Nathanael on the Swing

Nathanael is slowly getting better, thank you for your prayers. His appetite for food is still not good, as in he doesn't want to eat his bread and rice, so he's still on his RCF milk, which the doctor have asked us to increase the dosage twice to ensure that there's enough nutrients getting into Nathanael.


On the fourth day of his Stomach Flu, he recovered somewhat a bit, and we brought him down to our Condo's playground ... so that he could get some fresh air and also some simulation with the playground equipment.

Pity that it rain in the early morning, so the only thing i could dry was the swing ..... and here is Nathanael on the SWING. :)

Nathanael on the Swing.

As u can see he's not totally well .. and he's not really smiling!

See his sad face .... don't put me on the swing!!

And u can see both his hands gripping tightly to the Yellow Chain.

We have a nice playground at our Condo ... :)

Check out the Video of Nathanael on the Swing

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Wishing You A Merry Christmas with our Family Dance

Dear family and friends

We would like to thank you for your constant prayers for Nathanael, and we want to Thank God for the great improvements that we have seen in his development. Continue to keep him and the family in your prayers!

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy, Merry & Blessed Christmas! May it be filled with Joy and Memories that will last a lifetime. And may the coming New Year be a great one for you and that all your wishes and desires be met!!

We're so happy to celebrate Christmas that our entire family would like to Dance for you! Yes you heard it right, we will dance before your eyes. Watch the Video below, and if you want a higher resolution, click here

Do u like our Dance? Let us know!!

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**We wanna thank Anne who showed us this cute dance first ... otherwise we would not be able to Dance for u!! Tks Anne, Eliz, Aaron & Bryan! :)

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Nathanael's having Stomach Flu

Nathanael at Damansara Specialist to see Dr Vasantha this morning.

He wasn't his usual cheerie self, but was whining all the time.

When we saw Dr Vasantha and infomed her of Nathanael's symptoms,

vomiting and no appetite to eat, she told us that this morning alone she

already saw 4 children with the same symptoms.

She said keep the kids out of Crowded area, cos the virus can be passed thru air.

So Dr Vasantha prescribed three medications for Nathanael.

Of the three, two are suppository (where it has to be inserted from the behind)

AND of course Dr Vasantha is also aware of Nathanael's Ketogenic Diet, so no medicine with syrup base or sugar content.

We were given Maxolon, which was suppose to stop the vomiting, Voltran which we normally use for fever, but Dr Vasantha said it will also help for his stomach spasms. And finally Zirtomax which is an anti biotic for Nathanael.

Nathanael still vomited another 3 more times after eating the medication in the afternoon and we are really glad to see towards the evening, when he started to act normally again, playful and grinning away, and laughing when we played with him

Even Zoe Joy was totally understanding of koko's sickness. In fact Zoe Joy is still suffering the end tail of the Stomach Flu as she still have diarrohea. But she's doing ok!

Continue to pray that Nathanael will be better tomorrow and that all food and milk intake will remain "in" and not be thrown out.

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Mommie & Nathanel are not well ... pls PRAY

It all started with Zoe Joy yesterday. We dont know why but she vomited twice yesterday. And her bowels also let go ONE big time yesterday. Poor girl!! But she's much better today. :)

Then this evening, Nathanael just vomited four times within an hour. Since he's on the Ketogenic Diet and has water rationing, we stopped the water rationing, and we also stopped his routine meal intake.

Poor boy, after all the vomitting, he must be really tired, cos when we made him to lie down with mommie, he just doze of and slept! (Not normal and its not even 10pm yet!)

Then on top of that Mommie also vomited twice this evening. She started feeling unwell in the later afternoon, early evening. But mommie can drink 100 Plus (we hear that after throwing up .. drinking 100Plus replenishes your minerals inside.. so we always keep 100Plus in the fridge!)

So yeah .. the family is kinda not toooo well this weekend. Please pray for them ya!! Pray that daddie remains STRONG to take care of everyone!! :) hehe












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Nathanael's Physio at HUKM

Just last Thursday Nathanael went for his weekly physio therapy at HUKM. He was put on two new exercise and therapy "equipments" to help in his balance.

Nathanael started off with the Walker to help him

to put strength in his legs so that he can learn to walk!

We're really glad that HUKM has great equipments and it

can be adjusted to fit different heights easily.

Next, Nathanael was put onto the Swinging Equipment.

You know how each time you sit on a swing, you need to balance yourself to

keep above the swing! :) Yeah ... so that's what Nathanael was taught to do.

We are glad to see him gripping the rope so tightly, cos it shows that he

knows that in order to balance he needs to hold on to something stable. :)

Haha ... see Cute Nathanael. He tries to give you the "frown" look.

He's been doing that a lot lately! :)

This is a Rope Bridge, and we can see its shaky and totally unlevel.

We're glad to see him learning to balance himself on it!!

If you watch the Video below you will see Zoe Joy on the other end

of the Bridge swinging it! :) hehe .. talk about naughty sister.

Watch the Video of Nathanel in HUKM

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Zoe Joy's first Climb (up steps)

This is a new milestone for Zoe Joy. Tiff managed to video her climbing up her first stairs!!

Tiff basically help show her how to put her hand up one stairs and then she picked it up automatically and began using her hands and legs in a climbing motion and cilmbed up the Stairs!!

Check her out in the Video below .. cos she moves real FAST!!




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Nathanael Playing the Keyboard!

See how happy Nathanael is, when he gets the opportunity to play with the Keyboard. We also recently realized that we need to get him some sort of a banging instrument.... yeah something like a drum .. but where u can beat with your hands .. Bongo ... or one of those things.

Play it like Beethoven !! :)

As you can see even when Nathanael's playing

with something that he likes, we make it as a form of a therapy

And by kneeling, he strengthen his legs and hips muscle.

Watch the Video where Nathanael plays the Keyboard

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Zoe Joy visit Baby Naiomi Chee

Zoe Joy got a chance to visit baby Naiomi Chee a week ago. Naiomi is absoultey adorable .. with lots of hair :) Congratulations to Kelvin & Luisa Chee for a healthy baby girl.

Cher Cher Zoe trying to look at Baby Naiomi

In fact, Zoe was so inquisitive that she woke

baby Naiomi up from her slumber! :)

There u go .. mummy Luisa and her mom (aunty yeng) and mom in law (aunty alice)

and we're there to celebrate with them ! :)

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Zoe Joy's First Taste of Lemon

Check out how cute Zoe Joy's face is when she tasted her first lemon!! :)

Ewwwwwww ..... so sour wan!!! :)

The most interesting part of it, is that Zoe Joy

loves the taste of the Lemon .. and here she goes again

for a second attempt!

Ewwwww ... my taste buds are numb!!

That's really sour!!

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My Therapy is to Stand Up Straight!!

When i go weekly to HUKM, one of my weekly exercises is to work on my "standing".

Check it out




See I am holding myself and supporting myself as i Stand up in HUKM.
In HUKM the therapy centre has cool equipments that can adjust to my height. :)



How's this for a Side Profile Shot? I think the bar is a bit way toooo high!! :)





I am gonna walk and run soon!!! YAY!! By the Grace of God I'll be able to accomplish it!


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Aren't We Both Just Adorable?

Wave Hi!!! How's everyone doing?

We're doing great ... waiting to have our makan!!

When we're happy and we know it ...

We Clap our Hands !! CLAP CLAP!!

Yo bro!! Let's pose in front of the camera!

Adorable or not?

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I Can Reach the Bed now ...

Baby Zoe is growing up and growing tall really fast. She's learning to stand up longer and loves to stand.

Here is a couple of pictures where she pulled herself to stand up by our bed.

See ... i am pulling myself up

And i can reach the top part of daddie & mommie's bed

Hmm ... let me see if i can pull myself up and over the mattress

Heave Ho .......

Hmmmmph!! Guess I can't yet.

Can't seem to get my legs over the bed!!

Why is the bed so HIGH?

See even if i stand straight up

I can't peer onto the top of the bed!!

I need to grow taller!!!!

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Nathanael using Hands to Play with Cable

This is new milestone for Nathanael. Tiff managed to catch the entire epsiode on video.

Nathanael was sitting next to our coffee table and he picked up a cable (reading light cable), which happened to be lying next to the cable. Nathanael has recently learnt to pick things up (ie our handphones, things he likes).

So we were very happy when he picked up the white cable (which was about 2cm wide). And not only did he pick up the cable, he began to play with it, swinging it back and forth ... and totally enjoying himself!!

That's a great milestone, cos he's learning to pick up objects and to play with them.

Watch it all on this 90 seconds video.






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Nathanael's Year End Bridges School Partee

School's Closed! Its Holiday Time!!

Big celebration all over Malaysia as all schools closed for 1 1/2 months. Likewise the Bridges Early Intervention Programme School will also be closed during the school hols!

Nathanael had a Year End School Partee last Saturday at Bridges!

We've got some photos and videos to share with you!!

Bridges Year End School Partee

One of the Church Elders gave an opening speech at the beginning of the

Bridges Year End Partee! He shared about how grateful he is to Dolly and the other helpers who volunteers to show their love and care to kids with special needs!

Nathanael giving the "blurr" look with all the other parents and kids

in the background. :)

All the kids were rushing to HUG and thank Teacher Dolly

for what a great blessing she has been in their lives!! :) Thank U Teacher Dolly

for helping Nathanael!

Yes .. that's Zoe... :) She has been blest too.

Cos she follows ko ko to school each week and she's also loved

by Teacher Dolly and the other helpers there! :)

We played our first game .. passing the parcel

Nathanel's face not too happy! :)

Nathanael won a prize and he was quite naughty didnt wanna take his

present, so we had to help get his present out! :)

Even Zoe Joy was blest with a present during the games.

That's one of the helpers Benji ...

The next game was a Dance & Freeze game.

Most of the kids could really dance!

Mommie & Zoe posing ... in Bridges School

We went outside of the school and we played with Water Balloons

Nathanael had his turn to throw water balloons.

But perhaps it was the heat, the out doors, he was really cooperative! naughty!!

Another kid from Bridges, Jocelyn popped over to chat with Zoe Joy too.

Then , one of the helpers introduced Zoe Joy to the world of Water Balloons

And it was here that Zoe Joy had her first Water Balloon

burst on her lap! :) hehe

Watch the Video here

At the partee, we also had a Fishing Game!

Really pity those fishes in the tub!! The helpers (people with palm prints on their back)

were giving the instructions on what to do.

The rule was u were to scoop the net and catch as many

live fishes as u can into another tub of water.

(Thankfully no animal activist were around!)

Zoe Joy had a go with the fishing game.

Kak Mas was preparing Nathanael for the Fishing expedition.

But when Nathanael's turn came, he was still quite upset! See his face! :)

Watch The Video below

Nathanael & Zoe Joy had their go at fishing! :)

Zoe Joy's first fishing experience! She seemed to have many

"First Experiences" at the Partee!!! :)

Food was prepared for the kids of Bridges!

And everyone had a great makan time together

Nathanael of course couldn't enjoy the yummy food

But had to continue on his Ketogenic Diet! But thankfully he didnt complaint.

And oh yes KFC sponsored some food too!

That was the yummylicious part :)

Benji one of the helpers ....

Nathanael & Zoe Joy posing with ko ko Benji!

Teacher Dolly with Zoe

And then Zoe tasted some Potato Salad by Benji

All of us with Teacher Dolly

Thank you Dolly for your ever love and care for

Nathanael and for helping him in his development! TQ!!!

That's the family at Bridges Early Intervention Programme School

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