Yesterday was the registration day. I put him in the wait list last summer. We got a package of registration forms last month. Once the packaged is recieved, it’s garanteed that there’ll be a spot for Colton. However, there’s only 1 class in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. There are 16 spots for each class. The morning class is always more popular than the afternoon class. So parents have to be there early enough to take the morning spot. Registration started at 9am. Chris was there before 5am and he was the 8th one in line. Some parents got there at 3am. Isn’t that crazy?
Learn MoreI started Colton potty training when he was 25 months old and he’s now 32 months. Things were very frustrated till now. Now he wears big boy undies at home and pull up if we go out. At home he’s pretty consistant. He’s able to let me know when he needs to go pee pee or poo poo. It’s such a great releif without cleaning up his accidents.
Learn MoreMy vision was measured on that day. My right eye was 20/20 and my left was 20/40. I was told that my right eye is healing exceptionally fast but my left eye is just in the norm. I’m not disappointed at all coz I expected my eyes might heal at different speed. I know eventually I’ll have perfect vision for both of my eyes. After the 2nd day of contact lenses removal, I rarely use the Bion Tears which should be used 3 -4 times a day. I didn’t use it coz I don’t feel any discomfort. At the check up, they looked into my eyes and said my eyes don’t look dry and everything is good. My next check up is in 2 months. Will be updated!
Learn MoreCarina is almost 14.5 months old. She’s able to say Ba Ba (daddy), Ma Ma (mommy), Goh Goh (brother), Goh Goh (that one), Wo Wo (doggy), Woof Woof (pretend dog barking), Mum Mum (eat), Cat, Duck, Up, Bao Bao (bread), Bao Bao (full), Bao Bao (to be held in mandarin), Bear Bear, Nai Nai (milk), Na (hold it). She’s signing as well. She can do Eat, Drink, Bird = Duck, More, Sleep, Full, Cracker, Bath, Change, Phone, All gone, Shoe and Bear. About 2 days ago, she started to connect a noun followed by a verb. Like Ma Ma Bao Bao, meaning “Mom, pick me up!” Colton didn’t do it until about 17 months.
She speaks sooner than Colton. But she’s not walking yet. Colton was walking by her age.
Learn MoreYesterday I got my bandage contact lenses removed. My vision was checked with my contact lenses on. My vision was 20/40 which is not bad at all. Then the nurse put some lubricant into my eyes so the contact lenses won’t be so stuck to my eyeball. Then I was called to go to another room. I was told to look up then the nurse just pinched the contact lenses out. Once they were out, my vision went down again. BLURRY! SCRATCHY! SO DRY! So I put lot’s of Bion Tears.
Today is the day after. I drive today! My vision is almost like or even better than the days with my old precripted contact lense. My eyes don’t feel scratchy at all. Sometimes I thought I was still wearing my old contact lense. Although the healing process is not very comfortable, I’m pretty happy with the result so far.
Learn MoreToday is day 7 after PRK. My vision is still not crystal clear yet but it almost feel like having contact lense. My vision with contact lense was not crystal clear so I’m very happy with my result so far. The scratchyness is gone but it feels like wearing dirty contact lense.
I have a post-check up appointment tomorrow and I’ll have my contact lenses removed. I’ll update with my vision after my contact lenses are out.
Learn MoreDay 3
It’s the worst day ever. Vision is clearer but more discomfort. Not pain, but scratchy. It was so scratchy that my right eye was so watery and I could hardly open my eyes. Left eye wasn’t as bad as my right eye. I ended up calling the clinic to reassure everything was ok. I was told to use the pain drops. It helped like magic. I still went christmas shopping too. The pain drops last for 2 hours. I put pain drops in my eyes every 2 hours even when I was out christmas shopping.
Day 4
Better than day 3. Less discomfort but vision is more blur. I didn’t put pain drops. Just rest at home with lot’s of sleeping. Very light sensitive even with indoor lighting. I put sun glasses on at home too.
Day 5
Almost feel like nothing with a little scratchyness. Vision is not crystal clear yet but it’s the best so far. However, my vision is still not good enough to drive.
Learn MoreDay 2 started a bit clearer in the morning. Mom drove me to the clinic and had the first post-check up. Vision is still blur but everything looks good. I was told that my vision is going to get more blur in the coming days, then it’ll get better gradually. So I’ll be patient. My left eye doesn’t feel any discomfort, but my right eye feels a little scratchy. That’s all so far. Also, I’m so happy that I can see my clock by my bed. I know things will be better, it’s just the matter of time.
Learn MoreI got to the clinic at 11:30am. Waited and waited, then went thru several tests. Waited and waited again. Finally got to the surgical room at 2pm. I laid down and the nursed instilled numbing drops for my eyes. The doctor put the clamp to keep my eye open. Then I kept concentrating on looking at the RED light. The red light was on top and the green light was at the bottom. I kept telling myself “red light, red light” even everything was out of focus. My right eye was lasered for 47 seconds and my left eye was lasered for 44 seconds. It didn’t hurt at all. I think I stayed in the surgical room for about 20 minutes. After the surgery, my vision was blurry. But already way better than before without glasses. I’ll go to the clinic tomorrow morning for my first check up.
So far I don’t feel any pain. Once in a while, they feel scratchy. But it’s tolerable. Everything is not as bad as what I expected. I thought I won’t be able to use the computer for a few days. But looking at the computer screen is not that bad at all. I’ll update my healing process and keep you updated!
Learn MoreI put Colton at the day care by the pool on Nov 29. He liked it so much. So I tried to put Carina at the day care with Colton the next day. Guess what? Colton got sick the next day. He had running nose, coughing, stuffy nose. So he couldn’t sleep at night. He slept with we for 2 nights and the 3rd night I decided not to let him come over to our room any more. He kept waking up every hour or so asking me for water one time then milk another time, then this and that non stop. But he stayed in his room. Then he slept thru the 4th night. This is not the end yet. Then I got sick the next week from Dec 6 for a week. Having the same symptom as Colton. Then it’s Carina’s turn. Her symptom was way stronger. She had a croup the night on Dec 8. She had a hard time breathing coz the virus was in her vocal cord which made her air way much narrower. Then we were at the emergency all day Sunday. They gave her medicine thru a mask then gave her a dose of steriod. She was fine the next day. But then we were at the emergency again early tuesday morning. As the medicine wore off, she got high fever. As high as 39.7 and didn’t go down after taking tylenol or advil. Wednesday, no fever anymore. But she had diarrhea. Runny poo poo just like water. The diarrhea persisted. Saturday, diarrhea plus vomiting. Sunday, diarrhea plus vomiting everything I offered to her including water. So I gave her Gravol before eating. Monday, no vomiting, no diarrhea but extremely tired and sleepy. Today, Tuesday, back to normal. Alert and be a happy baby. But…… Colton had diarrhea yesterday and he vomit once tonight…….. So all this sickness is still around…… Can you imagine my life with kids taking turns getting sick. Oh! I should mention Chris too. He got sick too and still not completely healed. So I stayed home for about 2 weeks without taking my kids to any of the playgroup. Hope I’ll have a Merry Christmas and Happy new year!
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