Irfan needs an Op

Irfan woke up this morning screaming in pain. He had problem doing his number one. Pain he said. He tried, and managed to pass some urine, but stopped halfway due to pain. It was burning. He had this problem last year, but it settled pretty quickly. This time it was different. Anita rushed him to meet me at the hospital, and a quick examinations at the Emergency Room explained where the pain was coming from.

He had an infection on his foreskin, and there was a bit of pus coming out. Painful stuff. I brought him up to see one of the surgeon, and it was pretty clear that he would need circumcision. Poor boy.

The date had been set for Wednesday week. I was slowly dropping hints to him about what was going to happen. Hopefully he would not freak out come the big day .....

For the meantime, he needs a salt bath, some antiseptic cream, and some antibiotics syrups. The pain was much better this afternoon. Hopefully it won't return tomorrow morning ....

More Mess!

Now that I've recover from my bout of depression, it was time to rejoicing as to or row would be my last day at clinic before Raya. Still the we're plenty of things needing sorting out, but it should be a nice day prior to a break tomorrow.

Looked so innocentLet me get some papersLet's start drawingThe robot almost done! On/Of!The boys had been really at it all day today since they were pretty much a home. The room was a right mess, and I think, I would have to take them out for a drive tomorrow evening. otherwise, they would drive everyone mad.

Irfan Back to his Old Tricks

It looks like finally, Alhamdulillah, Irfan's fever was touching baseline. He finished his last dose of antibiotics this morning and was still on paracetamol round the clock. His appetite was back and he was jumping up and down all afternoon. He enjoyed his bit of "mercun" - firecrackers - which I bought at Pasar Ramadan earlier. He was running around in the lawn.

As for Idlan, he had his half-day fasting again today - late breakfast and no food and drinks until Maghrib. He appeared to be getting the hang of things now. I managed to walk around Pasar Ramadan in Melawati earlier armed with the X-Pro1. Snapping away. Quite fun. Will be uploading the photos soon, although they were already up on Flickr and SmugMug.

Poor Boy on Ramadhan Evening

The plan to head to the mosque for Tarawikh had to be put on hold after Irfan felled high temperature tonight. He vomited his medicine and we had to tepid sponge him with some ice before the temperature finally came down. Had to stay with his as usually during fever he always wanted me around. And sure enough, he wanted me all along.

He is back now playing on his iPad and about to settle for the night. Temperature now settled but he had been coughing out some green muck since. We might have to put the plan to have the first berbuka at my Mum's house on the back burner as well. We don't want Julia's children to catch the bug as well. Let's see how he is tomorrow morning.

For all my friends and readers, a Happy Ramadan to all. Ramadhan Mubarak. Didn't matter if you're a Moslem or non.

To A Different Clinic

I finally made it back to the apartment at around 3.30 am after sorting out the admissions. I was more like a zombie when I woke up this morning.

After sorting out the morning rounds, Anita told me that Irfan couldn't sleep properly last night because of his coughing. Time to take him to the Doctors.

Unfortunately, our family Doctor tended to take Sunday off, leaving his surgery manned by a couple of locums. And this afternoon, the clinic was jam-packed.

I have been waiting for close to an hour now. Irfan looked OK, although he was a bit bothered by not having his iPad around with him. But I guessed, everything would be OK when Daddy was around :)