Thankful for fine weather days! (And the good-better health to enjoy it! :D )
27th May 2013
Whaaaaaat a day!
I worked from 9:30 all the way till 5 with back to back cases. AND didnt manage to eat anything until 5:15 (read: cold noodles and a cup of kopi peng). I survived all day on 1 cup of coffee and 1 bottle of chicken essence!
It was exhausting! ....yet strangely satisfying to be taking cases by myself..
:)
25th May 2013
First outing since Dengue!!! Poor kiddos have been cooped up at home for 3 weekends now, what with each one of us taking turns to fall sick! >.<
But bearing in mind i was still recovering, i decided that a tame little trip to the library, followed by awesome lunch, would be ok right?
Right
Except they each took turns to need to pass motion (Seriously!!! Wat is it about Japanese food???) and fight a little about wat books to borrow and what they want to eat for lunch and etc etc etc Not to forget they also made me read books aloud to them for ONE WHOLE HOUR!!
*sweat*
We came home and i just CRASHED. In the most unglamorous fashion possible.
But you know what. It was ALL worth it :)
20th to 24th May 2013
I've had dengue fever before. But i don't remember being so pussy-whipped by it when I was 16 (pardon my french)!
Seriously! What the HELL is happening??? I have been discharged, i no longer have the fever, the chills, the everything.. but i feel. SO. TIRED!!!
The first few days post discharge i would wake up in the morning feeling like the world was swimming around me. When it finally stops, i can get up and do my stuff but by the time i get the boys to school, i am BEAT. ABSOLUTELY BEAT.
Doesn't help that I have to rush out a few reports due to my long absence! Doesnt help that the younger boy had stomach flu the DAY we got discharged and needs to go poo 5 times a day!
What DOES help is having the husband around, who is ALSO very fatigued, ALSO very beat, but at least there's an extra pair of hands, particularly when the kids are around! (phew)
In the following days, I would feel fine in the mornings and crash after lunch. I also found the lack of appetite very annoying, because for ONCE i am at my "ideal" weight (ok not really "ideal", but getting there) but i CAN'T EAT TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE I AM SO DAMN TIRED AND EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE RUBBER.
sigh
Having said ALLLLLL that.. i am still thankful for the recovery.. thankful that it is US who got dengue, not the kids, not the old folks (although, maybe the old folks just think we young people are damn weak LOL). Thankful that my husband is also on MC and this is seriously a record number of days we have had lunch together, we could actually have a decent conversation that was NOT about kids, and we actually could hang out, almost like the old days!
It's tiring, this recovering thing, but i'm going to miss it when we both need to get back to work ;(
Seriously! What the HELL is happening??? I have been discharged, i no longer have the fever, the chills, the everything.. but i feel. SO. TIRED!!!
The first few days post discharge i would wake up in the morning feeling like the world was swimming around me. When it finally stops, i can get up and do my stuff but by the time i get the boys to school, i am BEAT. ABSOLUTELY BEAT.
Doesn't help that I have to rush out a few reports due to my long absence! Doesnt help that the younger boy had stomach flu the DAY we got discharged and needs to go poo 5 times a day!
What DOES help is having the husband around, who is ALSO very fatigued, ALSO very beat, but at least there's an extra pair of hands, particularly when the kids are around! (phew)
In the following days, I would feel fine in the mornings and crash after lunch. I also found the lack of appetite very annoying, because for ONCE i am at my "ideal" weight (ok not really "ideal", but getting there) but i CAN'T EAT TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE I AM SO DAMN TIRED AND EVERYTHING TASTES LIKE RUBBER.
sigh
Having said ALLLLLL that.. i am still thankful for the recovery.. thankful that it is US who got dengue, not the kids, not the old folks (although, maybe the old folks just think we young people are damn weak LOL). Thankful that my husband is also on MC and this is seriously a record number of days we have had lunch together, we could actually have a decent conversation that was NOT about kids, and we actually could hang out, almost like the old days!
It's tiring, this recovering thing, but i'm going to miss it when we both need to get back to work ;(
14th to 19th May 2013
OK so i eventually got admitted to hospital. I resisted going in for so long, when i eventually went, i felt like i had lost a battle of some sorts (i know, sounds like i died). I wanted to kick my body and say "Whaddahell!? Give up on me during such a crucial time why don't you? bloody *&^%##" but by the end of my stay, i truly understood how much i needed it, and how close my body was to breaking down.
So here I am, discharged.. plenty of things to be thankful for:
1. that i'm discharged, and back with my kids!!
2. that the kids were looked after well in our absence
3. friends and relatives who paid us visits and sent us messages and checked on us consistently to make sure we were alive...
4. colleagues covering my work when i was out of action (in fact, still covering for me, as i'm still not able to return to work).
Here's to better health! I hope!
Stay safe everyone!
So here I am, discharged.. plenty of things to be thankful for:
1. that i'm discharged, and back with my kids!!
2. that the kids were looked after well in our absence
3. friends and relatives who paid us visits and sent us messages and checked on us consistently to make sure we were alive...
4. colleagues covering my work when i was out of action (in fact, still covering for me, as i'm still not able to return to work).
Here's to better health! I hope!
Stay safe everyone!
13th May 2013
Thankful for lovely friends for the lovely gesture!!!! From offering to deliver papaya leaves to sending flowers... Awwwww my friends are the best!!
Thanks girlies!!!!
12th May 2013
Husband's platelet count is below safe level :( if it gets too low he will need to be warded!
Praying hard he will get better soon!!
As for myself, i had high fever this morning but after a dose of panadol, the fever and body aches are miraculously curbed and i could properly look after the kids while the husband rests.
Although the body chills are back now, i am still thankful for that short period of respite!
Meanwhile... Dengue and pain and fever aside, its mothers day!
Happy Mother's Day to all mummies!!! :)
11th May 2013
Ok so here's the thing. Turns out husband has Dengue fever. And i guess i have the same thing too though too early to say. Between looking after the kids and the body aches and high fever, we are completely utterly spent and i think the word to describe us here is "dying"
So sick of being sick!!!! :(
10th May 2013
Bad news: husband reinfected, while still on his course of antibiotics!!!!
Thankful the kids have not been infected with anything yet! Scary!
9th May 2013
Today i have decided, i am really not meant to drive! I am seriously the personification of The Woman Driver. You know, that one that can't parallel park, doesnt signal, changes lanes slowly and painfully, doesnt know how to change a tyre, etc etc
Thankful at least for the tyre holding out long enough for me to drive somewhere to get it changed. phew!!
8th May 2013
27 years ago, in a pre-primary (now known as kindergarten2) class not so far away, 2 girls met and became best friends 5 years later. :)
Today is my bestest oldest friend's birthday! And i just want to say i am thankful for so many things in my life but one of the things im most thankful for is being friends with THIS woman!
She brings me joy and fun and laughter and is always there with a supportive listening ear, a shoulder to cry on, and absolutely NO judgments ever!
I love you so much piggy!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
7th May 2013
Am feeling SO MUCH BETTER! Woooooohooo antibiotics rock!!
Thankful for better health!! You always take it for granted until something goes wrong isnt it?
6th May 2013
Argh i am in SO much PAIN!!
Thankful that i dragged myself out of the house to see a doctor.. Because as it turns out, i need antibiotics!
And the good doctor also prescribed some high powered painkillers so i wont be riddled with body aches and headaches and intense throat pain!
Ok i shall stop whining now
Thankful for timely intervention!!!
Thankful that i dragged myself out of the house to see a doctor.. Because as it turns out, i need antibiotics!
And the good doctor also prescribed some high powered painkillers so i wont be riddled with body aches and headaches and intense throat pain!
Ok i shall stop whining now
Thankful for timely intervention!!!
5th May 2013
Let there be cake!
Happy birthday to my niece! Time sure flies.. Doesnt seem so long ago when she was a mere babe in my arms! Now she's 8 and talking like an ah lian. Ah well..
Thankful for children and their amazing growth!
Happy birthday to my niece! Time sure flies.. Doesnt seem so long ago when she was a mere babe in my arms! Now she's 8 and talking like an ah lian. Ah well..
Thankful for children and their amazing growth!
4th May 2013
We caught The Croods!!!
Unfortunately i seemed to also have caught a Bloody Powerful Flu Bug while catching The Croods. Sigh
Thankful for being able to spend a nice fun morning and lunch, at least
:)
Unfortunately i seemed to also have caught a Bloody Powerful Flu Bug while catching The Croods. Sigh
Thankful for being able to spend a nice fun morning and lunch, at least
:)
2nd May 2013
Today I am thankful for the most ridiculous kids who keep themselves very happily occupied with their crazy antics :)
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