You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...

My precious lil' girl, yesterday mummy read 2 articles that deeply touched me.. It made me realise all over again, how lucky daddy and mummy are to have you... Such a wonderful lil' girl...

The first was an article that mummy read from a 'Mother and baby' magazine. The baby girl is called Morgandie... Looking at her beautiful picture, you'd never have guessed what she'd gone through..

At 6 weeks old, she was diagnosed with a rare but aggressive childhood cancer--neuroblastoma. Baby Morgandie had a malignant tumor the size of an apple in her tummy, at 6 weeks old! Fortunately for her, the drs said it was operable. But not before she goes through chemotherapy to shrink the mass.

5 cycles of chemotherapy, each 3 weeks apart. Every cycle lasted 3 days where the chemo drugs will be infused through a drip in her arm 5 hours a day.

How can any parent live through this type of nightmare? And worse, how can a small baby like Morgandie tolerate such a therapy?

During mummy's stint in the hospital, I've seen adult patients who went through chemo.. Hair loss, nausea, vomiting, ulcers... Neverending list of side effects that even adults can't take it... It must have been terrible for baby Morgandie...

But lil' Morgandie was a fighter! She won the battle against the illness and is a bubbly 15 mth old baby now! =)

Thankfully, my eight week old lil' darling is a healthy and beautiful girl. Even though you are stronger and healthier now, mummy and daddy still tread on our toes everyday...

Till the day you grow up to be able to take care of yourself... Till the day daddy and mummy can no longer take care of you... You shall forever be our precious lil' baby...



The second story came from an email from Aunty Siok Ying. Here's how the story goes.. Karen (the mummy) has a 3yr old son named Michael. Upon knowing that his mummy is pregnant with his lil' sister, he sang to her "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine" every night...

Soon, Michael's lil sister was born, but it was a complicated labour and she had to be under intensive care.. And one day, the dr just told them that she was going to go soon... Michael had no idea what had happened to his baby sister cos they don't allow children into ICUs.. Day after day, he kept asking his parents to let him see his sister and to sing to her.. And so that day, his mummy decided to bring him to see his sister, for he might never have the chance again...

Michael looked at his sister, and began to sing.. 'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.. you make me happy when skies are gray.. you never know dear, how much I love you..please don't take my sunshine away...'

And then, his lil' sister seemed to respond! Her pulse rate calmed down and became steady.. His mummy asked him to keep on singing.. And amazingly, the lil' girl's condition improved and eventually recovered fully to go home!

Now, how true this story is, mummy don't know either.. But I choose to believe that long before she was born, she already had a special bond with her brother who sang to her every night.. And when she heard him sing again, that bond gave her the strength and will to fight death..

My precious lil' sweetheart, mummy wonders if you can feel the special bond between you and daddy mummy? Do you recognise the voice who told you stories and sang to you night after night? Do you recognise the warmth from the touch of daddy and mummy's hands?

Well, there never will be an outright answer... But mummy choose to believe so.. Cos when you look at me, your eyes told me so...

Darling Raeanne, daddy and mummy love you...