Cheeks to Cheeks

On the day of Christmas eve,
I lost the chance to get to know you.
I so wanted to hold you dearly,
touch that little arm of yours,
stroke your little fuzzy haired head.
Mummy loved you so much,
yearned for you,
cried for you.
Only time can heal my heart, body and soul.
I love you my sweet babe.
Rest well and now go frolick with the angels,
who will forever protect you.

By this time next week, I will be enjoying a nice cuppa iced teh tarik. I can’t wait for this week to be over and it hasn’t been a pleasant one. Things went down the hill over the weekend and we’re recovering from it. These are the events that had happened over the week:

1) I woke up middle of the night finding Cass with a slight fever of 99.9 degree F. Luckily it subsided after one dose of Motrin.

2) Belle ate something bad and had the worse food poisoning in her life. She puked 3 times and had constant diarrhea. It was so bad that whenever she had to let out gas, poop came with it. We had to bring her in to the hospital (there are no private single clinics in Shanghai) the following morning. Luckily we didn’t go to the famous Pediatric/Children’s Hospital. Instead, we went to a General Hospital (which her daddy used to go to as a child) and visited the Pediatric department. Poor baby had to had IV inserted on her hand. The doctor said her electrolytes are imbalanced and if she doesn’t get the IV solution in, she would continue to puke whenever she eats or drinks. Poor girl gave a fight and all of us (both me and father-in-law and 3 nurses) had to pin her down just so the nurse could insert the IV needle into her. She had 2 bags of solution and it lasted almost 3 hours. Thankfully she felt a lot better at the end of the “treatment” and we were able to meet up with some relatives for lunch. She refused to go home to rest and we had no choice but to bring her along. She ran a slight fever when she came home but Motrin did the trick. She had to drink 2 doses of yucky medicine to stop her diarrhea. The girl went through the phobia of eating for few days but she is getting better now.

3) Just as Belle got better, Cass came down with fever again. This time it was about 100.9 degree F. Thank goodness I have Motrin with me and her fever subsided after one dose of it. As you can see why the title of this post is “Sleepless in Shanghai continues.”

4) Then the worse part happened, all three of us, my Father-in-law, Mother-in-law and I ate something bad and had food poisoning. MIL puked numerous times and had to take Belle’s anti-vomit med. I had a few runs of diarrhea and had to make myself puke once ‘cos my tummy was feeling uneasy the entire day. FIL puked once and had fever. He is still running a slight fever now. Luckily for me, my diarrhea lasted only for 2 days and I’m feeling back to my normal self. MIL is feeling better but doesn’t have much appetite.

So, now you can see why I want this week to be over with. With relatives flying in from Hong Kong and Australia, we can’t afford to be sick. We will just have to toughen up ourselves and hopefully by next week we can relax and enjoy the rest of the vacation. My in-laws have been a great help and they really deserve a child-free vacation. Hopefully with us in K.L. they get to relax a bit before they leave for U.S.

I will not be blogging till I get to K.L. So, I’ll see some of y’all soon! Adios!

Nong ho! We’re here in beautiful Shanghai.

The girls are still adjusting to the time zone and needless to say, I haven’t been sleeping well. So far, these are the food we’ve accomplished to consume: Cai bao (Steamed veggie bun), Dan bing (Savory egg crepe), Fan tuan (Savory rice balls), Shen jian bao (Pan-fried buns),  Da jai xie (Da jai crabs), and a lot of Shanghaiese style condiments and side dishes. Next on our list is McD. No, we are not missing our American food but McD has this lunch deal that is too good to give up. They are promoting their combo meal at the price of 15 yuan. That’s like USD 2!!!  This deal is only valid for lunch hrs. I’m sure Belle will enjoy her McD meal very much.

There are so much to do and we have so much free time on our hand. We will be here for about 3 weeks–the longest trip so far (at Shanghai). I’m Facebook-less from now till we arrive at K.L. So, those of you who has written to me on my FB, I will not be able to reply. Quite a lot of sites have been banned in China. Therefore, I really can’t do too much net surfing. I guess I’ll just have to stuff myself silly with the local food to pass time.

Zai wei! (Goodbye!)