Today's Qiaoyi

My Brave Angel

She is QiaoYi, my little sweetie...comes 31/8 is full 2 years since her last burn accident on 31/08/2008, she was only six then.

Qiaoyi has walked through the journey of her recovery with pain, strenght and courage. Though it is impossible to have her scars completely healed, we are thankful that we did not give up hope when we were faced with doubts and uncertainty in her treatment process.

QiaoYi 's braving spirit is something that I am admired most until today. She was fully awared of the pains of each treatment she needed to go through and yet she did not back off, instead she proceeded with all the scheduled treatments bravely. She is no longer required to go through the injection treatment since early this year as her doctor has found the scars progressed positively and it is now under periodical observation.

We thank God for the blessing and the guidance given to us during this period of time. We are happy that Qiaoyi has grown up to be a sweet, joyous and cheecky angel.

Somehow the scars and marks would always remind us of the pains she went through...

Just love her...very much !!

NEVER GIVE UP...GOD IS GOOD !

It has been quite sometimes since I last wrote about Qiaoyi's scar treatment. Qiaoyi has so far gone through 15 times of injection, the latest being 3 weeks ago.

We took her to the medical centre for check up this morning. It was such a wonderful morning for us as the doctor finally advised us that Qiaoyi does not need further injection for the time being since the scars have been flattened and softened quite satisfactory though not completely, which is impossible for this type of condition. However, we are required to monitor the scars closely as the chances of recurrence is there.

We were in such a joyous mood upon hearing the news. Instead of thanking the doctor, we were actually wishing him ' Happy Chinese New Year ' !!

I praised God for this, for He has given us strength and patience to wait for this moment of joy. We are grateful that we did not give up on the treatments for Qiaoyi at times when the treatment did not look so promising. We have faced many trials, denials during this process of treatment ( about 17 months plus ) and the thought of giving up kept haunting us...and thank God, we did not give up after all !

Qiaoyi has been very brave and co-operative in all the treatments she went through from the day she got the burn. For this, praises must go to her and her fighting spirit ! We love her, and we adore her....

VBS 2009 - The Life Chapel

This is the first time Qiaoyi attended the church camp at The Life Chapel, Petaling Jaya from 26th Nov '09 to 28th Nov '09.

She joined her 2 elder sisters in this annual activities . On the last day of the activities, the kids put up a mini concert in the church with plays, songs and dances. It was such a touching moment to see those kids 'graduated' from the camp and happily singing and dancing on stage with the wonderful voices and movements. We were wondering how those teachers were able to manage these 150 kids in such a discipline manner and in such a short time ...amazing !!

This year theme is ' Boomerang Express'..and the kids were introduced to the 'down under' of Australia through various activities.

Qiaoyi with her cap.....

Admit, Believe and Confess....

Some of the creative and art works done by Qiaoyi

~ It all comes back to Jesus ~

~ Serve Him ~

Qiaoyi's elder sister, Qiaoying..Abby

how she liked to be on stage and enjoyed herself

LITTLE ANGEL

I'm not very big,

in fact i'm very small.

I sit on your shoulder,

and i hear when you call.

I go everywhere with you,

though you can't see me.

I'm with you always,

even in your dreams.

I share your laughter,

dry your tears when you cry.

And every day i'm so proud,

cause i see how hard you try.

I don't have a name,

and i'll never grow older.

But, for as long as you live,

i'll be your little angel on your shoulder.

Lost....

Tomorrow is another check up day for Qiaoyi since her last treatment on 19th September '09.

The skin around the scar is still painful and greenish in colour after two weeks, the result of using local anaesthetic for her injection, sigh !!!

Occasionally, Qiaoyi would complain about pain when i tried to massage the scars. We were advised to massage it as this will help to soften the scar and eventually flatten it.

It has been more than a year now since the incident happened. The progress of healing is so slow that at times I feel like giving up to continue with the treatment. It was so stressful and painful to see her going through the repeating treatment, injection..injection !!

I am really lost now as tomorrow is the check up day and we will be asked again if we wish to continue with the treatment as the decision is lies on us....

I am lost and I am frustrated as well...I am hoping God will guide us and give us the answer...

A Brave Qiaoyi

It has been quite sometime since my last update on Qiaoyi's treatment of scars. The progress of healing is rather slow as the scars have been either stubborn or at one occasion it grew back.

This morning we sent her to Sunway Medical Centre for the follow up check for her 9th jab taken on 5th September, 2009. For the past nine injections treatment, Qiaoyi received full general anaesthetic procedure which would make her sleep before the injection was administered directly to the scars. These procedure required admission for day care surgery. She is supposed to take only six course of injection but as of today, she has taken the 10th injection !!

Many had questioned why she needed to go for full general anestassia for fearing of side effect. We actually had no choice but to accept this procedure since we are worried that she is not able to endure the multiple needles pain, and indeed, as informed by most of the doctors we have enquired, the injection into the scar is very very painful.

Her scar condition got better after the 9th injection. However, the outer side of the scars are still quite hard whereas the centre part has almost flattened.

Her doctor suggested another possibly last injection next week and wanted to arrange for booking of operating room. Suddenly, for no reason words came out from my mouth that maybe Qiaoyi should just try local anaesthetic for the injection which is so much easier and faster, and it can be done in the normal treatment room. All of us were hesitated for a while before agreeing on this though worrying about the pain.

We told Qiaoyi about this and she agreed to try out this method. Without waiting for the next appointment, Doctor Tan wanted to have it done immediately. We were worried but proud that she has bravely endured the pain when the multiple local anaesthetic were injected into the skin around her scars..of course she cried but she has both her mummy and daddy standing beside her to give her courage and strengh. We praised God for giving her the extraordinary courage and strenght to face the trial and lead her go through this...

The whole procedure was fast over after 25 minutes and she was able to walk down from the bed and gave us a relieved smile ! What a braved Qiaoyi she has been...we are really proud of our little angel...

P/s : Her scars were covered with blood after the injection and I actually didn't have the courage to look on it. My heart bleed in pain when I saw the needle poking non-stop into her skin and scars...