its 10 after 9 on a friday, 2 days after childrens day.... its the fourth friday since number two came to be.... THE WIFE is trying to feed number two soy milk formula... number twos been having diarrhoea lately.... junior is at me father in laws.... he should be sending him back home anytime soon..... me? i am just doing what i do best... nothing....... its been a while since i last did any nothing....number twos been putting on weight steadily... he was 3.4 kgs when he came to be, he was slightly over 4 kgs yesterday when we went to the dr about his diarrhoea.... bearing in mind that
he had a major operation not long after he was born, i think he is doing pretty well.... what number two has is a condition called hirschsprungs.... its where, for some unknown reasons, the cells in his intestines stop forming... this condition renders the part of the intestines without the cells, useless..... the usual treatment would be to find out where exactly the cells stop to grow and then remove it... hence the operation.... as to why he had to have the operation on the third day after he came to be?... according to the surgeon, his intestine has, in the words of the surgeon, perforated.... in words where normal people like you and i can understand, his intestine has burst and poo is leaking into his tummy... nasty when you think about it... the infection alone can killed anybody, not to mention newborns.....
if you think having a baby will cost you an arm and a leg, having a baby who needs an operation and spend almost two weeks in a NICU will leave you pretty much limbless... hmmmm...... the bill for THE WIFE was a little over $1200, the bill for number two came up to $20000... according to the dr, this condition happens in 1 out of every 5000 births.... considering the number of babies born every year... there should be more than a handful of kids out there just like number two.. i might even start a support group for folks with kids of the same condition...this blog started out as a diary or sorts for me... now its more like a letter to the future for junior and number two... junior, if you are reading this, study hard, eat your greens, be good to your mother... number two, if you are reading this, it means what i fear most did not happen and study hard, keep healthy, yada yada yada, make loads of money and give them to your old man.... hmmm......
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Don't worry, both your boy will grow into big huge men like you (or even bigger) and give their old man $50 every month.
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