, I had rashes all over my body.. Merah cam bontot monyet, menggaru2 cam monyet gak! One lady Dr. gave me an injection and some antibiotics to get rid of those nasty rashes. Before the needle got into my butt, I told the Dr. one thing, "Dr., we are trying for a baby, is the injection ok?" And the Dr. replied, "Well, you are not pregnant yet. Furthermore, your body needs treatment at this moment!" Hmm.. not answering my question rite?

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And 6 days later, I found out that I'm pregnant! Hubby and I went to the same clinic to confirm. And I asked the same question back, and the answer is still, "At that moment, your body needs the injection. I can't let you go back with all those rashes!" It's like she's scolding me for asking such question.

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The Indian Dr. asked me further, "Who is this Dr. and where is the clinic?".. I smiled. "I cant remember the name but I still remember her face. And this is the clinic Dr."

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He was a bit shocked. And started to explain that baby is resistent yada.. yada.. His wife was also prescribe some medication that can kills the baby because they didn't know the wife was pregnant. And the baby turned out to normal.. That the lady Dr. did the right thing by helping me.. Macam2 lagi la.. Like he's trying to convince me that it's not because of that.

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Don't worry la doc, I'm not going to put the blame on that lady Dr. or your clinic. Ni rezeki kami.. And he asked a few other questions i.e. what Ian can do and what Ian cannot do. Most of the things that he asked, the answer is, Ian is doing it. He was so amazed with Ian.

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Then he said, "Well, Dr. told you the worst thing that could happen because they want you to be prepared. If it doesnt happened as the way that they've predicted, then you should be thankful. Doctors are like mechanics. We only fix things. We are not God. I myself has predicted my friend's baby can last for 2 days only. But now, she's already 2 years old. And my friends make fun of me because of that. We make prediction based on the patient's condition at that point of time. If God permits that the patient will leave longer, we would be more than happy."

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Yes Dr. Andy, I agree with you.. Syukur Alhamdulillah di atas kurniaanNya. Thanks for the time that you'd spent chit chatting with us. I loves talking to Dr.. =)

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P/s - Yes, you guys are like mechanics, but I'm thankful that we have all these human mechanics especially those yang berjiwa rakyat. Majulah dunia perubatan untuk negara..

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Ian at 12 weeks