"Those burgers look good! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE FROM!"

Answer: Chili's.

We were driving to the doctor's for our monthly check-up when she spotted an ad on the bus. She was drinking her drink but suddenly screamed "Those burgers look good! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE FROM!" Apparently, they were from Chili's. They just opened a branch in Tanglin Mall (AKA White People's Paradise).

The doctor had the OSCAR test (for physical and genetical abnormality) done for her. We saw the fetus and everything looked okay. Head, Heart, Limbs, neck thickness, etc... The lab test who did the ultrasound was as chatty as BabyMama. I guess birds of a feather...

The doctor wanted to do some other tests because of her Blood Pressure and possibility of diabetes during pregnancy. We were able to use the blood from the labwork (done that morning) so all we needed was some pee. BabyMama was unable to pee so we decided to go eat lunch first then return with the pee sample.

Lunch was good for her. I have pics to prove it. No pee yet. Then we shopped for CDs and some groceries. Still no pee. We went home to rest a little, hoping that she would soon be able to send the sample to the doctor. But nope, we slept until 6pm. She could feel that her bladder was full but there was no pee. She was also in pain... Well, you guessed it. It is probably a Kidney Stone. We finally when to the doctor at around 2:30 am.

We went to KK Hospital first (we were there the last time). However, the triage nurse told use that their clinic was not equipped to deal with Alaina's problem. They suggested we go to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Their full service hospital would be better. So we went... I took the "local" route because I couldn't find the highway entrance... then there was a police stop on the road just outside the hospital... Maybe there are looking for some fugitives. Anyway,she immediately go to see a doctor after getting her physio readings done. I waited in the waiting area... playing Soccer on my ipod.

The doctor later came out and told me that she is fine, couldn't see the stones (no xray done bec of pregnancy), the fetus was very active. Will need to run some test but she should be fine after a jab. (They found a painkiller that was safe for the fetus). She was wheeled into a Observation room after the administration of the drug. Stayed there for a couple hours. We got home about 6am. While we were there, there were some interesting characters. A chinese-looking lady with blonde hair... probably ODed. A guy with long slightly curly blond hair and a full handlebar mustache. I think he looked like an Australian Hulk Hogan. Oh, he was in police custody. The ER doctor later told use the test results looked good. The levels of the elements in her blood was normal. But he made us an appointment for an urologist visit. I think BabyMama has a crush on him because he was able to get the needle into her vein on the first try.
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She has been drinking lots of Cranberry and Grape juice. Finally passed the stone in the last few hours.

Shellfish Interrupted

Sunday (6th Sept,2009), Baby Mama had been sleeping for over 14hrs. At approximately 4:30pm, she walked out of the bathroom saying that she wants to go see a doctor. She has been feeling nauseous and couldn't eat or drink without pulling a Merlion.

I was eating a plate of cockles with about 15 pieces left. What do I do? Do I abandon the lovely shellfish and get up to drive my wife to the 24 hour clinic? Or continue eating and ask her to wait until I finish eating before going? Decisions, decisons... The solution: "Okay dear, go dress up and we'll go." Then eat all the cockles like there's no tomorrow.

We went to the best Women and Children Hospital in the world... ok, not really... it's just that I was born there... The wait was about 30 mins (admission + bp test, urine, etc) before we saw the doctor. The doctor diagnosed her as being dehydrated. Gave her 2 packets of saline + dextrose cocktail and some anti-nausea meds. The whole process will take 2hrs (i.e., for the solution to go into her).

She has tiny veins and the doctor had a tough time putting the needle into the vein in her hand. Ended up using the bigger vein in the bend of the elbow. After she was hooked up to the IV packets, she was wheeled off to another room to rest.

She wanted me to stay with her in the same room. At first the nurse wasn't too happy about it but she relented. To pass time, I entertained her with my wonderful singing voice (Ha!) and amazing talent of making up words when I fumble with lyrics. I figured if singers can sing all the time during a 2 hr concert, so can I. We ended up playing "What song is this melody from." Took turns to sing the introduction music of songs and the other person had to guess the title. I WON! (END OF DISCUSSION!)

About 1hr 30mins into the treatment, she was feeling much better. Talking more, laughing, etc... So it seems the treatment worked. We went back to the doctor's room (next door) at the end of the treatment (and after the doctor's dinner break). The new urine test shows she is hydrated well. She also got to hear the baby's heartbeat. She thinks it's a baby because it is fast.