Happy Australia Day

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Australia is the best.. because i was born there.. :)

Today, Australia is celebrating its national day. Happy Australia Day everyone!! Though it is a public holiday today, i still had to work to catch up. Little Princess is showing her patriotism by taking photo with Australian flag behind her while waving her hand at the camera. Well, rightly so.. afterall she was born in Australia.

Appointment with Neonatalogist

Monday, 24 January 2011

Rania had another appointment with her neonatalogist today. She was seen by Dr Kelly as her actual doctor, Dr Adam couldn't make it to her appointment. But he did come and visit Princess Rania while we were in the waiting room. He was happy to see that Rania is off her the subnasal oxygen completely. When seen by Dr Kelly, she was also very happy to see her progress. The last time she was Rania was when she was very small (in the incubator). She has grown so much that she now couldn't fit some of her small premmie clothes. At the end of the appointment, I was hoping to bring her upstairs to see all the baby nurses. But she was a bit unsettled after the appointment because she wanted more sleep! Maybe next time, I'll definitely bring Rania to see all of them.

Subnasal O2 Graduation

Wednesday, 19 January 2010

Little Rania's 28th Blogpost:

Hi Daddy.. Look at me on my graduation day!!

It has been a very wonderful week for me this week. I had a fantastic sleep without tubes last night. Mommy told me that Daddy was also watching me through the webcam from Brunei. Being watched by Daddy, i managed to maintain a consistent saturation of above 97%.  It was a different feeling for me without the tube on my face. It felt really great! Never had a better sleep like last night.

Today, Mommy and Grandma brought me to my appointment with the respiratory doctor, Dr Alan Isle. He was really happy with my progress and the results from the oximetry test was really good. Good news!! He said that i i was ready and didn't have to put on the subnasal tubes! Yeay! Mommy and Daddy were really happy with the news. I wish Daddy was here to celebrate with me.

What do you think of my new look? My cheek is now easily available for kisses too! Come and get me!!HeHe...

We were in Borneo Bulletin

Wednesday, 19 January 2011

Photo by Cath of KGUV. Thank you!

Tubeless Night

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

Little Princess' night watcher, Sateria Pahlawan. Her Daddy is
monitoring her o2 saturation while Mommy takes turn to sleep

It is a big night tonight for little Princess Rania!! It is the night that we've all been waiting for. Since 7.00 pm this evening, she was being put on a test without any help of oxygen supplement while being monitored by the oximetry machine. This test is basically to monitor how she would be doing without tubes to really be sure that she doesn't need it anymore before completely removing it. Duration of monitoring will be 12 hrs, so this should end early tomorrow. This is her first night sleeping without tubes since her returning home. Excited and nervous at the same time!

She is currently doing very well. It has been 5 hours now and her oxygen saturation has been consistenly high at 97%, which is really good. While we are sleeping here in Brisbane, her lovely Daddy is wide awake monitoring her oxygen saturation from Brunei via Skype. Hubby and i are very much excited about this day and also very much hoping that she will easily breeze through this test without having her to put on her tubes no more.

Her next appointment with her respiratory doctor at the Royal Children Hospital will be tomorrow at 2.00 pm. That will the deciding moment whether or not she had passed the test. Please pray with us that she will  pass the test and never have to use the ventilation tubes anymore, like any other babies. She had gone through so much and hope this will be the end of all of this. I'm sure that she will grow out of it eventually and it will only be a matter of time, but hopefully this is the moment. Amin!!

Another Community Nurse Visit

Monday, 17 January 2011

Last Tuesday Rania had another visit at home from Vivian, her community nurse. Everything seemed to be going very well. She gained a fair amount of weight since one month ago. Her latest weight is now 4.050 kilos. Nurse said she looks very good, in terms of her skin tone etc. She mostly asked about how she is going with her feeding and sleep. Nurse Vivian encourages her to do lots and lots of tummy playtime which will help to improve her head shape. Apart from that, Nurse Vivian told us to avoid her looking at the TV for too long because it is not good for her brain development. The reason is pictures on the TV keeps on changing which prevents her from processing the things that she sees long enough for her to learn. Ooopps! I guess no more Barney and friends for Princess Rania for the time being.

Food Supply

Thursday, 13 January 2011

Food Supply by Brunei High Com Representatives

Two officials from the Brunei High Commission are still here in Brisbane to give us any sort of assistance. They have done a wonderful job dealing with the current situation in Brisbane. A group of young Bruneians students were flown back to Brunei at 1pm today. Whereas some of the LDP students with families are still here at Kelvin Grove. The officials from the Brunei High Commission has kindly donated necessities such as rice, instant noodle, mineral water, sugar, etc. Thank you!

Bruneians: All Safe

Thursday, 13 January 2010



Group photo with all Bruneians, including little Princess.
Photo courtesy of Husin of KGUV, thank you!

Great news! All Bruneians, families and friends has all been gathered at a safe place here at Kelvin Grove Urban Village (KGUV). At this moment of time, some of them are already on their way back to Brunei. Thanks for all the effort by the Brunei Embassy as well as our seniors LDP staffs here.

As for myself, Rania and my parents, we are currently at our place. Honestly, it is abit daunting with what is happening in Brisbane at the moment. If hubby is right here with the both of us, he would know what to do best for us. As far as it goes, our family decided to just stick around at our apartment. We are currently quite updated with what is happening out there through live news on the television.

The water level at the Brisbane River is still rising which will reach its peak in about 1hr and is rising as i'm writing this blog. Once again, to all families and friends, not to forget to all relatives of Bruneians studying here, don't worry, we are all at a safe place.

Flash Flood in Brisbane

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Photo courtesy of "The Australian News"

 

It is a sad news about flash flood affecting Brisbane at the moment. Just to let everyone know that, the area where we live is on the high land, therefore we are not affected by the flood at all. Been following the news today, it does look kind of frightening. One of the worst affected region in Brisbane is Toowomba which has claimed some lives unfortunately. Thirty other suburbs are expected to be affected with the flash flood.

Currently, the rain is starting to slow down, however the flood are coming fast from the rising tide level is expected to peak on Thusday. Therefore warning was still released for the safety of everyone. Those living in the low-lying area were asked to leave their homes and gathered at an emergency point which is located just near the Royal Brisbane Women Hospital. I hope that the rain will recede soon, so that those affected can get back to their home. As expected, just now, groceries stores shelves was emptying so fast, as prices of perishable goods are expected to increase. We manage to stock extra eggs, rice and some fruits and vegetables.

Passport Photos Tryouts

Friday, 7 January 2011

Passport Photo Trials..

Salam everyone. Two more weeks, our little princess will be off her nasal oxygen tube completely. It is overly exciting for us. We have started to let her have sometime off subnasal oxygen for about half an hour every now and then. She was very brave and she didn't struggle at all. She is our true Superheroin!! Good girl!

While removing her tubes completely from her face, we took the opportunity to trial her passport photos. We took about more than 20 shots of her while daddy try to hold her still. We manage to take a couple of good ones! The one above, although abit blurry is our favourite one. We later found out that little Rania wouldn't be needing a passport to go back to Brunei, only a special one is enough, which the Brunei Highcom would produce for us. Though no real passport, still exciting!

Soon that Rania is going to be free from subnasal oxygen, we are starting to gather some thoughts about bringing her back to Brunei in the next couple of months for baby shower ceremony (Mandi Berlawat, Aqiqah, Bedzikir) and to let her meet all 30 of her lovely couzins. Hopefully soon! Amin!!

Happy New Year 2011

Friday, 1 January 2011

Happy New Year 2011 everyone! Good Bye 2010! The year 2010 has been a miraculous year for us especially with the arrival of our lovely baby Princess. Hope 2011 will bring more joyous memories to us and to all of you.

We celebrated the New Year's Eve watching the spectacular displays of fireworks at the South Bank (see photo below) with some Bruneians who are celebrating the new year here. We were quite amazed at how the area was closely monitored by the security staff. For public safety, the venue was fenced off with security staff controlling what was coming into the area. Nobody was allowed to take in any glass, alcohol, dogs, drink bottles with broken seals, including bottles of water or soft drink.

Here we are at the most popular location, South Bank to watch
Brisbane’s biggest and most spectacular fireworks displays

The venue where we were sitting, outlooking the spectacular
night view of Brisbane City

The incredible displays of fireworks