May 11, 2008

PBMT - Day 153

We bought everything we needed for our bedroom partitioning over the weekend and finished installing them. It looks exactly how we wanted it and we are very pleased with the result. Mama didn't get any present for Mothers' day but Adrian did (Mama got Adrian some toys at a toy warehouse)! Instead, we all dined out and spent a nice evening at The Cricket Club where Adrian got a chance to stretch out and play outdoors. Here's some pictures:

May 10, 2008

PBMT - Day 152

We took Adrian to Caritas for his first Speech Therapy session this morning. The session lasted 50 mins and it was mainly a pre-screening and assessment for Adrian. In conclusion, the Therapist finds that Adrian is pretty weak with his mouth motor skills and he definitely needs some serious training before he can actually talk. In fact, Adrian does make a lot of sound lately but with no meanings. The Therapist suggested we get some toys such as a play kitchen cooking sets & toys so we can talk to him using simple conversation like "cut the veggies", "spoon".. etc. and he can pick up simple wordings this way. Apart from the ST session, we were out looking at different stores during Adrian's nap time to get ideas on how to implement the partition in our bedroom.... 2 more days to go!

May 9, 2008

PBMT - Day 151

We have been pretty busy lately reorganizing/redesigning our bedroom to accomodate Adrian! Currently, Adrian has his own bedroom and we have ours. But we are going to share our bedroom with Adrian so his room can be spared for uncle who will be coming home early next week. After brainstorming several ideas, we finally settled in partitioning the room with a rod & curtain.

May 8, 2008

PBMT - Day 150

We headed to Central this morning for Adrian's TCM appointment. Two Aunties dropped by to see Adrian which made the waiting more pleasant. Adrian showed his tongue to the doctor for the first time without Mama using the trick (i.e. his toothbrush). Doc said Little Adrian is doing well by looking at his palm and tongue and he's prescribed 21 doses of TCM this time. We later met up with Papa at the Crocs store and had Adrian tried out the Crocs before heading home. Apparently we are thinking of getting a pair for Adrian as casual wear or maybe as slippers at home. Adrian seemed to enjoy his first shoe fitting experience and he looks really cute on them.

Adrian at the corridor outside the TCM clinic.

May 6, 2008

PBMT - Day 148

With the amount of hair growing on Adrian's head these days, we are seriously thinking of giving Adrian a proper hair wash real soon. It's been more than a year since we last washed his hair and Mama is now clueless as to how to do it! Not to exaggerate the situation, but the last time he still had hair at 10 months old, it was easy to hold him on one hand and wash his hair on the other hand by placing him on the counter top. Now that he's at 13 kg, we are thinking of what's the easiest way to do the hair wash. We'll have to really think about it....

Adrian enjoys playing with the blocks.

He is very focused...

Some of his masterpiece...

May 5, 2008

PBMT - Day 147

It's amazing we only stay at QM less than an hour every week ever since the Oncology Ward has moved to C6. Due to the renovation in progress, the temporary ward at C6 is only half a size of the previously known K8N. Therefore we are asked to leave whenever we are done with line care and blood work. They will let us know of the blood result next week. So the result we got today was actually from last week's (April 28th). Adrian's Neutrophils level seem to have reached a bottle neck where it got stuck within the 1 level and today's result even hit below 1 at 0.74. Though we are not overly concerned - given his other figures look all right (HGB at 12 & Platelet at 213). We'll be back on May 13th for line care, blood work and most importantly - the CT Scan.

May 2, 2008

PBMT - Day 144

We had our Physio session at DK this morning. Adrian was a bit shy at the beginning and later got warmed up with the Therapist. Again, Adrian sat on the Gym Ball for toning up his body muscles while playing some toys for his hand motor skills training. Later the Therapist put up some steps like hurdles where Adrian had to go through to throw the beanbag into the basket. It was fun and Adrian didn't want to leave even after the session is finished. There's also a Motor Skills Assessment scheduled for Adrian on June 4th by the Occupational Therapist to see his progress.