3 Year Old Niece In ICU (Hospitalised)

[auntieM]

Stay strong.. ..

:xedfingers:

[blessed777]

We keep yr niece n family in our prayer

[CayennePepper]

WeiHan, wishing your niece a speedy recovery.

[Mdm Koh]

Hi WeiHan,


Hope your niece’s condition is stable. I’ve checked with my friend who’s a doctor. She says that the transplant is a good option to take. As your niece is very young, she will need only a small portion of liver from one of her parents and her liver will be able to grow again. It’s a major op and there are a number of risks, but some patients do very well.

As for the choice of surgeon, if you need more opinions, you can try looking for Dr KC Tan. He did the liver transplant for Andrea De Cruz in 2002.

The NUH transplant team is good as well and is led by Prof Prabha.

[Lilac66]

Hi Weihan,


It's indeed a tough period for your family. But stay strong and positive knowing that there are alot of parents here in KSP that will keep in in prayers. We strongly believe things will be fine.

[LOLMum]

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[Lilac66]

Really like that ,LOLmum and how true.. :lovesite:

[WeiHan]

My niece has been transfered to NUH and Prof Quak Seng Hock is in charge.


If the transplant really takes place, both professors (Quak SEng Hock and Prabhakaran) will be there.

My niece’s condition is a paradox. The first day when she was admitted to KKH, she was almost sleeping all the time. Today, she is totally conscious and playing like a normal kid but her blood tests showed a worsening jaundice.

We know Gleneagle team led by Dr KC Tan. The transplant cost at Gleneagle will be $300K while it is about $100K before government subsidies at NUH. As for experience, NUH team seems to be have more experienced with children from 12months old to a few years old.

[guillemard]

Hi Weihan,


My son also ever warded in KKH ICU ward 10 years ago due to infection, so totally understand the anxiety and worried the parents and all loved ones around feel.

will keep your niece and family in prayers, stay strong!

[lmum]

Hi WeiHan,


Just to share my own case and hope this would help your family not to worry too much. I also have liver problems and was at the ICU at NUH. My illness was so bad that I was at the edge of death. I was at the ICU for don’t know how many days and thanks to the top doctors, they managed to pull me back. 1 packet of blood was tranfused to me after I was out of the ICU.

To this day, I still want to thank the person whom I got the blood from and I even thought of donating my blood to the blood bank but I don’t think I can, based on my current condition. I still go for CT scans for my liver and is on medictaion. Other than that, I’m quite ok.My thanks to the top doctors, a nurse who has become friends and the dietian looking after me.