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To all who sent your regards and expressed your concerns on my mom’s health, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! She has undergone angioplasty and recovered very quickly, and she looks like a normal person now! Without knowing, you might not know that she has had 2 heart attack last week! LOL!

I am so thankful to God for sparing her life. The 2 heart attacks didn’t kill her, but enough to provide warnings for us to treat her before too late! We are glad that it is not the kind that strike once and take life. Really thank God for that.

I think the doctor that our family doc recommended is good. My mom didn’t feel any discomfort through out the whole angiogram and angioplasty processes. Unlike my mom, all others who have gone through the same, complaint that the process was painful or at least not comfortable.

Well, actually my mom’s case is due to very high level of cholesterol. 8.1 of total cholesterol! The specialist said this kind of level is caused by our gene. When asked, I was shocked to find out the whole family has high level of cholesterol. My grandpa died of heart attack after suffering stroke & paralized for a few year. All my aunties and uncles have cholesterol level of around 7.0. My 6 years younger counsin has over 7 as well and is already under medication.

The specialist advised that my sister and I do some screening as we post high risks too.

Geez! I loved all cholesterol rich foods, and I won’t be surprised I am already over the limit. :p I love nasi lemak, eggs, seafood - particularly mussles and squid! Got to watch out.

BTW, after the long silence last 2 weeks, I am now resume blogging. So, do come back often to check updates ya?! Now I’m off to reply all your comments (sorry for the delay!)

Sorry for the lack of updates these 2 weeks. So many things happening that kept me busy and no mood to write.

First, Jul/Aug is the global reporting period and my boss & I each have 19 reports to review in 4 weeks time (why other team members have 4-9 each puzzles me?!).

Then, I also have to take care of a major personal Project (a secret)! :p

And the worst is… there were too many crisis happening in my family.

Last week Mon-Tue I felt feverish and not well. Then Wed my grandma fell and broke her leg, scheduled for operation on Mon. Then Sun Ian fever whole day. Mon Ian recovered but Isabel fever till Wed morning 4am only went off (temporarily).

Then Wed morning itself (7am), my sis called - my mom has heart attack at 4am! I quickly sent Isabel to MIL house, Ian to school, then together with my insurance friend we sent my mom to the hospital.

It was a hectic day and I’m glad it is over now. Mom has gone through surgery, recovering now.

Actually I am very scared of losing my mom. I didn’t know that till few months ago, when I put Ian’s car seat with her. I saw her car parked in the garage, door closed shut, and there was no response when I rang the door bell. I went in, she wasn’t in the bathroom, no response to my calls. Knocked her door, no response. I opened and saw her lying still on the bed…

At that moment my heart almost jumped out! I was very scared and for the first time I was worried I might lose my mom any time.

Only when my mom woke up, I felt the great relief.

Yesterday when I was following my friend’s car (mom in her car), I was so scared that I actually cried all the way. Sounds silly, but I never know!

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I am writing this from my own experience. About 4 years ago, when I suffered sore tendon on my right wrist, I was so painful that I went to see doctors.

I first saw a Chinese orthopaedic, who told me I suffered “Carry-Baby Hand” (抱仔手), i.e. result of carrying baby. He told me that he couldn’t cure me and the only solution is to let it rest.

Not satisfied, I went to the company panel doctor. When I went in, I told one lady doctor (they are on rotation) about my problem. She didn’t buy the “carry-baby hand” theory. Then, she asked me if I do any laundry, and said it must be the laundry that caused my pain.

She then wanted to give me some anti-inflamation medicine (ibuprofen). I told her that I was still breastfeeding, whether the medication is suitable for me or not. Her first reaction was a disgusted look (of breastfeeding)!

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As I was trying to re-write this post, I got lazy. Yes, I wrote “RE-WRITE” because I realized I’ve written this before for MMB.

Well, bringing home EBM is not a new stuff. I learnt it from a supermom, SiawFui in MMB, and improved it as I have more experience, and with the change of airline rules etc. When I came back from New Zealand, I received lots of enquiries on how to do that. As SF was my guru in this, I consulted her. She suggested that we write an article and place in the FAQ area.

Though 4 years have come and gone, the tips in the article is still useful and valid. So, I think instead of re-writing it, I’ll just provide links to that article, which is now split into 4 parts after Lilian revampt the pages:
http://www.mymomsbest.com/travelling.htm
http://www.mymomsbest.com/travelling-and-breastfeeding-pt-2.htm
http://www.mymomsbest.com/travelling-and-breastfeeding-pt-3.htm
http://www.mymomsbest.com/travelling-and-breastfeeding-pt-4.htm

In the articles, we have provided tips like:
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There are plenty of articles about how to deal with siblings jealousy like here and here.

One says it very well:

“The following imaginary scenario might help you to see things from the older child’s perspective. (It is written from the perspective of a wife, but it could easily be a husband or other partner.)

Imagine that your husband comes home one day with another woman. He announces: “Dear, I love you as much as I always have, but now this person is going to live with us, too. By the way, she is also going to take up a lot of my time and attention because I’m crazy about her. She is more helpless and needy than you are anyway. Isn’t that wonderful? Aren’t you delighted?”

How would you feel about that new woman in your family?”

(source: Dr. Spock)

Anyway, this is not about the how to cure, or how to reduce, or how to cope. This post is about how jealous my 2 children are with each other. Yes, not just the older child gets jealous, the younger one as well!

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