Remember you went to see the doctor for your Jaundice? Well, that visit did not turn out so good, because the doctors said there was a possibility that you had an absent common bile duct connecting your small intestine and Mr Liver. Mr Liver faced a bit of a problem. You see, every day, Mr Liver works hard to produce a liquid called bile, which stays in Mr Gall Bladder’s house. When you drink milk, your little digestive system, Mr Small Intestine, has to drink bile for it to have the power to work hard for you to absorb nutrients from your milk. Unfortunately, doctors could not detect the road connecting Mr Gall bladder and Mr Small intestine even after several tests including iodine tests…:(
12 October, 2014. This was you after your very first test. See a beige circle on your hand? That’s where you had a boo-boo:( You were being poked for a test:( Micaela Jiejie was accompanying you for a nap on the couch! Look at how much she loves you:)
14 October 2014
You were at the Seit’s (My house!) for the second time, and we were having a simple gathering. You were sleeping soundly on the couch till you woke up and gazed at mommy, who walked off to talk to your Korkor Mark. Jiejie Myra and Micaela were trying to comfort you when you started crying. That was daddy patting you at the end!:)
A few days later, the doctors suspected that you had a condition called Biliary Atresia, and mommy and daddy were very, very sad and afraid. It meant that you had to go for an operation to create the road for Mr Gall Bladder and Small intestine to meet…
Everyone around you prayed hard, and we left you in the hands of Daddy God, while the surgeons (doctors with fluffy cloud caps) worked on your tiny body.
Thankfully, doctors found a tiny winding road, and it was not missing! It was just very, very narrow. I guess Mr Bile must be pretty fat because he couldn’t flow through it very well…
We thank God for that anyway:)
After your first surgery, you stayed in the Paediatric ward at the National University Hospital for 3-4 days. You stayed diagonally opposite a little friend called Si Xuan who had BA…She was a strong fighter like you.
You were all stitched up and happy, even though you felt pain.
Day 1, 15 October 2014, Post surgery. You were decked in cute little fishie PJs, resting after the surgery. Thank God you came out of the OT safe and sound! Brave boy, Maxy!
This was probably day 2, post surgery! Bunnies for you today, little one!
SMILEEEEE:) you were so tan like mommy!
This was before you were getting discharged! You were smiling really happily that morning, and I visited you before tennis. A medical student came by to listen to your heart murmur, and you smiled sweetly at her, and she said you were a lovely boy. Indeed you are, maxy boy!
Mommy, Uncle Arthur, Aunty Jess and I were talking about you while you baby-talked away:) We were saying that you resemble Jiejie Myra so much!
You were such a sweet boy:) This was me stroking your tiny hands!
17 October, 2014 – Excited to go home!!
Sleep tight darling<3
26 October 2014 – Here, you were at my house for the third time! Jiejie Micaela was carrying you in your Dino onesie. ROAR!!! you’re strong like the little dino!
Just lookin’ around…
Darling jiejie Micaela carrying you! you cried shortly after this…maybe because of my singing:'(
You loved it when people talked to you or sang to you. Singing would nearly always calm you down, and I remember singing You are my sunshine to you, and you were laughing and smiling at me. You truly brighten up our lives!:) In this video, unfortunately, I was irritating your little cheek and singing to you, but it did not work:( You cried when I sang to you, it must have been really bad! Hahaha. Your korkor Matthew promptly walked over to kiss you:)
MAX LEANDRES CHEE TSE YI 