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Feyruz Favorite Song

This video was taken a few days before Feyruz got the asthma attack. He loves this song so much. Always ask me to play it again and again :)

Feyruz’ Asthma Episodes

It started on Sunday morning when Feyruz woke up. He got a bit of runny nose and he was coughing here and there. The temperature here dropped 20 degree since the last few days, and I thought that it was just our body getting used to the changes. I gave Feyruz more juice/water that day thinking that his throat might hurt since he was consistently coughing throughout the day. As of that day, we were busy packing up our stuff, and cleaning up the living room and bedroom, vacuum the carpet etc. getting our stuff ready for the moving day (next weekend). Feyruz was around, playing with our stuffs. I called him Abah’s little sidekick because anything Amin touched/picked, he would want to do it too. And he’s been toddling Amin front to back and back to front again. Cute!

Well, that night, he couldn’t sleep well. Amin said at 2am he started wheezing and woke up crying over and over again. He refused to lay down on the bed, so Amin had to put him upright on the shoulder. I took turn after 5am taking care of Feyruz. After Subuh, while poking and looking at him all over, I realized that he was breathing really hard. The bottom of his ribs shrunk when he breathed. I told Amin he sounded like having asthma. Not sure that was true, I decided to wait until 9am to call Feyruz doctor. It was a long wait. Feyruz was so weak and sleepy. I gave him a few sip of milk and some baby cereal so that his tummy won’t be empty.

At 10.30am, we got to the doctor office. The nurse examined him and did the pulse checking and O2. His heart rate was so fast and his O2 level was at 75%. Crap… The nurse immediately called the doctor and they immediately put Feyruz on breathing machine, O2 tank and steroid shot.

The treatments were repeated 3x, and after each one, the nurse checked for his heart rate & O2 level. His heart rate still fast but his O2 level improved to 80-90%. After 1 1/2 hour, the nurse took off the breathing machine and let Feyruz breathed by himself for a while. When the doctor examined him again, his O2 level dropped back. And he was still breathing hard. This was when the doctor decided to call the ambulance to take Feyruz to the hospital. His doctor said that Feyruz had acute asthma attack, and he needed further treatment at the hospital, because this was not going to be a quick fix.

I felt totally devastated. Feyruz been thru a lot since he got the eczema.. A few months ago I found out that he is allergic to dairy and peanut after he threw up a lot. And now… the asthma.

The EMTs who took care of Feyruz to transport him to the hospital. IV was given.

At Children Mercy Hospital. On the way to see the doctor and nurses.

The doctor gave him another steroid shot, more breathing treatments every 4 hours. Feyruz getting some rest. We all slept at the hospital. Amin & I took turn taking care of him at night.

In the morning, Feyruz sounded better. I didn’t hear anymore wheezing, just coughing and runny nose. His heart rate and O2 intake had been normal since the night before. The nurse said that if it stayed like this when the doctor checked him, he should be able to go home.

At 8.30am, I was told to go to the Asthma class to get more info about the home treatment. It was a really good thing that the Asthma therapist taught us parents about the symptoms, the cause and how to take care of our kids when having asthma attack.

In Feyruz situation, I believe the fact that he was coughing, sneezing and had runny nose at the same time, and the fact that we were cleaning the house, triggered the asthma attack. Other triggers that we need to be concern of are any strong chemicals smell, cigarette smoke, and pet dander.

One thing I am relieved to hear from the therapist that people who has asthma is supposed to able to do all the things that normal people does (without getting sick). So toddlers like Feyruz who enjoy playing or soon, running around, should be able to do that without any breathing problem. If not, that means they are not well treated. As long as we avoid/prevent the triggers (dust, cigarette smoke, strong smells etc), Feyruz should be fine.

The day he was discharged. Busy playing the red car I bought at the gift shop.

Bye bye to the nurses. Hope he won’t come back to the hospital again.

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Student Life

My eyes are half closed but I feel the need to write this.
Penat.
I'm taking two classes but the workload are just unbearable. Mainly because the instructor malas nak mengajar and let the student do the teaching. Imagine having the students to present almost every class... continuously for the semester?! WTH.
Having to deal with weekly presentations, final project, reports, exams just for one class. And the other class is close to nightmare as well. Mainly because I don't have the time to practice- I need catia software now!!
Taking classes on top of taking care of a demanding kid is suicidal. Period.
My schedule on Tuesday and Thursday (the days that I have classes)
6:30 AM - Solat + Mandi
7:30 AM - Getting ready
8:00 AM- Kejutkan Irfan
8:30 AM- Send off Irfan to preschool
9:00 AM- Arrived at catia class
12:00 Noon- Drive off from catia class to masjid for Zohor
12:15 PM- Solat
12:30 PM- Drive to group meeting at library
2:15 PM - Walk to class. Sit for 1.5 hr lecture
4:00 PM - Run to lab (the only time I can start working on my catia hwks)
5:00 PM - Run to masjid for Asar
5:30 PM - Masuk asar, wait for maghrib and solat
6:00 PM - Drive off to pick Irfan at preschool
6:30 PM - Sampai rumah. Penat

I've been doing a lot of running- notice that there's no lunch for me on those days? Tipula, takkan tak makan.. I grab something on the go.

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - nampak mcm free je, but those are the days that I have to take care of Irfan. And it's a full time job. And on top of that I have group meetings, homeworks, and prepare for my project. How the heck can I squeeze everything in. Irfan is so demanding that he wants 95% of my attention. Sikit2.. pool party can I have that please. Can I have this please.. huargghhhhhhhh...
Nak tunggu dia tido jgn harap la.. he sleeps like 2 hrs per day and I can only do so much within 2 hrs.
Nak masak lagi... kemas rumah lagi.

My conclusion is- kids and study don't mix. I'm trying my best but I'm really struggling to catch up.
Tolong doakan la ye semua... huhuh T_T

New Videos of Feyruz

He turns 15 months tomorrow!

While we were at the orchard for apple picking, Feyruz spent some time eating the apple. His first real apple, and he loved it! Since then, whenever we said “nak makan apple..” he will get so excited to have some :)

When we first used this small tub for Feyruz, he was only half the size of the tub. Amin had to hold him all the time to make sure he wouldn’t slide. Now he sit by himself, and the tub looks very small for him.

Feyruz loves his rice with chicken. His favorite is masak tomato & carrot. I rotate that with masak kicap & sup. Some vegetable he has tried- broccoli, green peas, tauge, sawi, mushroom & carrot. Other food he likes- pisang goreng, keropok lekor/ keropok ikan, pengat labu, bubur durian and fries.

Adik Feyruz in the Belly

So this is one of the ‘cerita basi’ that I haven’t have a chance to put it up on the blog. Been quite busy handling the house negotiations with the seller & the bank, and at the same time Feyruz been sick for a while. But don’t worry, he is in better shape now.

I found out that I was pregnant in Sept when I missed my period for more than a month. Asked Amin to get me pregnancy test, and it took him 2 weeks to do so. I think he was not quite ready to find out the truth hehe… I would be lying if I said that I wasn’t surprise. I remember me & Amin talked about our lives having another baby (after we found out we are getting another one) for a week or so. Just to make sure we are on the same page, and we are ready for another round of having a newborn in the house.

I’m not that worry about the pregnancy and the labor. I’m more scared thinking that I have to take care of two little ones soon. Feyruz with his itching & scratching, and the other one with I-don’t-know-her-condition-yet. Okay I try not to think far far ahead, or negatively, but I’m just not sure about the unknown. I pray everyday hoping that our second will bring more joy and laugh, and make our lives easier. Ameen.. ameen..

So on Oct. 13, we went to my first prenatal visit. Based on my period calculation, our little one should be around 7 weeks at that time. She gave us the due date on June 3 next year. I complained about having pelvic cramps almost everyday. The nurse wasn’t sure why I experience that (but she did say that some women who are having their second pregnancy reported the same cramping problem). She wanted us to come back the next day for ultrasound to make sure that the baby is at the right position and not the reason I had cramps.

Here’s the ultrasound photo we got:

First thing the technician said that the baby looks bigger that 7 weeks old. At 7 weeks, the baby will look like a peanut (meaning you can see the head and the bottom). But in this photo, you can already see a baby with ears, nose, wiggly little hands and feet. So the technician measured from her head to her bottom, and tadaaa.. already 12 weeks! And the estimated due date move to April 26.

As of Feyruz, he was pretty happy to see the ultrasound. Not sure if he knew what that means, but I told him everyday to be nice to Ummi because she got a baby in her belly!