My Birthday Gifts From All My Love Ones.

It was my birthday yesterday and I received many well-wishes from my dear families and friends. I received some very nice presents and bought some other gifts with the ang pows I received. The below pictures are the presents I received and bought... I am a happy person. : )


Puma Bag


SGH-D900


Espirit Watch


Oakley Sunglass


Flower Basket

There are still a pendant and a pair of shoes. I did not have the pictures with me now so cannot upload them. Will upload when I have the pictures with me.

I would like to thank all for their well-wishes and gifts. : )

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I Am Blessed With The Best Relatives In The World.

From the previous post, you would have read that my family and I had been through one of the worst month of our lives. It would have been worse if not for the relatives that I have. My auntie and cousins really helped us lots. Hundreds and thousands of thank you will not be enough to express our gratitudes for them.

My cousin, D, first came to know about it and immedately she went to find out from her gynae and doctor if there is any thing that can help my sister's condition. When thing seems to be getting worse, I had to talk to someone about it as I was slowly breaking down. Cousin N was who I talked to. It really helped that I let it out of me and cried it all out. Cousin N literally lent me a shoulder to cry on.

Immediately the next day, cousins D, K and N came all the way down to my house to keep my sister company. They continued to keep my sister company for the next couple of days (it was the long weekends). On one of those days, they got my sister to talk about how she was feeling and it helped much to get my sister to open up and let out what is inside her. I could sense that after that talk, she came to accept the news and was more prepared for the result.

When we found out that the baby might have down syndrome, cousins D and K immediately helped to make an appointment with her gynae for a 2nd opinion and rushed down to the hospital to accompany my sister for appointment. They continued to shower my sister with lots and lots of care and concerns throughout this ordeal. Cousin Do even fed my sister so much on 1 of the weekends. : )

They were equally anxious waiting for the result this morning and when they found out that they are going to have another healthy nephew, they were as ecstatic as me. I know that they are genuinely happy to hear the news from the little reactions that they individually has when they heard the news. It is really heartwarming and I am very touched by what they had done for my sister and my family. It is them that makes it easier for us throughout.

I thank them for going through all the troubles of arranging the appointments and sending / picking my sister up.
I thank them for sacrificing their personal time to accompany my sister.
I thank them for helping to talk to my sister to make her feel better.
I thank whoever is up there for blessing me with such good-hearted relatives who are always there for us when we need supports.

I can never ask for more when it comes to families (immediate or extended).

One more very important person I must thank in this whole episode. She will be my brother's girlfriend (soon-to-be wife), R. Without her, we might not have been able to connect to my sister when she went into seclusion.

Thank you, all my dears. I really treasure you gals a lot.

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Tormenting 1 Month... But A Happy Ending...

The past 3 weeks had been 1 of the top 10 worst time of my life.

Exactly 3 weeks ago, my sister, S, went for her routined pregnancy check-up. A scan is supposed to be done on that day to determine the gender of the baby. All of us were really excited and anticipating cos after 5 months, we can finally know if the baby is a 'He' or a 'She'. When we received the call from my sister, it was not to be so. The doctor had given her not so good news. It seems that the baby is not absorbing enough nutrients and the fluid where the baby stays in is not enough. Given the worst scenario, the baby might be prematured and to a certain extent, the baby will not be able to survive. It was a very tramatic news for us. Another scan was scheduled a week later to find out more.

Last week, my sister went for another scan and this time, a worse news was told to us. The gynae's suggestion to my sister is to abort the baby. He told my sister the chances of the baby surviving through the whole prenancy is almost 0 and even if the the baby can survive through the pregnancy, he / she will be born with problems. Why is this happening? Why does my sister have to make such a decision now? The baby is kicking in her stomach, how do you expect her to make a decision? Even I, supposedly the stonger one, could not accept it. How can my sister, the mother of the baby, deal with this?

The logical mind said to abort the baby (as suggested by the gynae) so as to protect the baby from further harms when he / she is born. The sentimental mind will never be able to do that. After a lot of thorough thoughts, my sister and husband decided to let the baby go. It was a painful decision for them and everyone around them.

When they went back to the hospital last week supposedly to tell the gynae their decision on whether to abort or keep the baby, they requested for a final scan before they abort the baby. Miraculously (or the hospital's mistake, I do not know), the gynae said there is some changes in the baby. He said the baby has developed tremendously (over the weekend). We were, of course, very happy to hear the news but what came after the good news had us worried. The gynae did yet another scan later that week and discovered white spots on the intestines of the baby. What it means is that it might be a down syndrome baby. Once again, we are put through the ordeal of worries. More test were done to find out if it will be a down syndrome baby. We were to go through another weekends of worrying.

Everyone in the families (immediate and extended) were praying very hard for my sister and the baby. We do not want anything more except for the baby to be healthy. Today is the day that I believe everyone will remember forever... 11am was the appointment with the gynae to know the result of the test. Everyone was anxiously waiting... The call from my sister came at 11:45am. It is the best time of my life. The result is negative. The baby is normal and healthy. Everything is looking good and the baby is a BOY! He is my nephew. I am so proud of him. He must be very persistent in wanting to join our families, just as we are anxiously anticipating his arrival.

I do not want anything more than having my nephew joins us in 16 weeks time... : )

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