My Mom 3rd Chemotherapy

Heeeee, already on the middle of Chemo Cycle.
Honestly, my mom seriously want to drop the chemo treatment.

I haven't share on this blog. During the 2nd Chemo treatment, my mom got hospitalized again! in Pantai Indah Kapuk Hospital.
The problem was my mom get nausea all the time even though she consume anti nausea medicine.
She hard to eat which impact on stomachache.
She began to felt anxious and it's worsen her stomach condition.
The only way out was to bring her to hospital.
On the hospital, my mom got a medicine to cure her anxious and her stomach.

Here I share a lil bit of what I learn about "knowing your medicine" during my mom hospitalization time.
Ativan drug given to my mom on the first day. On the 2nd day, I'm asking my mom what she felt. She told me that she felt no energy but her stomachache reduce significantly. So I told my sista to stop the Ativan drug.
I knew I'm not doctor, but I have my reason. Ativan is like anti depressant drug but the side effect was you felt no energy somehow, and felt sleepy all the time.
When my mom could control her self, I think it's better to stop that drug. When the drug is stopped, my mom felt better - more energy - not feeling sleepy all the time.
Somehow I learn, medicine was to be used only when needed. If you feel better already, you can always request to the nurse what medicine to be discontinue. Therefore it's really important to know what medicine was given during your stayed in hospital. There a lot of patient to be controlled each day by the nurse, they need to called to the doctor also. It's might be good if we could actively participate on the treatment of our illness - by asking the diagnose, the medicine name, then searching the usage, side effect, etc. Cause the side effect differs from one to other person, and somehow impossible when doctor and nurse explain all to you.

During that days, my mom told several time that she want to stop her chemo treatment.
Yes, we were ready whatever her decision.

It's wasn't easy to have those treatment.
You can say you put a toxin into your body. It's kill everything and it's hurt!
While it's really cost you a lot.
Something in the world where you pay it and wish to cure you but you get pain from it -> Chemo!
But again, my mom changed her mind after she could took time to think it over.

The 3rd Chemotherapy was yesterday and tomorrow will be the first day she felt the side effect.
Again, we hope nothing serious cause actually the 2nd chemotherapy was better than the 1st one. Therefore we hope by experiencing it twice, we could manage the side effect from home.

Art and Craft - Handmade Christmas Tree

Again, thanks to art&parenting picture, got other idea for our home activity.
Josh has experience Christmas twice and we never have a Christmas tree in our home.
That why, I want to make one too ^^.

Here what we need:
1. A small Cup
2. A bunch of small size stone (collect it while we walk in the park)
3. one chopstick - make it sharp
4. Unused paper - I took magazine paper and cut in three different size
5. Sticker paper - I cut an alphabet and a star for finishing touch.

Here what you need!

Step by Step:

1. Hold the Chopstick in the middle of the cup

2. Asked Josh to put the stone into the cup till it full. Now the chopstick could stand firmly.

3. Put the paper one by one on the Chopstick. It will took lot of time to finish all the paper. Therefore, I help Josh, and he seem happily when he work together with me *wink*. 

4.On the top of the Chopstick, put the Sticker paper - Star.

5. for Finishing, let Josh stick his name on the Cup.

Tradaaaaa..... we done it!.

Serious!

Finishing touch, stick his name on the cup

Feel happy for the tree

Mama, ini star.....

P.S. Josh keep playing with the Christmas tree, and he proudly showed it to Daddy......

2.5 years old Son get Lost for One Hour more

Again, Josh whining and refuse to follow us! Ok, he get lost, and we let it be for knowing his reaction and watching from a far.

Here the story:

He asked me to saw the dancing fountain. While I told him that dancing fountain was on the other mall.

Yet, me and daddy still accompany him to check it out.

After that, I asked Josh to buy grocery in Ranch market.

He refuse it.

I left him with daddy.

But daddy gave up persuade him also.

When daddy left Josh, on behind Josh follow daddy. But in the middle, Josh played and get lost from daddy.

Me and daddy agree to watched from far and seeing his reaction.

5 minutes, he keep playing. Didn't brother we were not around him.

15 minutes, he get confused for not finding us, but then get scattered by the television ads. (the TV ads, closed down within a minute :p).

20 minutes, he still waiting in front of ranch market, saw other kids playing, he came to play also.

when the child left, he felt alone again.

25 minutes, can't keep waiting in the front, he now start to walk inside the ranch market, run with fun, nobody felt this child lost his parents *sigh*

30 minutes, run into the cheese area, ice cream area, want to took one also but his hand couldn't reach it. Try several time, but fail.

35 minutes,  run into the veggie area, where I used to visit. Played with the fruit.

40 minutes, moved to Tofu area, where I used to took a look also. Yes, he stayed there around 15 minutes more played with the water. *sigh*.

After 1 hour, I couldn't wait anymore. I came to him, and tell him not to played with the water, I will going home now.

? He didn't listened to me and keep playing. *kyaaaaaa*

Then I warn him the second time that "I will going home, stop playing and follow me".

He stop played but when he want to follow us he got lost again.

Daddy follow him from behind.

He walked out from market entrance, and run back to the first area.
Daddy told me that Josh start to confused. Keep his eyes on everybody just to searched for us.
Then, after a while, he move on and walk to BreadTalk, bread store where he always ask me brought him a bread. But he couldn't find us too.
Josh then walk to the toilet area.
Suddenly he listen daddy voice when daddy answered somebody who questioning about Josh.
At that moment, Josh run to Daddy and hug daddy tightly. Josh then asking "where is mama"

No cry at all! that what surprise us.

On the car, he just complain his shirt got wet! I changed it and then stay away from him.

Suddenly he felt lonely, and he came to my side.

I told him that he do wrong. He admit it and say sorry.

Mama: "Josh, kamu tahu kamu salah tidak dengerin papa mama"

Josh: "Josh salah"

Mama: "Lalu mesti ngomong apa"

Josh terdiam bentar dan sambil muka bersalah: "Mama sorry..."

Mama: "hayuk bilang ke papa juga"

Josh: "Papa sorry"

I hug him..

By knowing his action and reaction toward "get lost" moment, we knew that we couldn't left him just to teach him about "obey to follow us".
We have been used lot's of trick and be patient when he start whining and reject to follow us especially in the mall where he saw something interest him.
I told daddy, Josh exactly look like me, the different was, Josh younger than me to behave like this.

Through this moment, we know that Josh believe on us as his parent! Josh believe that we never really leave him, that we always could find him back. This what we shouldn't let him think the other way.
We really felt he is a smart little boy. He walk into a place where he think he might find us there because we used to buy something.
By watching Josh day to day, somehow I know that I'm learning also.

At the end, we being remind that we as a parent need to keep learning, leaning on God grace day by day for nurturing Josh.

P.S.
I rather let Josh play in the public place than buy a toy, cause almost all children whom I know get bored with the toys in home.
Then, someone told me this "we, as adult, was no different from the child. when we get what we longed for, usually we get bored within a period of time, not appreciate it anymore." Yes,No?
Is that conclude -> When we learn about our child, we start to learn about our self too?

Go Camping - First Trial on the Garden

Last week Sunday before floody floody day, Daddy told me there was a Tent left by the lessor.
Yeay, feeling excited, then I quickly open and wash it first.

Monday - 14 Jan 2013, I planned to built the Tent. Browsing youtube really help me out.
Then, with the maid help me out, in less than 10 minutes, the Tent ready to be used.
Wow.... feel at ease..... No bamboo, no binding rope skill, No need to plug into the ground,...

On the night, I move the tent into our garden. Bring the bed cover, pillow, blanket, mosquito racket, water, paddy and sheep-sheep, book, and the most important - flashlight.
We ready to sleep. Before, we read a book, playing in the tent.

Then, I closed all the lamp in our garden. Looking at the sky through the tent window, we could watch the star (not as many as we camping on the mountain area).
Ehhhh, suddenly Josh said "star is gone"!
I looked into the sky, heeeeeeee, the star really gone, cloudy night sky.
And I saw the lightning twice -> means ready to rain. Ohh noooo.....
Call the maid, help me to moved the tent.
End up sleeping on our room.
Since then, Jakarta is showering with the rain everyday and night
and we haven't get a chance to done it again.

Anyway, we experience something different, and hope Josh could appreciate the nature (even only on our garden).

To Munch and get Fun with GrapeFruit

Thanks to Art & Parenting, now I could have another fun idea for serving a grapefruit to Josh.
I made a shape as showed on picture above, then Josh keep follow me put the grape on toothpick.
After that, I peel the grape skin (as he like me to do it sometime), and ate it all ^^.

Family Day and Flood

Floody Jakarta!

Not only the father mother who work and get trap on the office, also heard that parents have to be in traffic jam for many hours to pick their children on school.
We read that there people died these time, so sad.......

In this middle of raining day and flood, we could still gather together as a family, thanks to God.
Really treasure it. My son could having his daddy all the day.
Daddy could watch with his own eye that his son grown up.
Took a rice by his own on lunch time, Pee on his own, etc.

I hope that during this hard time, we could learn to care about other, care about the environment and nature.
This flood happen, more or less cause we forgot to take care about our nature.

Rain drops from the morning, but during the daytime, it's stop. and then tonight it started again.
My sista said "Ohh nooo". But let see from other view, at least the rain stop at the day time and start again on the night. at least we could feel the sunlight for a while.
* my mom and sista, and bro trapped in their area, we like to bring my mom to my house today, but couldn't. Let see how's tomorrow".

Anyway, hope the situation get better more and more.

Helping Hand

Josh is my helping hand nowdays ^^. He has been learn to help me peel the egg skin before two years old.
Now, Watch the video how he help me to do it these days.
Look how serious he was ^^.

What I know, Helping hand is something you need to trained.
And to start it better from early childhood for become a habit.

I didn't want to be a parent who later on complain about my children didn't want to help me on daily stuff. Or even if he didn't help me, at least I would like to see that they could take care of their house hold cores.
Therefore I let him explore and help me with what he interested to do.
Yes, the finishing work might not prefect, more messy than you thought, but we did that all before.
So, let start to build a helping hand habit. ^^/ and don't forget to close with Praise.

My Mom 2nd Chemotherapy

Last Friday - 4th January2013, my mom got her 2nd Chemotheraphy.
The list of drug who got into my mom blood vessel similar with the 1st one, except she need extra eprex for inducing the red blood.
Brexel 150mg
Rexta 120mg
Paloxi
Leukokine
Eprex 40000iu.

What make me wondering, the price increase!.
Since daddy who manage to order and paid the drug, he didn't realize it until I told him.
We still need to verify it, whether there is a wrong price given to us.

Ooo, If you stayed in Indonesia, we could check of Chemotheraphy drug price through:
Yayasan Kanker Indonesia
YKI Sam Ratulangi Phone: +62 21 315 2603, Fax:+62 21 310 8170, ykipusat@gmail.com.
You could buy the drug there, but you need to have original receipt from your doctor.
Government Hospital like RSCM could let you borrowed the drug from outside. You can compare the pricing first.

For me, I have compared it for the 1st Chemo, and the different was only a little, that's why I ordered it though someone suggested by the doctor.
But for the 2nd Chemo, the price going higher more than I calculated.

Anyway, that just some information to share :).

Ohh, my mom condition was dizzy now. Hope she could get through the first week without anything serious.

Old Year 2012 and New Year 2013 in Picture

Someone steal the meatball :p

After cooking moment.

Earlier fireworks.

mom on action

The biggest size body stay at front but full of action ^^/