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Today close to 12pm, wife called me and told me baby can discharge, first time I hear directly discharge from ICU, also good, after that wife go fetch her. Now she staying at home, looking good, told her to rest and don't lift anything heavy, anything she need ask mommy and MIL to help. Next is the hospital bill, wait for them to send to me.

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2024/05/baby-finished-surgery.html Now she's still in ICU, still have some water in her lungs so she still have this tube to drain out fluid, but I think it is getting lesser. The needles at her neck area have been removed, those are for dripping morphine and antibiotics. I think there was also one tube for passing out her urine, that one is gone too. I also asked one of the surgeons about the events during operation, the surgeon told me it's nothing to be alarmed and normal for heart to stop during operation, okay, I did a google search and indeed read something about stopping the heart, but just weird how come what the duty doctor told me vs what surgeon told me sounds different, anyway most important is baby doing well, I just hope this surgery once and for all fix her heart issues so she don't have to go through this ever again. Yesterday around 6-7pm got one unpleasant episode, baby was crying in pain because her chest hurts,...

Yesterday daughter admitted to NUH, I took leave to settle the consent for surgery, use my Medisave and ward confirmation, I chose C class, if everything goes well no need to pay cash, if have complication, may need to top-up S$2k+, but it's just estimation at this point. Today I went to work, wife, MIL and nephew at NUH, nephew not allowed to go into the ward because he under 12 years old so he waited at the registration area at level 1, wife and MIL hang around with daughter until about 8:25AM then they moved her into the operating area. Then they waited for 4 hours+ no news so I called the ward to check, then the nurse said someone will call my wife. Around 3PM+, wife said they moved her to new ward and they told her can visit at 4PM. She go try at 4PM they say have to wait. Finally after I finished work, I called the new ward, then they told me can visit, so I went to NUH, went up with my wife, daughter sedated with tubes out of her nose and mouth, and some needles sticking int...

Daughter will be going for operation this month, so MIL and wife's nephew will be flying over, MIL is here to to give support whereas the nephew is very young, more like coming here to see what it's like in Singapore, hopefully will be good memories when he grows up. This will be second time MIL visit Singapore, first time when she came over was when wife gave birth, second time was when daughter had first operation. Too bad still living in my 2-room resale flat, can't really give proper accomodation, have to sleep in living room, lucky she don't mind and she actually prefers sleeping on the floor, but that's really how she sleeps back in her hometown, no bed, just a pillow and sleep on floor with a mat.

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2023/11/baby-going-for-heart-operation-in-2024.html Today went to see the surgeon, or rather part of the surgical team, so it's one big doctor, another doctor, a nurse and a coordinator who is the point of contact between me and the surgical team. So the big doctor went through the story of what happened, why the operation is necessary, why they recommend to do it as soon as possible, what are the risks, how long the operation will take, how long to recover and so forth. My understanding is that the operation is necessary, better to do it while she is young, have to cut down her old scar on her chest, the operation will take around 4 hours if no complication, there is mention of Ross Procedure if the valve is damaged, there are also other possible complications like bleeding and "heart sticking to something", didn't fully catch this part. If all is well, will probably take around 4 weeks for her to recover. I don't have ...

Yesterday wife bring daughter to see heart doctor, he said next year have to plan for heart operation during school holidays, I didn't manage to go together because serving notice so cannot take leave, I no more leave anyway. Good thing wife told me can email the doctor because he shared his email, actually the doctor also asked me to email him a few times already but I keep forgetting about it, didn't really pay much attention because nothing firmed up yet, but now that I know 2024 will have heart operation so I emailed the doctor, asked if we can plan via email, he asked if it is ok to call me next month, I said ok. Hopefully can plan out everything via email or phone call because I still have a 3 months confirmation period at new job so can't take leave also. By the way wife also supposed to go for operation, she seen the surgeon last month but declined going for operation, said she feels healthy, well nobody can't force her, ultimately it's her decision, I can o...

I thought it's going to be an echo scan but turned out to be a CT Scan which is way more expensive, when the counter staff told me the price I shocked, S$604.08. I asked is it pay by cash and if there is any subsidy because my daughter is a Singaporean, the staff told me it is already the subsidised price. I then asked if can pay by Medisave, then another staff told me can but only partial, I think this other staff more experienced, the one who told me the price seems new, maybe can start with "do you have Medisave?" or "do you want to use Medisave?" because usually the other clinics if the staff knows the procedure can claim Medisave they will always ask first. So after Medisave, total paid S$304.05 via credit card. This is the breakdown before government subsidy: Contrast Agent - 50MI: S$124 CT Cardiac Paediatric S$1084.16 This is after subsidy: Contrast Agent - 50MI: S$62 CT Cardiac Paediatric S$542.08 Deduct from Medisave: -S$300 Payable (round down): S$304....

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2023/01/baby-might-need-operation-again.html Today went to see doctor, did ECG, got a flu vaccine, consultation. Doctor explained that the surgery is necessary but also need to observe because currently she is doing well so they can't just operate on her when she is well and risk making her unwell; operation have its risks. Doctor also said she might outgrow the condition since she is bigger and taller than most kids, ultimately need to go for regularly scan and continue to observe but doctor's preference is that the operation is done before she goes to secondary school. So just do a scan in Jun and see doctor again in Jul.

Today went to see the cardiologist again, the finding is that there is an obstruction in her heart valve, the given term is "Sub-aortic obstruction after AVSD repair", it appears that there is a "keloid" causing the narrowing of a heart valve. Doctor say no rush to operate now, he will discuss with his surgeon/team and come up with a plan, probably might need to operate in the next 1-2 years, most probably open-heart surgery again. Me and wife are quite shocked, but baby doesn't seem too bothered, maybe because she is still young, she asked what happens during the operation, I told her after anaesthetic she won't feel anything. Anyway going to see the doctor again in May, by then the doctor will probably propose something. Poor baby, so young need to undergo two ops, thing is it's not a permanent fix and in her lifetime it might occur again, and then she will need to go for op again. Today's bill is S$36, only see doctor never do anything else.

The doctor in school called me up some time back during the school health visit and told me she heard some unusual sounds in baby's heart and recommended that we see a specialist, she asked me which centre I prefer so I told her NUH so she provided a referral letter to "Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute". Today went to the centre, did Echo, ECG and the doctor spoke to us and said something about some hole narrowing and they need to study the Echo and ECH results and discuss with surgeon but in the meantime there is no immediate action required since baby is doing fine, can eat well and participate in PE lesson normally. The doctor also mentioned that we are supposed to be following up and come for yearly scan and that we missed 3-4 appointments, hmm somehow I had the impression that if nothing wrong with baby then no need to follow up, oh well, anyway need to go back again next month, good thing no need to do scan again, but it's du...

Daughter will start school on 27 Jun, in case you are wondering, she is in P1. I think she had a good long break, even though we didn't manage to visit MIL, maybe Dec see how, but I think wife's passport will be expiring soon by then, so need to renew earlier. For the whole month, daughter play Roblox, watch TikTok, wife got her to practise Chinese reading and writing, there's also a Student Learning Space (SLS) from MOE, there are several online interactive homework, finished all the May and Jun ones, I see some are Apr and earlier, daughter says the teacher already covered those in computer class so I let her skip. Currently daughter can't speak or understand Mandarin, problem is at home we don't speak Mandarin, write she can only follow based on what her Chinese teacher taught her. I should really start speaking to her in Mandarin. Personally I think Mandarin is useful, but writing Chinese not so much, I can't remember when was the last time I wrote in Chines...

The online ordering opened last weekend, so I went online to order the books. In total plus the delivery is S$184.80. Total have 52 items, I wonder if all these stuff will last throughout the year or only first half of the year. By the way the number in the bracket means quantity.

Received a letter from the primary school with a whole bunch of things to prepare but I think I pretty much submitted whatever I can submit on Monday and put everything in calendar so I don't miss out anything. I have the list below if you are interested. Download Parents Gateway mobile app - after login via SingPass, it will auto-retrieve your child info. Purchase of textbooks and school uniform - both order online, for textbooks there will be a list of what to buy, for uniform just get ready a measuring tape. Both textbooks and uniform total is around S$300 for my daughter, not inclusive of the white shoes though, I think have to buy separately. School bus service - just register interest online, I suppose the bus operator will contact me later. 2-way is S$93 a month for my daughter. Student care centre - this is for needy families, can apply if need to. P1 orientation - it's a zoom session, so just wait for the day to come and login. Submit pupil data - it's an online fo...

Glad that the P1 registration is fully online, now that we are in the 4IR era, manual processes should be digitalised and automated as much as possible. Looking at the MOE website , I thought the number of phases is too much and how students are segregated based on "fulfil at least one of the requirements for that phase" is kind of ridiculous. This part "registration phases apply to children who are Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents" also baffles me. I would think that Singaporean children should have utmost priority, but apparently that's not the case. The following is extracted from the website: Phase 1 You have an older child who is currently studying at your preferred school. Phase 2A(1) You are a former student of your preferred school, and have joined as a member of the alumni association not later than 30 June 2020. You are a member of the Advisory or Management Committee of your preferred school. Phase 2A(2) You or another child of yours have p...

She saw this toy at a shop and took a photo, managed to find the exact one at Lazada, it's shipping from Taobao China, so probably going to take a while to receive. Total price is S$$20.39 including the delivery fee. My wife say the same toy is selling for S$30++ in Singapore, quite a difference if buy online. This is the link if you are interested:  https://www.lazada.sg/products/i1655986242-s7817824432.html

https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2016/04/bought-ipad-mini-4-548-for-baby.html After 4 years and 3 months of torture, the iPad finally gave up, screen cracked already, cracks all over the body, can still see but the controls just randomly go off, quite unusable. Today went to Challenger to check out the tablets, thinking of getting a new iPad but wife wanted something cheap, so I asked for the Samsung Galaxy Tab A (8.0") but they are out of stock, so ended up buying the HUAWEI MediaPad T3 (KOB-L09) for S$218, it comes with a free casing which according to the salesperson retails for S$40, so the device itself is S$178 I suppose? Also bought a screen protector for S$18 at some random handphone shop. Total paid is S$236 . The KOB-L09 variant WIFI is 802.11b/g/n@2.4 GHz, so it cannot use 5.0 GHz. By the way after I bought it, I happened to notice the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8" selling for S$188 at Courts but not sure if it come with casing though, but I think after adding...

The kindergarten only accept GIRO for the monthly school fees, and the GIRO application was rejected by OCBC, the rejection was because my signature was irregular, worse still cannot setup the GIRO through internet banking, seems like the option is not available for CDA, maybe because CDA is a special account unlike the usual deposit account so it also comes with more restrictions. Oh by the way, CDA must use signature, cannot use thumbprint. Then today deliberately took half day leave to go kindergarten to settle this matter once and for all, then the staff told me to better get a chop from OCBC, wah piang eh reach there then tell me, lucky the bank very near within walking distance, so I immediately walked to the bank, weather damn hot, smelly and sweaty in my office attire. So reached the bank, took a queue number, the staff took my ID card and the kindergarten GIRO application form which I already filled up and signed, they went to check for a while, finally asked me to ...

Today went to register baby at PCF, have to go down to the centre of your choice to register, by the way today is the last day for Singaporean children, so if you haven't register might want to quickly go now. Anyway can call first to check if there is any vacancy so you don't make a wasted trip. You can get the contact and address of their centres at their website: http://www.pcf.org.sg Monthly fees is S$171.20, have to pay full 12 months for the year, even Jun and Nov/Dec holidays also need to pay. By the way I am eligible for the Kindergarten Fee Assistance Scheme (KiFAS), so probably can get S$30 off, so only pay S$141.20. It's best to prepare everything, go down fill up the form (quite a few pages, may need 15-20 mins) and be done for now, and wait for their phone call, still need to pay deposit. There's also some other fees, like buy uniform, the miscellaneous stuff like study material and whatnot, probably around S$1xx+. Following is a copy of the documen...

Childhood Immunisation & Development Assessment Schedule Today baby went for her childhood development assessment appointment at polyclinic, nurse said that this is the last one and no need to go back anymore, any follow-up will be through school. As for immunisation, she already completed all of the required vaccinations for her age, so also settled. Now baby is 4 years old, how time flies.

Look so happy lol.