Seriously Sick

December 2007 was a difficult month for me. With Baby K coming anytime, I fell seriously ill. I spent a week in hospital and was suspected to have dengue fever, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, mysoplasma pneumoniae, meningococcemia, vasculitis, and lupus. It was horrible. I have to admit that there was a point where I was seriously trying to decide whether to ask Ping or Jeff to be Baby K's Godfather if I didn't make it out of the hospital.

Not that she doesn't already have Godparents. We are so blessed to have Winston and Joyce as her Godparents from the family angle, and we also have Harry and Tyen as her Godparents from the friends angle. If I had my way, all my buddies would be her Godfather, but then I think she'll be really confused!

I've been in and out of hospitals a few times now and I think I can tell how serious the problem looks from the reactions of the people around me. This time, they tried too hard to pretend that they weren't worried, that's when I realised how horrible I must have looked!

All is cool now, I think. The lupus and vasculitis results will only be ready tomorrow but I'm pretty sure they'll be negative, because if it's positive, I wouldn't be recovering so steadily. The problem is that this probably means that they're run out of problems to test me for, but who cares, as long as I am ok, and Baby K is ok, and Mummy A is ok. I hope I can recover fully before Baby K is born.

As a father to be, it's been extremely touching for me to see that so many of my friends are so excited about this. Everyone knows what a tough journey it's been these last four years, but I really hope we don't end up spoiling her... too much.

But those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.