Baby Wi Lin and mom & dad’s love

Last Wednesday Hee Lan and her baby Wi Lin came down to Singapore to carryout the baby anus construction operation (he was born without an anus). The operation was successful. Kim had email us on the operation and jokingly mention about the “$15K asshole operation”. I went down to KK Hospital to visit them last Saturday evening. Eric also was there… he drove straight after work from KL to Singapore (I guess about 5hours drive).

They were about to transfer Wi Lin to from the monitoring ward to the general ward when I reach there. There were a number of tubes, wire and bag connected to Wi Lin. Baby Wi Lin have a lot of complications and deform when he was born. Hee Lan briefly told me about them… the obvious one was the cleft lips, his limps are short, jaw was short (therefore causing the tongue to block the air passage), there is some prolem with the heart, cyst in the kidney,etc… but Wi Lin has been a fighter, surviving through 2 to 3 operations… the doctor mention these type of babies will usually die in the womb or die young after birth… But I pray the Wi Lin will survive through it and live as a normal boy! God please help!

After the nurses transfer Wi Lin to the new ward, he was crying (on sound, as they made a hole in his throat to breath). Guess it was a new environment and medication was wearing out… so pain and confusion was going through him. Lee Han and Eric were at Wi Lin side calming and reassuring him. I was at the end of the baby’s bad looking at them. Seeing Lee Han and Eric… mum and dad’s love towards baby… touched me it also gave a sense of hope. I wanted to cry… but did not as I wanted to show my support to Hee Lan and Eric.

When Wi Lin was calm down. I did my best to entertain him with the cute stuff toy he has and some lullaby & songs and nursery rhythms (I really had forgotten most of them). Although there was no voice I could see his eyes moving to the hand gestures that I made. In my heart I was telling Wi Lin… “I guess that is all Uncle Han can do for you… make funny faces, play some toy, sing song for you… I wish I can do more for you… because you are loved“

God have mercy! Have mercy on my nephew. Let him live to the fullest please I beg you.

There was a light side to this visit, went back Kim place for dinner and we guys (Eric & I) thought that the soup in the kitchen was melon soup even though Lee Han said it is papaya soup (in no way we believe her it is green papaya… did not know that green papaya could help produce breast milk) for her to. So we drank one bowl each. Kim found out and scolded us guys and wants us to produce milk for the baby!… hehehe