Category Archives: Health

At barely 3 years of age, Yue had already developed 16 cavities on his set of milk teeth. No thanks to a neighbourhood dentist who gave a wrong diagnosis previously, his teeth continued to rot away since 1+ of age … Continue reading →

So here were are, isolated once again in the same room in the fever facility in NUH’s emergency medicine department. This time round, for suspected chest infection. Yu’s GP at Light House Clinic had suggested that since Yu’s fever went … Continue reading →

As an ex-certified first aider (my cert expired 15 years ago!), I simply cannot ignore the fact that I will soon have 2 bundles of energy running through my house with no first aid box on standby. So I’ve gotten round … Continue reading →

Mid autumn came and went this year amidst diarrhoea and vomiting all round in the Ho household. It was a case of outbreak of viral gastroenteritis – or what is commonly called stomach flu. It started with Yu a day after … Continue reading →

Six of Yu’s 7 classmates in his playgroup were absent from school the whole of last week. Given the severity of his flu symptoms this time round, and the fact that 53% of all flu cases are now H1N1 related, I … Continue reading →

The bombshell has been dropped. Yu probably has asthma. I’ve dreaded this for a while now and had been hoping his chronic or frequent cough is a result of prolonged bronchiolitis. But alas, what I’ve feared has come true. He … Continue reading →

Just when it seems H1N1 would be the biggest threat to my sons’ health, given that the pandemic is now spreading in our community, it turned out that another bug was the real danger lurking round the corner. Yu’s paternal … Continue reading →

Yue was diagnosed with torticollis.  The cause is shortening of the left  sternocleidomastoid muscle in the neck. What caused it exactly, we will never know. But we do know he sustained injuries below the left eye following a difficult C-sect … Continue reading →