21 November Updates

Come tomorrow and it'll be 2 weeks since Jo had the op.

The whole of last week was not too bad. Gradually getting better till Saturday came along. She just lost her appetite in the evening and on Sunday had the severe pains again when getting up from bed. So again, she was moving like an old lady...literally one step at a time. The aches are also present usually on her right shoulder area and sometimes on the left side of her body.

Next thing is the fever. Seems like it's getting shorter and shorter. Instead of the 6 hr interval, it's lessen to every 5 hrs and then the fever strikes again. So we've tried alternating between the Semplex anti-imflammatory pill and panadol. Semplex does wonders for at least 12 hrs. This helps her to sleep peacefully at least through the night.

Her appetite. We got her all the foods she likes but her appetite was still visibly poor - braised duck noodles, laksa yong tau foo, soy sauce chicken with rice etc etc. She's probably under 40kg now...and really bony... sigh....

Tastebuds are going bonkers. She's mentioned that it's numb at her tongue's end? Sometimes not being able to completely taste food. Also, certain foods taste strange when they normally do not.

Last but not least. Constipation.
She's been constipating for a bit and thank God that the medication we got last week worked. Only thing is that she gets diarrhoea once in awhile still.

So our prayer items for now would be:
1. Reduction and removal of the sharp pain (liver area)
2. Restoration of her appetite and tastebuds
3. Removal of the fever and aches
4. That she will no longer constipate and be able to move her bowels normally

Thank you all and God Bless