My First Doctor Visit

Today I had my first doctor visit. It was an unscheduled visit because I had a bit of Juandice on the day that I checked-out of the hospital. Therefore, the doctor asked that I check back with him at his office in 1 week. Otherwise, the normal doctor visit would have been 2 weeks from birth.


Mommy and Daddy took me to the doctor's office early in the morning. When we got there, I was half asleep because I didn't sleep much the night before. I don't know why, but I am just having a difficult time falling asleep during late night hours! Anyway, we waited for quite some time before the nurse yelled out my name... "Addison Chan!"


"Yeah, that's me!" Someone just yelled out my name!


Unfortunately, I didn't know that the first thing that they do was to take off all my clothes to check my weight. That nurse even told Daddy to take off my diaper!! OMG! That nurse is not even remotely good looking, and I had to sit in front of her... butt naked! It was so embarrassing!


I weighted at 7 lbs 2 oz! I gained a few ounces since I left the hospital! For those who didn't know, although my birth weight was 7lbs 11oz, I've lost almost a pound during those few days at the hospital. Before I checked out of the hospital, I weighted only 6lbs 12oz. So it's good to see that I have gained back some weight.


So after the embarrassing weight measurement, Daddy quickly put some clothes back onto me. I immediately felt calm and comfy. Thanks, Dad! Soon after that, Dr. Kim came into the examination room took me away from Daddy's arm. Dr. Kim handed Mommy some reading materials, and proceeded to check my skin color. Dr. Kim said I still have a bit of Juandice, but it was not at an alarming level. He told Mommy and Daddy to pay attention to my skin color in the next few days. He then turned me around, and checked various parts of my body. Dr. Kim seemed like a nice guy; that's why I didn't cry much.

After visiting Dr. Kim, we went back home for a short break before leaving for Mommy's Doctor. Yeah, although we just saw Dr. Chen yesterday, we had to visit him again because Mommy's wound was bleeding heavily last night. It was a rather panicky moment that Daddy had to call Dr. Chen at 3am last night to find out what to do. Fortunately, Dr. Chen told Daddy that the bleeding is normal, and arranged for a check-up today.

I felt asleep, again, at Dr. Chen's office so I didn't remember exactly what had happened. But Daddy later told me that Dr. Chen cleaned Mommy's wound all over again, and put some new bandage over the wound. Dr. Chen then showed Daddy how to cleam Mommy's wound, and that Daddy is supposed to clean the would twice a day from now on. Otherwise, Daddy said, "Everything is okay."

It has certainly been a long day for me because of the amount of time that I spent outside the house. Let's see if I will get some better sleep tonight.

Here's a picture of Daddy, taken right outside of Dr. Chen's office. Can't you tell that he didn't get much sleep lately?