we got up early, got ready and off we went to the hospital for baby ahmad's blood taking for the karyotyping blood test and thyroid function test...we arrived at around 8.40am, went up to the clinic at 7th floor...we waited for a while, and i tried to wake baby ahmad up for breastfeeding and he only took a little bit...
the medical officer, DR R came at around 9.30am and looked for baby ahmad's vein..as expected and i wrote in the previous entry, there was no visible and easily accessible vein seen on baby ahmad's tiny hands or even feet.. he had a branula inserted on his right hand when he was in NICU, but we were not sure that was successfully inserted after how many attempts, as he had some bruising marks on both hands, probably due to multiple attempts of blood taking and branula insertion...she attempted a few times to draw the blood, and as an expected reflex from baby ahmad, he screamed and cried due to the pain and discomfort..i couldn't bear seeing him crying but i needed to be by his side, stroking his head, his cheeks and holding his hands (whatever that can comfort him) and tried to breastfeed him in between the episodes...
Dr R called her another colleague to help us get about 7ml of blood from baby ahmad...so Dr N came and attempted a few times and he finally got it after several attempts...but that could only fill 1 tube...he poked baby ahmad's vein for another few times to get a few more ml of blood for another tube...finally, the terrifying scream of my little boy ended at around 12, that was about after 2 and 1/2 hour of torture and abuse...i'm sorry baby ahmad, but we really need to do this and i'm sure you know that too..
immediately after the procedure, baby ahmad was very exhausted and he slept right away...i tried to wake him up to breastfeed him and he was just not interested..we arrived home, took a quick lunch and tried to wake baby ahmad for his milk...he just couldn't open his eyes and was not that responsive to our touch and stimulation...the panic button was on as we were afraid he was in hypoglycemic state as his proper breastfeeding session was at around 7 am this morning and he only took some amount of breast milk in between...
i took off his clothing, wet a towel and tried to make him feel cold so that he would respond to the environment...we warmed the expressed breast milk and tried syringing it in into his mouth...he swallowed some of it and we continued syringing in about 30 ml of milk before he finally opened his eyes and became more active, alhamdulillah...that was the longest 40 minutes i ever went through...we decided to do this as we didn't want baby ahmad to go through the torture that he had earlier this morning, knowing that his blood taking or branula insertion was not easy to do...
later in the evening, baby ahmad was able to breastfeed directly and was active as usual...i don't think we can go through the blood taking procedure again in the near future until we can be sure of the correct position of the vein that is easiest for his blood to be drawn...
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| look at this angelic face after he was fed with 30 ml of expressed breast milk |
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| more active in the evening and papa captured him on his nikon |
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