I thought I should give a bit of an update on Fighter since he’s such a major part of our lives now. Tomorrow marks 4 weeks that Fighter would have been under intensive care in the hospital. Shorty and I have been visiting him every day and each day we see him put on a bit of weight and grow bigger bit by bit. Today he’s 1.6 KG, still tiny when you compare vs other newborn babies who are probably around 2-4 KGs at birth but a lot heavier than the 1.1KG he was on the day he was born.
The good thing is that Fighter seems to be coping well for a premature babies with no or minimal issues. Seems like we just need to give him time. The hospital bills have been insane. Each day that Fighter is under intensive care costs us RM2,000-RM2,500 but we believe he’s getting really good care so it’s savings that we’re happy to spend. Shorty was joking about how she’s going to cut back on her desire for luxury bags and stuff. Each time we look at Fighter though we’re reminded he’s worth it. He’s worth any amount of money, any amount of time or any amount of trouble.
It’s an odd feeling being a parent. When I was driving the other day, Shorty was telling me how I have to take care while driving. That we don’t live for ourselves anymore. We live for Fighter. Here’s what will be known as one of our early family portraits 🙂
The past month has been really difficult for me personally. Having to juggle work and the problems we were having with Shorty but I’m thankful now that things seems to be under control now. We just have to give Fighter a bit more time to grow.
Thank you for your support and all your prayers everyone. Let me leave you with this picture of Fighter to end this entry 🙂
In the mean time if you read Shorty’s blog, you’ll read about a couple of women who attacked Fighter on Instagram.
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space