Jaga anak sendiri wehhh.. Jangan nak harap orang..

Yup, it's very true. Our children are our responsibility. Jangan nak harap Indon maid jaga pastu bebel bila anak jatuh!

I guess if we were to ask, all mothers definitely want to take care of their own children especially when you have a special needs child that demands lot of hard work in term of giving as much stimulation as possible. But not everyone are lucky enough to just quit their job and let their husband pay all the bills. 

Let me just roughly give some figure on how much the bills can be..

When Rayyan Ariff was born, he stayed in NICU for 45 days and went through 4 surgeries on his head. Total cost? RM96K++. Yea I know, we can already get a medium-cost apartment with that amount.

In 2010, when he needed to go for another surgery on his head, the cost was RM12k for just 3 nights stay. 

What about his monthly therapies? He goes for physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy every week. The cost is RM106 per session so per week is about RM318. Monthly? Yearly? Do your own math. 

Hmm.. What about his visit to the audiologist, ophthalmologist, immunologist, neurologist and what not? What about his medication? Epilim, Clonazepam. Co-enzyme, Piracetam, Neurogain, Vitamin C and Multivitamin, these drugs can easily cost us RM1.5K for one quarter.

What are his other basic things on top of the above and his monthly school fees of RM450? Oh yeah, his hearing aids that need to be serviced every 6 months would cost us around RM100 only. And his ear mold for the hearing aids cost us only RM90 per pair and it needs to be changed every 3 months. Not so much right? Wait, don't forget to add in the aids' batteries that cost RM20 per pack. Per pack can last for one week, still not so much right?? Hehehehe..

Hmm.. What about his special shoes? It's very cheap. Only RM700 per pair.. Wayyyy cheaper than all those designer bags.. Last year we bought it in August, and now, it's about time we get it change as he's growing pretty fast.. 

 Abang Rayyan pakai kasut mahal-mahal pun nangis, mama pakai kasut RM59.90 beli kat Bata je kot..

These are the rough estimation of his treatments, exclusive of the numerous hospital admissions that we have went through. Rayyan Ariff was born with congenital abnormalities, hence, no insurance company wants to cover his treatment. Unless it's accidental or for certain disease like dengue, then only we can claim for insurance.

 Bill Encik Abam kita yang singgah bermalam kat spital dari kul 9 malam smpi kul 5 petang esoknya.. Tak sampai sehari kot.. =P

Looking at the above, after spending money on the same, do you think we can afford a house and a car with just one-man-salary?? Honestly, in our case, no. My husband would die of high BP and hypertension if he had to fork out money for everything. 

Dah takde duit jangan la mengada nak gi spital swasta, dah habis spital kerajaan ke kat KL ni?? Tambah-tambah anak ko OKU, harus dapat free treatment.

Well, say what ever you want. But we're so blessed that our little miracle has come this far and the medic team had done a great job on Rayyan Ariff (of course with Allah's permission). Ini bukan nak kutuk gov hospital yea, even Rayyan Ariff's neuro surgeon was from HUKM before he joined Pantai.

My 6 months unpaid leave in 2009/2010 took a really big toll on our financial condition and we only managed to get back on our feet in 2011. But I never regret the hardship because it was the best 6 months ever that I got to be with my son 24/7, and of course, being stress-free from work related matters is always a blessing.. Hehehe..

How I wish one fine day, Mr Hubby can be the sole breadwinner for our family. InsyaAllah.. Sape tau dakk?? Hehehehe.. Bestnya jadi mem besar dok umah melingkar ngan anak-anak!!

Yup, I truly agree that only mother can take the best care of their children. But that doesn't mean that a mother could not go to  work and help her partner with the bills. 

Is it ironic that Rayyan Ariff fell off on Sunday, a usual day that I'm not working and not when I was at work? 

So, what was I'm doing when the boy fell off under the care of my maid?

Hmmm.. I was breastfeeding her;

My chomeylicious lil' princess.. :-)

P/s - Owh, entry di atas bukan untuk kira mengira yea.. Tak ada istilah berkira untuk seorang anak. Setengah orang mungkin akan kata, kesiannya orang ada anak istimewa, banyaknya belanja.. InsyaAllah, rezeki dari Allah SWT tidak pernah putus. Datangnya Rayyan Ariff membawa rezeki tersendiri.. Yang penting, mama dan ayah kena rajin dan ikhlas mencari.. :-)

Edited: *Entry di atas adalah dalam contact if I'm not working*. If you have read in some of my post before, I've mentioned that my company provides unlimited medical coverage. But not all the above expenses are covered. Sebagai contoh; Speech therapy? Tak cover, sebab katanya tak boleh bercakap adalah bukan penyakit. Hydrotherapy? Tak cover sebab not medically proven that it can help special needs children. Hearing aids, rollator, special shoes and other stuffs? Tak cover sebab benda2 alah ni considered as accessories.. Monthly visits to Audiologist? Pun tak cover sebab it's hearing aid related matters and the list of benda tak cover tu continues-lah.

And oh yea, sangat betul. Saya orang yang sangatlah suka show off sebab saya kaya meluap-luap. Because of my show-off attitude, I still drive my 2002 Perodua Kancil around.. Wahhh.. Dah seploh tahun umo Kancil mak! Ishhh.. Dah masuk darjah 4 dah pun.. ;-)