sleeping on the tummy

July 29

in nampyeon's words... 'i was so afraid all she could see was darkness for her whole life'.

we worried for days. on the 28th, they did the eye test but said that they would have to do it the next day again. when we called the nurse the next day, she told us that the optician will call us to update the status. we waited for the whole day, and we panicked, because if the results were good, they wouldn't have said that right? nampyeon said it sounded like they were trying to push the responsibility to the optician. i was so upset i was in tears when i laid in bed that night.

later around 1130pm, nampyeon came into my room and delivered the verdict:

minzy was fine!!! they didn't see anything wrong with her eyes and they would check again mid august (2 weeks later). it doesn't seem like a weekly check would be needed.

i was so overjoyed i jumped around and hugged nampyeon happily. nampyeon said he couldn't take it anymore when they didn't call the whole day and had to call. he was so afraid she won't be able to see, and i was already bracing myself, searching for articles on how you should accommodate blind babies. i prayed to kinzy and linzy everyday hoping that they would protect their sister, and let her see the world. thank you my babies.

Jul 30

we could visit with a happy heart, knowing her eyes were fine. but i still couldn't help but worry. minzy's eyes were diagnosed as a rush-type - meaning it happened suddenly. what if it reoccurred suddenly again? why can't they check it often? the nurses assured that since the results were good the chances of re occurrence is close to none. i really hope that was the case.

with this big headache gone, minzy could finally be free of more surgeries (i hope).

Minzy was sleeping on her tummy today. i thought this wouldn't happen because of her stomach surgery but i guess they felt safe to do so. i could finally see so clearly her scar from the heart surgery. it pains me, but i was also so proud of her. she fought through so many things.

minzy seems to be having a hard time sleeping on her tummy. she couldn't move as freely as before and sometimes she was trying to push herself up. she kept wriggling (i'm sorry to say but it's so cute). her knees were bent in a kneeling manner and it looks so super uncomfortable. 

she could barely open her eyes to see us, but she did.

and she has such beautiful eyes. my little warrior minzy.

you might have noticed (or not) that she has this tube in her nose that's stretching her nostrils upwards :( the nurse says that they shifted the feeding tube from her mouth to her nose, as they didn't want her to get trauma from choking on bottle feedings. apparently the tube in mouth causes that often. i can't imagine having a tube stuffed down your nose to your stomach... oh no... T_T

minzy was 1.22kg. she hasn't grown much, only 0.01kg since last week. would this be her final challenge? she was putting on so little weight and she was so tiny. 

please let her overcome this final hurdle...!!!!