Oh sofea!!

Ahad lepas, kitorg bawa Sofea pegi klinik sebab dah 4 hari dia tak buang air besar. 4 hari ooo, sampai keras perut! Call lenot, dia suruh gi klinik. So off we went.

Sampai klinik, the first thing Dr said was baby jaundice, and the constipation might be the side effect. She asked us to bring sofea to the nearest hospital immediately for blood test. Cuak gila weh! Kitorg pun terus pegi DSH. Sampai sana GP suruh admit ward sebab paediatrician takde kat hospital dan hanya akan dtg check baby yg admitted.

Ok, masing2 dah cuak tahap gaban. Shah muka panik gila. Muka mak sofea ni sure lagi parah.

Tiba2 sofea menangis minta susu. Sambil susukan sofea, meleleh2 air mata sayu gile. Rasa bersalah sangat sebab macam ambil mudah kesihatan anak. Berdoa tak putus mudah2an sofea sihat.

Later nurse datang amik darah. Bila dia cucuk tumit sofea, menjerit2 si kecik tu menangis. Mesti sofea sakit sgt sebab tak pernah tengok dia menangis teruk macam tu.

Then guess what?

Sofea pooped.

Haha, i've never been happier seeing poop in my life. Selesai satu masalah :)

Now, for the blood test. Sofea punya bilirubin reading is 10.2, which according to the GP, was way too high because the normal reading should be 2.6. GP tu called paed named Dr. Ng, nasib baik Dr Ng kata tak payah admit ward, cuma dtg jumpa dia esok.

The next morning, we went to Dr Ng's clinic at kepong. He examined sofea, timbang, picit2, then dia cakap sofea sihat takde masalah. Fuh, lega alhamdulillah dengar dia cakap camtu. Bilirubin reading 10.6 untuk baby adalah ok, kalau lebih 12 baru admit ward. Dia kata 'normal level' yg GP tu cakap (2.6) adalah bacaan utk org dewasa. And in sofea's case, dia kata tak payah risau sebab baby fully breastfeed (yeay!!). Although there was possibility that the hormone in the breastmilk prolonged the jaundice, there was no need to halt breastfeeding.

Kemungkinan besar sofea jaundice sebab dia lama tak berak, so kuning tak boleh keluar dan masuk balik dalam badan. Kenapa sofea sembelit? Hhmm... maybe something that i ate la, so i better be careful after this. Dr Ng kata baby umur 0-3 months, normal bowel movement should be around 5 to 28 nos. per week. Saja nak share info with my readers. Lepas ni apa2 nak gi jumpa Dr Ng terus la. Charge consultation pun murah RM10 je, selalu doktor pakar mahal. Sempat promote Dr Ng ;)

Harap jaundice sofea cepat hilang. Skrg tiap pagi kitorg berjemur kat balcony, shah tak bagi lagi berjemur dalam bilik. Sebab? Dia kata cermin tingkap sekat sinaran uv. Ikut je la, isteri mithali. Walaupun sempat menjawab cermin tingkap tu bukannya ada uv treatment macam spec mata. huhu, ape2 la labu.

Oh btw, berat sofea at 14 days of age is 3.15kg, naik 0.5kg. Hurray for sofea! :)