Today our baby is already two weeks. Later this afternoon we will have appointment with his pediatrician. Hopefully his bilirubin level is better now. On his first check up last week his bilirubin was 12, it’s high! But his doctor said no need to worry as long as it’s not continue go up.

He also said it’s common happen to a newborn. What i need to do is feeding him more frequent and put him under the sunlight every morning for 15 minutes.

my two weeks baby

Yesterday my mom had an appointment with her ophthalmologist. It was her third check-up after having a lucentis injection for her AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration) treatment on August. Last month her doctor said he would check if my mom still need another injection on her next appointment.

Thankfully, after seeing my mom’s tonometri result yesterday, he said my mom’s eye has responded well to the injection, so no need to do the second injection. Her vision was already stable at 30/100. Her eye condition post glaucoma surgery was also good, with IOP (intraocular pressure) around 9-12 mmHg. So now my mom can continue her life without worrying too much about her eye condition, but her eye still need to be checked-up every month.

A 36D hand-held illuminated magnifier for my mom

After the appointment, her doctor sent my mom to Low Vision department to find a reading aid for her. Ever since she got AMD disease, my mom’s reading ability has dropped significantly. She could not read her Bible anymore as the letters were too small. This has become her main concerns as, for her, Bible was her source of life. She used to read it regularly every morning and for the last few months she was not able to do it. Her doctor said she needed a low vision aid to read small print.

After testing several lenses on her, the optician at the low vision department recommended a hand-held illuminated 9X (36 Diopters) power magnifier with built in LED light as her reading aid. It was actually not an ideal type for reading book as its lens size was only 35 mm so she could only read few letters at a time. But my mom said the most important thing was she could read her Bible again. She would need time to adjust with her new reading aid.

Introducing the new member of our family. He was scheduled on October 10th but he decided to come early. Well, you can’t say no to the baby who wanted to see the world, so there he is 5 days early

By the way, for those who curious about the Chinese Calendar prediction, now I can confirm they’re correct, it’s a boy!

Thanks for stopping by everyone.