Sesame Street Show Live (10 Sep 2010)

We bought tickets to the Sesame Street Show Live a few months back and so the day finally came last Friday evening where we brought Kendrick for his first 'Live' show. Since it started at 7pm, we had an early dinner at Leisure Park before walking over to the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Upon reaching the indoor stadium, I was certainly glad that I bought the second most expensive ticket category as we were really near the stage. Our seat was just the 4th row from the front. I guess it does feel a lot nicer and more exciting to be up closer to the performance.

Surprisingly, it started on time and soon enough the characters were out dancing and singing on the stage. Kendrick was a little taken aback at first, but he soon soaked up into the atmosphere and was quite intensely watching all the characters perform. I must say the coordination and energy of all the characters were really good, all very smooth and the show just went on non-stop till a short 15 min break around 7.45pm. After the break, it was another 20 mins or so of performance and soon the show ended. Overall, I thought the timing was just nice. Any longer and I think Kendrick would be bored already! Haha...

Having dinner at the food court in Leisure Park

Before we entered through the Premier Entrance

Some snippets of the performance. Most parents were also videoing most of the show

We walked nearer the stage to have a photo taken during the intermission

I guess Elmo was really the cutest character of all! But when we asked Kendrick who he liked a few days after the show, he actually said Big Bird!

Finale of the show - some characters came down and lots of kids and parents went forth to shake their hands. Last opportunity I guess. Can you spot Kendrick being carried by his Papa? :)

After the show ended, we had a light supper at Burger King's and then it was home sweet home :)

Recovered!

We went back for a follow-up check up with the ENT specialist on Saturday and when he checked Kendrick's ear, he told us that the fluid has cleared. That meant his ear infection cleared which was likely a sign that the adenoids shrunk. As such, he did not recommend a further scope of the nose but told us to observe that in future if Kendrick has block nose problems or complain of ear pain, etc, that we should come back to see him. Otherwise, no more medication required.

I was really relieved to hear the good news!! All week I was rather worried for him! As for his bruises on the nose and head, it has been clearing slowly and by today, it's not so obvious anymore. Just hope that it will fully clear by another week.

Sigh..my poor Kendrick :(

What an eventful weekend it has been for us! An unfortunate accident took place last Friday night but that led to a discovery of another matter, so perhaps it can be called a 'blessing in disguise'.

What happened was last Friday evening, we brought Kendrick to meet my parents for dinner at Changi Village. After that, we went back to the chalet that my Father booked for the weekend. We were exploring the chalet for a while and not long later, somehow all of us were each distracted doing something. And in a quick turn of events, an accident followed. Well, Kendrick actually climbed onto this chair and stood up. But in a second, he lost balance (since the chair was not very heavy) and fell down, face first! Neither of us were able to rush in time to grab hold of him and prevent the accident. Sigh. Kendrick was obviously quite traumatized by the fall as it took us quite long to calm him down and stop him from crying. As he cried, there were even tinges of blood that came out with his mucus. Thankfully, that was it, no serious bleeding. We checked his face and hands to see where he was injured. It was quite apparent that the forehead started to swell slightly. His nose bridge area as well. After getting a reaction of pain when we pressed his nose, Dear felt that we should send him to see a doctor right away.

So off we went, at 9+ pm to Mt. Alvernia 24hr clinic. It was certainly a long way there from Changi!! Well, we finally got there and waited for our turn to see the doctor. Luckily, Kendrick was still able to walk and move about with a normal level of alertness. The doctor checked on him and suggested that we should do an X-ray of his nose, just to check whether there was any fracture. I felt really terrible that Kendrick had to go through an X-ray so young, but what choice do we have? We needed to be certain. So we went ahead with that and waited again for the doctor to see us for the diagnosis. Being just a normal GP, he could not be fully certain from the X-ray film whether or not there was a fracture. Hence he recommended that we see an ENT specialist the next day. You can imagine how worried we were then - I was really sad that what if it was a fracture and eventually Kendrick's nose would be distorted or something!!

Nothing else could be done that night and we were all really tired out. We got home at almost 11pm and quickly settled Kendrick and got him to bed just before 12am. The boy was tired and slept easily. The only worry I had for the night was if anything else happened. Again thankfully, he was fine and slept quite well through the night. On Saturday morning, as I looked upon Kendrick's face, I could see that his forehead was slightly bruised and the area between his eyes were a little swelled. Feeling sad, I quickly contacted the ENT specialist for an appointment. We got a slot and headed to Novena Medical Centre in the late morning. I must say the doctor certainly was so much more professional and more reassuring. The good news was - Kendrick DID NOT suffer any fracture. The swelling and all were just a result of normal bruising and should heal in a week or so. However, being an ENT specialist, the doctor also checked his ears and throat and discovered that there was fluid in his inner ear drum. This was nothing to do with the fall. It was linked to his recent incidents of flu. The doctor therefore required a further scope of Kendrick's nose to check and be certain of the cause of it.

My poor son actually bravely went through the whole process of endoscope without moving and without struggling!! I'm just so amazed at him! The doc said it was not painful, but I'm sure it wasn't that comfortable either. Anyway, this led to the discovery of adenoids (a mass of lymphoid tissue situated at the very back of the nose) that were quite swollen. That resulted in blocking the middle ear bit which prevented the fluid from flowing out. Thus, Kendrick in a way has some form of ear infection. The doctor suggested treatment via antibiotics and a nasal spray first for a week before accessing the situation again. In the worst case scenario, a surgery is required to remove the adenoids. Gosh...you cannot imagine how I felt...I mean it may not seem like a very very serious problem, cos it's quite common in children, but imagine if we didn't go to the ENT specialist, how would we have known this problem existed??! And in the long term, what if it caused some worse danger?! Sigh....so in a way, I thank God for letting us discover this matter under such an unexpected circumstance.

I can only hope that the medication works for Kendrick...I really don't know how I'll feel going back to the doctor next Saturday... :( But I'm just thankful Kendrick is still very cheerful, active and lovely, despite a slight swollen look on his face. Really pray that he will continue on his path of recovery and be totally fine!!!