Tuesday, June 10, 2008,
it's been a very eventful week for me. from dreading in KKH. to some unforseen shits i've caused. to dad's admission to the hospital. to me getting sick from all that's been happening. hohoho.
ok talking abt KKH posting. it ended, like finally. nursing kids is not really my cup of tea, but i did enjoy having them around. i miss my Aqeed aka Gigi TicTac!!!!!
permission granted from his mum to post his pic.. =) miss u lah baby...
group pic with my CI, Mrs Doris Foong.. a fun lecturer...
the group of girls i always hang out with during my breaktimes..
and not forgetting the bags that had to be "longgok-ed" one corner of the tearoom.. hehe..
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then on saturday morning, mum called me from her room. sounded urgent. i saw dad laying down in bed with cold sweat and pale face and lips. he nearly fainted in the toilet. he's been bleeding for the past one week, after his operation. but this time round, he said he passes not stools, but massive amount of blood. so i quickly took his blood pressure(BP) and it reads 91/66mmHg, which was not his usual reading as he's hypertensive. so i elevated his legs and told him to do deep breathing. i came back and re-took his BP and it went down further to 74/57mmHg. i quickly got changed, called the ambulance, packed dad's impt documents and off we went to AH's A&E. was thinking of driving or simply taking a cab, but dad could hardly stood up because he's having bad vertigo.
reached AH. registered dad in. he was being observed for about an hour an a half. so i waited around. fancy meeting someone i know. yup, Mr Zaim, a nurse at the A&E. hehe. they did some blood tests and found his HB a wee bit low of 10.7. but there was no more bleeding. so dad was discharged from A&E.
i settled the payments and took a free apple from the big jar for dad to munch on. as we were waiting for big bro to pick us up, dad turned pale and begain closing his eyes tight. i called Zaim and he told me to come back. Zaim waited for me at the entrance and he pushed dad to the trolley. dad vomitted. BP taken and it was super low. they started him on I/V saline and ran it fast. 2 pints. Zaim told me dad will be admitted.
so dad was admitted for PR bleed, postural hypt, and low HB. was clerked by the HO on-call and he took bloods to check dad's HB. Zaim came by after shift to check on dad. offered me out for lunch since i've not had anything since morning, but i insisted to stay on with dad. then soon after, the on-call MO and Registrar came by to see dad. the surgical team came down too and they scheduled dad for an emergency operation at ard 9pm, so dad has to be on Nill By Mouth. lucky thing he had some lunch. KIV blood transfusion as his HB came down to 8.7.
in the evening mum came with brothers. brought me soup. we left ard 8pm. went home i got changed, packed my stuff, and off to AH once again to stay for the night. reached at ard 10pm. made dad's bed, on my lappie. but can't seemed to get connection. waste my time lah sey. so i walked ard the ward. then a staff nurse came up to me and asked,"are u a nurse too? u seemed to know and asked a lot abt ur dad's condition. and the terms that u used makes me wonder.." haha. so i answered what i had to answer. they noted and put me down in their special mention. fun.
dad came back ard 0130hrs. hourly parameters for 6hrs. PU post-op. BP stable. Nil bleeding seen. bloods taken agn. HB came down further to 8.4. haiz. doctor told me if next morn, dad's HB came down further to below 8, confirm transfusion. so in the morn, his HB was back to 8.7. Phew!
dad spent another day and was discharged on Monday. it was a relief. i was tired, but satisfied. i was mentally, physically, and emotionally tired. hard work.
would like to say thank u to Zaim, for helping me with the necessary things and calling me to check on dad's condition. thanks to juli and family, my uncles, atok and fairus, and kak idah's family for visiting.
and my special thanks to abee and family for visiting dad. those supportive words, i appreciate them. i missed u abee. haiz.
the cosy big chair was where i rested on.. but i couldn't get a wink of sleep..
dad trying to sleep too...
dad feeling all better.. before being discharged..
me getting all bored waiting for the discharge.. check out my tired eyes.. ugly..
the nurses there must have thought that i am FON or being a nurse myself i'm very F. they are so wrong. in fact, i made the bed myself, i chart down my dad's intake and output on a piece of paper and gave it to the AN at the end of the shift, i brought out the food tray to the pantry when dad's done eating, i changed dad's dressing and all. it's not as if i'm a trained nurse to my dad, or my dad is in paying class ward, u nurses have to do EVERYTHING. sorry hor. i'm not F hokay. thank you. but the staff there were very nice. paying class mah. hoho.
done with the reading yet?
coz i'm done. =)
ok talking abt KKH posting. it ended, like finally. nursing kids is not really my cup of tea, but i did enjoy having them around. i miss my Aqeed aka Gigi TicTac!!!!!
permission granted from his mum to post his pic.. =) miss u lah baby...
group pic with my CI, Mrs Doris Foong.. a fun lecturer...
the group of girls i always hang out with during my breaktimes..
and not forgetting the bags that had to be "longgok-ed" one corner of the tearoom.. hehe..
**************************
then on saturday morning, mum called me from her room. sounded urgent. i saw dad laying down in bed with cold sweat and pale face and lips. he nearly fainted in the toilet. he's been bleeding for the past one week, after his operation. but this time round, he said he passes not stools, but massive amount of blood. so i quickly took his blood pressure(BP) and it reads 91/66mmHg, which was not his usual reading as he's hypertensive. so i elevated his legs and told him to do deep breathing. i came back and re-took his BP and it went down further to 74/57mmHg. i quickly got changed, called the ambulance, packed dad's impt documents and off we went to AH's A&E. was thinking of driving or simply taking a cab, but dad could hardly stood up because he's having bad vertigo.
reached AH. registered dad in. he was being observed for about an hour an a half. so i waited around. fancy meeting someone i know. yup, Mr Zaim, a nurse at the A&E. hehe. they did some blood tests and found his HB a wee bit low of 10.7. but there was no more bleeding. so dad was discharged from A&E.
i settled the payments and took a free apple from the big jar for dad to munch on. as we were waiting for big bro to pick us up, dad turned pale and begain closing his eyes tight. i called Zaim and he told me to come back. Zaim waited for me at the entrance and he pushed dad to the trolley. dad vomitted. BP taken and it was super low. they started him on I/V saline and ran it fast. 2 pints. Zaim told me dad will be admitted.
so dad was admitted for PR bleed, postural hypt, and low HB. was clerked by the HO on-call and he took bloods to check dad's HB. Zaim came by after shift to check on dad. offered me out for lunch since i've not had anything since morning, but i insisted to stay on with dad. then soon after, the on-call MO and Registrar came by to see dad. the surgical team came down too and they scheduled dad for an emergency operation at ard 9pm, so dad has to be on Nill By Mouth. lucky thing he had some lunch. KIV blood transfusion as his HB came down to 8.7.
in the evening mum came with brothers. brought me soup. we left ard 8pm. went home i got changed, packed my stuff, and off to AH once again to stay for the night. reached at ard 10pm. made dad's bed, on my lappie. but can't seemed to get connection. waste my time lah sey. so i walked ard the ward. then a staff nurse came up to me and asked,"are u a nurse too? u seemed to know and asked a lot abt ur dad's condition. and the terms that u used makes me wonder.." haha. so i answered what i had to answer. they noted and put me down in their special mention. fun.
dad came back ard 0130hrs. hourly parameters for 6hrs. PU post-op. BP stable. Nil bleeding seen. bloods taken agn. HB came down further to 8.4. haiz. doctor told me if next morn, dad's HB came down further to below 8, confirm transfusion. so in the morn, his HB was back to 8.7. Phew!
dad spent another day and was discharged on Monday. it was a relief. i was tired, but satisfied. i was mentally, physically, and emotionally tired. hard work.
would like to say thank u to Zaim, for helping me with the necessary things and calling me to check on dad's condition. thanks to juli and family, my uncles, atok and fairus, and kak idah's family for visiting.
and my special thanks to abee and family for visiting dad. those supportive words, i appreciate them. i missed u abee. haiz.
the cosy big chair was where i rested on.. but i couldn't get a wink of sleep..
dad trying to sleep too...
dad feeling all better.. before being discharged..
me getting all bored waiting for the discharge.. check out my tired eyes.. ugly..
the nurses there must have thought that i am FON or being a nurse myself i'm very F. they are so wrong. in fact, i made the bed myself, i chart down my dad's intake and output on a piece of paper and gave it to the AN at the end of the shift, i brought out the food tray to the pantry when dad's done eating, i changed dad's dressing and all. it's not as if i'm a trained nurse to my dad, or my dad is in paying class ward, u nurses have to do EVERYTHING. sorry hor. i'm not F hokay. thank you. but the staff there were very nice. paying class mah. hoho.
done with the reading yet?
coz i'm done. =)
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