Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

Hey. Last Saturday, was an experience I have told few people. I literally sprained my lower back when I carried Josh in the bedroom. I was in a squatting position and I carried Josh up, just like the starting position of a weight lifter. Apparently, when I was getting up, I felt a sudden lightning on my lower back and my legs and I threw Josh on the bed. The pain was unbearable and I thought that I broke my back. I was in the sitting position then while Josh was crying. I tried to get up but I was unable to. And I laid on the bed for about 20 minutes. I attempted to sit up, but my legs trembled and I knew that my back is certainly injured. Eve wanted to call up the paramedics and see what they recommend. I was hesitant, but then they arrived. They did a few diagnostic tests and found that it's not a fracture but it's muscle strain. The tension on the muscle will react as such if I move my legs, it will even tighten the muscles even more, causing pain. The paramedic advise...

Well Josh met with a minor accident two days back as he fell with the bicycle, while sitting on the baby chair after school. Of course he cried as the impact was quite large for a small boy to absorb. After that, he went back home to my in law's place and he was normal and ate his lunch. But he began to walk quite wobbly and refused to walk much when he was outside on the stroller. At night, I fetched Josh and he was on the stroller. When reached home, it was his usual routine to descend from the stroller and walk back. However he sat on the floor. I was thinking he may be tired or probably he slipped. He didn't want to drink milk and I managed to brush his teeth while he was playing the iPhone. When it was time to sleep, around 11pm, he followed me into the room. On the bed, usually we would talk a few quite words. We did but he did something extra. He looked at me but his eyes scrolled left to right. He kept doing it and he laughed. At a moment, I thought that he mig...