July 28th

Today, another visit with Dr. Chiu (邱紹華). Everything seems to be fine except the coughing. It just won't go away. Even though she doesn't cough as much and the tissue wiper consumption is evidently slowing down now whereas just few weeks ago, she used up a whole carton of those fine non-woven tissue easily in a short week. And the bad thing is she has this "ritual" of throwing up everything and less than violent coughing before going to bed every night lately. Dr. Chiu prescribes cough medicine and hope this will take care of it.

We are sent to a dermatologist to check out her feet and hands where fungus infection is evident. Given her current condition, she is susceptible to infection and given lotion and ointment to take care of her skin problem.

She has shed about 10 kgs since coming home. Her hearty appetite slips out of her. At patient's request, we bought a can of protein rich "Ensure" in powder form to fortify her nutrition otherwise she eats rice porridge with minced meat only.

She gets tired easily and her spirit is low. Not in the mood to go out breathing fresh air as of now. She complains I hardly spend time with her...