Saturday, March 16, 2024

Weight up!

The doc had told us not to keep weighing SE, to leave the monitoring to her.   The next appointment was three weeks after the first. Voila, her weight had gone up 2kg!  So THIS is what it takes to get her weight up!  

For weeks I'd been puzzled.  After noticing the problem, we had been watching to make sure she was eating.  Yet how come she wasn't putting on weight and in fact was slowly getting worse?  Was there something wrong with her body as well?  Could she have a deficiency in absorbing nutrients?  Was she somehow getting rid of the food she was eating?  Should we go to other doctors to check for other problems?  All the worries were going round and round my head.

So the secret was to increase her food intake substantially.  And if she can put on weight like this, it must mean her body was working fine.  At this rate, it wouldn't be too long before she was out of danger zone!  The situation was finally improving.  After the weeks and months of worry, relief flooded through me. 

Looking better

It would all come crashing down.

Friday, March 15, 2024

Evidence

Somehow, even with me or our maid monitoring SE closely at meal times, we regularly find evidence that she had managed to get rid of some food.

 Pieces of cheese

These 2 small containers were found in the fridge, tucked in the middle of a packet of preserved nutmeg which I hadn't opened for the longest time.  Inside were these pieces of cheese she must have squirreled away from multiple snack times.  Cheese is so expensive and she just dumps it like this sigh.  I wanted to eat them but saw a bit of mold on one of the pieces.  So into the bin went some of my hard-earned money.

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Tough

Back to the painful topic.  

Making sure SE follows the doctor's advice is tough.  She has to take 3 meals (breakfast lunch dinner) and 3 snacks a day (mid-morning afternoon and supper) so time and discipline are very important.  Delay in one meal will impact the next one.   

The quantity of food is more than what she used to take.

I cannot finish, full already!

Then, the type of food.  Note the paper towel full of sauce which she has rubbed off from her portion of meat.  Given the choice she would take food which are low-fat, low-calorie and totally bland.  


No I'm not eating any more

At times she gets stubborn and refuses point-blank to eat.  Then we sit there for ages as she cannot be left alone either.  When she takes so long to finish, she will be too full for the next meal and the drama continues throughout the day.  Also... there is a high chance she will get rid of the food by throwing it away or stuffing it somewhere.

No I cannotttt

While I know it's not easy for her to eat, I have no choice either but to be strict.  Her body weight was critically low - only 25kg at a height of 144cm.  She'd dropped about 10kg from her pre-anorexia weight.

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Her year

Dragon is SE's year, she turns 12 this year.  And she is facing such big problems.

Me is a dragon

Or, could it be the year where the problems are solved?

Friday, February 23, 2024

Peace

Since JE insisted on flashing the peace sign even though I kept telling her it doesn't go with traditional CNY outfits... here is a post with some of the unacceptable photos.  Hmff.
 
Peace

Peace!!

PEACE!!!


Thursday, February 22, 2024

Day 2 CNY

 Day 2, we headed over to Midvalley to take some photos.  I like the persimmon theme!

Here, have a persimmon

Kakak is selling persimmons hehe


The Gardens section had a retro kind of theme.  Thought SE posed well.

I actually don't know how to cycle


But I can pose hehe

Erm yeah the girls don't own footwear match dresses.

Day1 CNY

Just to record down else next year we will be cracking out heads thinking what we did the previous year.  Previously we would meet with hubby's side on CNY eve, then have no events on CNY Day 1.  Since this year CNY eve was with my family,  Day 1 we went to his sister's place.  Small gathering with other members of the family.

Hubby got the girls to participate in the gambling session.  The girls later reported it was boring and SE said she didn't know what was going on haha.

Sit here and 'gamble'