Jaundice

When we discharged on Sunday, Daryl's PD Dr Ong told us to bring sun Daryl under the sun as his jaundice is at managable level. But the day of discharge was overwhelming as my whole family beside my brother and sister in law who are overseas are at my house + my mother in law, as such, we did not sun Daryl. Then on Monday, I put him on my L-shaped sofa to sun him as I remember I was told not directly under the sun mah. Then in the afternoon, my mummy called and ask me did Daryl poo or pee, then we realised, he actually did not poo or pee after we discharge. Getting worried, I suggest to Shawn that we bring him to see Dr Ong. Shawn refused as he thought it is because we did not give Daryl water to drink thus he will not have any pee. However, after I insisted, we bring him to see Dr Ong who say that Daryl jaundice level have shoot up and have to be hospitalised to undergo phototherapy.

Although I know it is common for baby to have jaundice, but my emotion during that time was totally not me at all. I broke down in the clinic. Then I decide that I will stay in with Daryl, as I know I will not be able to sleep at home with Daryl still in hospital, so to avoid the disturbance of other kids as we will be staying in the kids ward and not the maternity ward, we choose 1 bedded room so that Daryl can also be under the therapy in the room. We stayed 4 days 3 night from 5th May to 9th May before Daryl was better and can be discharged.

During my stay there, in the night, my sister and her boyfriend, Aloy will come keep me company as they worried I will be scared or I will think too much lor, coz I will cried on and off especially when I see Daryl under the phototherapy crying. They will only leave after I fall asleep.

Then on 8th May, Shawn brought Daryl chinese name which was 'calculated and given' by the naming shi fu which he consulted and asked me to register the name the next day when we discharged. That night, Shawn and me have our first quarrel after Daryl was born. What happen was that my emotion get the better of me and I sort have "talk rudely" to my mother in law after she repeatly mention the chinese name she suggested for Daryl from the day she suggest till this very day. I guess, if my emotion was still me, I will not have reacted the way I did ba.

After we discharged on the 9th, we were told to continue to sun Daryl in the sun for few more days. However, the sun seem to be hiding behind the clouds or the sky just look dark and about the rain lor. Anyway, when we go for Daryl's check up again, we were glad that his jaundice was cleared.