Sunday, September 30, 2007
~*~ One Discharged The Other Admitted ~*~
Went back to hougang and after lunch we brought grandpa to TTSH's A&E waited for abt an hour or so before he was able to get admitted... during this time we were waiting outside and saw so many emergency cases and pple coming in via ambulances as well... but something happened that reali got my blood boiling... when grandpa was waiting to be admitted, I asked mummy to let Nurul wait there with grandpa and then we can go for coffee... so she checked if 2 pple could go in to the A&E area but was told that only 1 accompanying person could be with the patient as they didnt want too many pple walkin in n out of the area as they were afraid of contamination n such... fair enaf that we can understand. So she exchanged her tag so that Nurul could get hers n be with grandpa...
However, as it was Nurul's 1st time there and she didnt know where to go to look for grandpa, mummy asked the security personnel if she could accompany Nurul in to show her where to go n to make sure that evythings alright before comin out again as she would be stayin at the holding area. Instead of being tactful and polite in his manner of answer, that blardy swine of a security jus said and I quote "No No cannot only 1 person can go in. We cannot allow more than 1 person to wait with the patient. You think this is a Sunday City Walk is it?"
Wah when my mum heard this her blood reali boil sia... of cos at that time we were not with her or rather I was not with her... we were still waiting for her at the waiting area or else I would have definately given it to that asshole... She was so fedup with his reply and asked the security how was she to know if her maid knows where to go and doesnt get lost in the holding area... she needs to make sure evything is ok and that her maid is with her father-in-law! And again that swine jus said "No no cannot!". Mummy came back and told us what happened and the minute i heard what she said my blood boil n I was damn fedup...
I told mummy to go to the nurses and ask again... My mum then walked away and went to the screening station near the enterance to talk to the 2 nurses to ask if she could jus go in. Initially, they also said cannot but they explained that they were taking the necessary precautions as they were afraid that there could be contamination n stuffs like tt... so fair enaf but my mum explained her rational for wanting to go in for just awhile and in the end 1 of the nurses said ok but she would have to bring her in and only to a certain area... fair enaf... so mummy went in with her and true enaf, our dear Nurul was standing at a corner and didnt know where to go... lucky thing the nurse allowed my mum to go in or else god knows how long she would be standing there man... in the end mummy passed her grandpa's medicine and left her hp with Nurul and told her to call either Sara or myself in case there was anything.
Throughout this whole time, Garry, Sara and myself were still at the waiting area but we were talkin about that swine... more like i was talkin abt that swine cos i was damn pissed... I mean how could a security personnel reply in such a manner... Who does he think he is? He's just a freaking asshole who is waiting to retire and standing there doin nothing jus makin sure that only visitors with a wrist tag goes in. How the blardy hell would he know how many visitors per patient was walking in and out of the damn place? There was no checking done anyway... what kind of security personnel was he? Or rather what kind of security check was there?
Damn it... the more i recall the more du lan i get sia... If they say only 1 visitor per patient cos they are afraid of the germs, bateria or contamination that pple would bring into that area, then what about those cleaners, police officers, hospital helpers and civil defence personnel? Are they not walking in and out of the area the whole day? Are they not carrying with them germs, bacteria or contamination with them as well? What?! Jus bcos they are wearing a uniform or have a hospital tag on a lanyard around their neck or a stethoscope hanging around somewhere means that they are an employee of TTSH or a person of authority and can walk in and out freely? What kind of rationale is this? So can I simply conclude that if I have a uniform, hospital pass or some equipment hanging on me means that I can also walk in n out that area freely?
Blardy fucking asshole... I was so pissed I told Garry that I will be writing in formally to lodge a complaint. Is this how a representative of TTSH speak to a visitor/patient of TTSH? Is this what we are paying for with the increase in medical fees, for medicine and workers of the hospital so that hospitals could employee such tactless and rude secruity personnels who stand there just to occupy a space within the hospitals vacinity? When Garry heard that I was going to lodge a complaint, he asked if any of us had a pen and we said no. Before I knew what he was going to do, he immediately stood up, walked towards that asshole and stood directly in front of him and looked as his face, then his hospital tag and then back at his face and after that simply walked away. Wahsay! Sara and myself was shocked initially as we didnt know what he was going to do. Then we started laughin as that asshole had a really blur n worried look on his face after Garry walked away.
Though I was still fedup I couldnt help but laugh at that expression. When garry came back I asked where he went and he said to find for a pen cos he wanted to write the name of the person down. In the end, he recorded that assholes name and time into his handphone. It was such a waste that I didnt have my cam with me or else I will surely zoom and take a pic of the ass! I guess that asshole can wait to receive a call from his supervisor after I'm done lodging my complain. I would definately want an explaination and corrective measures to be implemented by TTSH over this incident. This sort of behaviour from any staff should not be condone. Is this the kind of service that TTSH provides?
After this whole incident, we decided to go to Ah Seng's place for kopi and to eat something... as usual, we ordered Milo peng and Kopi peng... also ordered the char kway teow and hokkien mee to share... the hokkien mee not bad... chilli nice oso... jus when we were finishing, Nurul called to inform that grandpa is being wheeled to a ward... wah this time so fast... so we drove back to TTSH again... when we were walkin past where tt asshole was standing to check on the ward and bed number that grandpa was admitted into, we were surprise to see that the asshole was no where to be found. Good riddence to him man!
This aside, after grandpa was admitted and checks done by a junior doctor a interns, they suspect that there is a blockage in his large intestine that's causing the bloatedness around his stomach... they had to insert a tube from his nostril down into his stomach so that they could suck the fluid out... Obviously he felt pain and discomfort during that ordeal and as usual he shouted at the nurses who were trying their best to make it less painful n all... *siGh* thank god there were understanding and knw that this is part and parcel of what they have to encounter.... I salute them man...
Anyway doc said that only after the fluid has been sucked out can they insert something... i cant recall the name from the bottom to make him pass motion n drain whatever that is stuck in there... once the bloatedness and blockage has been taken cared of, the next thing they want to do is to check why he has constipation and has to keep taking Senokot to enable him to pass motion... *siGh*
The whole process of this must be damn painful as they have to insert a scope into your rectum to check... either that or they have to insert smething so that an x-ray of the rectum and colon can be taken to check if there is any growth or cancer around that area. *siGh* Poor thing... why must an old man go through all these... I'm sure grandpa must be scared... he was supposed to do this check the last time he was admitted but he insisted that he didnt want to cos I think he's afraid of the pain and wateva the results are but i guess there is no running away from it for him this time round....
Why why why must so many things happen over a short period of 2-3weeks!?! One after the other... =( I really pray and hope nothing is wrong with grandpa... One sick person in the family is more than enough for us to handle... I can't imagine if there would be another... worried that all these complications that grandpa is having could be a result of colon cancer or something along that line... Another worry at the back of my mind is someone else's bood test results... which would only be out around the last week of October... Hopefully evything turns out ok... and not be another Big bday present for both of us man... 1 such "Bday" present in September is more than enough for any of us to cope with...
Saturday, September 29, 2007
He's finally home~
On my way home from a small shopping spree at BHG with Angie after work last nite, I msged Garry to update him on the situation and I didnt expect him to get so affected by what I told him cos it reali dampened his spirits in camp... he was just awarded Best Platoon Sergant and was getting his award at the time when he received the "news"... It's heartening to know that Garry was allowed to come home from camp last nite when he told his PC that something happened at home. No questions asked even. Even though he couldnt do much by then, he still came home just to be with me...Thanks for jus being there, your support and encouragement Darling~
Mummy called this morning and said that she brought grandpa to Dr Tang earlier on bcos of his bloated stomach, the diaorhea he had last week and to check why he is always feeling tired all the time... Dr Tang said that she could give him medication on the bloatedness but she thought it would be better if we sent him to A&E to do an x-ray n check what's wrong as she's worried that it could be that somethig is stuck in the big intestine thats causing all these... since papa is too weak to be driving... we will be sending them to A&E. *SiGh* One come home another gets admitted...
Will be going down to Hougang now... with Toby... till my next update u guys take care...
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Wet Wet Day...
Nothing much happened at work... raining the whole time i travelled to work n got stuck in the jam... was slightly late today for the 1st time after a long while... heheh... trying to keep my track record... PDR coming liao... since my last PDR i havent been late... Garry was supposed to be on a 2 day mission... poor thing... sure very soggy n muddy in the jungle... will wait for his call tonite... heheh... hopefully nt too late lor... feelin slpy again... thank god its friday tmw...
Mummy msged me jus now n said that the result's of the fluid test came today and the doc said that the virus hasnt affected that area yet... Thank God! Now that both the spine and brain area not affected, the doc said since he is oso recovering from pnemonia, he can be discharged tomorrow afternoon!!! YiPpY!!! :) Papa's finally leaving the dreaded plc... He's coming home to rest liao... and finally his treatment and medication can start... *siGh*
Anyway, I'm looking forward to this wkend bcos my baby should be comin back from camp over the weekend and I can go visit my dad in Hougang as well...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
On Reservist again....
Went to pump petrol n the minute we turned into the station he got excited n was wondering where we were as this was his 1st time there... kekek... So kpo lor kept looking were Garry was walkin to when he got out of the car... then looked at the pump attendant to see what he was doing... and when he couldnt see he stood on hos hind legs on the car seat to see... When garry went to the cashier he kept lookin n lookin eventhough he was no longer in sight... onli when 2 cars blocked his view did he turn to look at me... Hehehe.... cant stand this boy man... so curious all the time...
Went out on Sat nite to Changi Airport... abit bo liao lor but we didnt have anywhere to go... hahah... ended up at Coffee Bean for coffee... while talkin, we decided to bring the 2 boys to Bishan Dog Run on Sunday morning n decided to leave the house by 8+.
When we were on our way to the Dog Run, the sky looked rather cloudy lor... when we reached Bishan Park, there were already about 8-10 dogs in the dog run. Surprisingly, Toby onli got excited and didnt bark... I conclude that he wouldn't bark when he's within close proximity of another dog... will only get curious and wanna sniff the dog... hehehe... Good Boy Toby!
When we were at the gate going in, the other dogs all got excited and crowded around Toby... heheh... must be bcos he was a new comer there... but the same didnt happen for Terry wor... though some of the other dogs also wanted to sniff him, there was this particular beagle who started barking at him n nt long after Terry growled at him... aiyoz... poor fella... Van ad to stand with him outside the run area... the beagle the was barking at him had a reali weird bark wor... like havin sore throat like tt... not sure if thats how its supposed to sound... cos the few i heard all had normal barks...
In the end, I brought Terry in for awhile cos that fella became so timid when all the other dogs started approaching him... poor thing la... in the end he went into the other side of the run where there werent any dogs around... tink he's not used to being around so many friendly dogs... heheh... while all this happened, Toby was bz gettin acquainted with the other dogs as well as inspecting the dog run area... there was a moment when i lost sight of him bcos he was behind this small hut... gave me a fright wor... cos cldnt see him anywhere.. it was onli after callin him a few time did he come round from the back of the hut... Notti Boy boy!
Anyway, the onli pic that I managed to get of him was this cos half the time he was running evywhere with the other dogs... Tink he reali enjoyed himself... oh ya! Tis terry pangsai so many times while we were there lor... tink maybe he scared... heheh...
Not long after it started raining lor... piangz... everyone started calling their dogs and running to their cars n evy other direction... I tink these 2 boys not fated to go out sia... the last time brought them to Sentosa it also rain. Hmmm.... anyway we decided to drive to West Coast to see if the west area was sunny or not... but sad to say i tink it was rainin island-wide lor... Wat else but more photos... We ended up tabao-in bfast at west coast mac... What a wet day man!
While we were hafin bfast in the car, Garry asked if we wanted to go see the "Monkey God" tree since we were around the west area... since we had no where else to go, we went there to KPO KPO lor... kekeke... when we reached that place, we were surprised to see that there were actuali barricades set up along the road where those trees were at... n there was already a crowd gathered around that stretch... jialatz man... these pple wake up so earli man... I was surprised to see pple praying n buring joss sticks n joss paper... seemed as if there were worshipping the tree n not the gods lor... As usual, I snapped some shots there as well... hmm... I wonder if its reali true or is it jus a coincidence lor... Well I guess to each their own...
Well... that's more or less how the weekend passed.... Garry started his 2 weeks reservist yesterday n would only be back after next week... Van is stayin over on some days since her lessons starts at 8am... hehehe... we had a hard time figuring how to open the dryer door cos its kinda spoilt... Although Garry showed Van how to open she still din know lor... in the end had to wait for his call before I figured how to open it... kekek...
Talked to him on the phone for awhile before he went off to slp... evyone in camp like damn shack lor... so earli all slpin liao... hehe... told him to go slp too... den went to do mask.... kekek... :) after tt went to bed... Toby got to slp with me last nite... heheh... happily chewing on his milk bone in the room before he too slept... Woke up this morning at 6.15am to bring Toby down for his walk lor... piangz... so slpy the whole morning at work lor... jialat man... simply couldnt keep my eyes open... ended up takin a super short nap... heheh...
Half way thru my web orders, i ended talkin to angie n i cant remember what we were talkin about but in the end, we set-up a blog for her... hahaha... tink she will also be hooked soon... kekek... finally she has her own blog lor... n she will be the next one to bug Chitra soon apart from me... kekeke...
The rest of the went by as usual... rushing to close the batches cos tmw's month end closing... both Joelle and myself pek cek with u know who la... keep bugging us abt our pending batches... cant she read the damn notes we left under the batch entry? Piangz eh... talk abt her onli sure pu hway wan man... In the end the both of us couldnt complete today's allocation and had to bring forward 2hours of grouping to tomorrow... hmm... it will be another sickening day... worse cos its closing...
Mummy sms me to update me on papa's condition... he had to go for CT scan on his brain n also had to jab his spine for something... cant remember wat liao... other than that he seems his usual self... there were both good & bad news... but at least doc said that it hasnt affected the more vital parts of his body & organs. I must say that papa has been reali strong during this whole ordeal... whether or nt he's trying to come to terms with his condition or wateva thats going on his mind, he just doesnt want it to affect us. Tink what matters most now is for him to get his energy back so that treatment can start... anything else can sort of be put on hold for awhile... throughout this whole time since he's been hospitalised, i heard that his treatment hasnt started... was rather surprised cos i tot that it had...
Anyway, mummy also said that doc mentioned that if evything remains ok n nothing happens, he might be able to be discharge over the weekend...Hope all goes well then he can go home n rest... at least wont be so bored... oh ya... heard from mummy that a new patient got admitted this morning n is stayin in the ward next to papa... kinda histerical n screaming away sia... hope that person cools down soon man...
After work ended takin cab home with Joelle, Zena and ShuLynn since we were the westies and were all going home... managed to get into a cab in front of Bugis Junction Office towers... initially we tot that we were so lucky cos we waited less than 5min onli... but the minute he heard that we were going to 2 locations the drivers face abit put off... After that he insisted that we all use the seat belt... Shulynn was on the phone but he still made some hand-sign to her lor... he even almost stretched across to pull the seat belt for her sia if not for Joelle who helped...
Ha! And that was before we told him that there would be 2 stops at each location lor... Anyway halfway thru the journal he switched off the radio lor... maybe cos Joelle, Zena n myself were talkin at the back.. but still! Cant talk meh? Angry sia... Anyway after Joelle & Zena got off, Shulynn was tellin him to go by Stagmont Ring n he didnt even acknowledged her lor... sickening man... neva even nod or turn his head or wateva la... Swine! Before Shulynn got off she gave tt "attitude man this driver" look and I was like yeah!~
After Shulynn got off, I read the noticed that was printed by the driver which he stick at the back of the head rest of the 2 front seat... KNS!~ Read this notice onli u know this driver very ko tak! Since i had my cam with me, I decided to snap both the notice and the license number of the Trans cab... had to put the cam to silent and off the flash... so pic quality might not be that good... heheh....
Reached home and saw Van dwnstairs with Toby. While i was fine-tuning the french beans that Van helped to cut cos they were too thick, Van called and asked me to bring slippers down for her cos hers broke... hahaha... went down n found this guy with another Schnauzer standing with van... hehehe... her slippers broke cos Toby saw this dog while peeing and as usual he bcame kan chiong an wanted to sniff the other dog. So when she turned suddenly the front part of her slippers gave way... hahah...
Found out that he was stayin opp my blk onli lor... apparently Van said that before i went down, he kept askin her abt Toby and whether his ears were cropped n all n said that it's illegal to do it in spore... kns... when Van said besides the command sit he knows how to paw n do other stuffs he was like sure or nt n did a test on Toby lor.. hahaha... lucky thing toby responded... n neva show attitude... hahaha... Van got abit irritated when he kept askin her qns so she told him to wait for me to go down then he can ask me cos its my dog n i would knw more abt the breed... hahaha.. so he asked her what dog she kept n when she said Fox Terrier he jus tiam tiam stand there... Van said maybe he doesnt know what that is or much about dogs... jus talk big onli... she said jus look at his own dog can tell if he knows much about dogs n how to keep them or not... judgin from his dog, we both doubt it... hahaha....
When i went down he kept askin what shampoo i used, what i fed toby with and where i went for grooming... kns... den told me that he's breeding his dog n if all goes well, the puppies should be born on 11 nov n he is selling each for abt 550... kns... see his dog oredi sian... hopefully the bitch is of good breed sia...anyway we decided to go home cos it started to drizzle... Before that he mentioned that his dog is on vegetarian so that it wouldnt be so smelly... for a minute i was like huh? But i din bother much oso cos. Hahah... even Toby oso couldnt reali be botherd...
Reached home and started cooking fried rice for dinner for Van & myself... still have balance lor... tink will have that for lunch tomorrow... heheh... Finally Mr Lee decided to call me lor... been waiting since jus now... updated him on what happened today n all... den told him to go slp cos he had to wake up at 5.30am for his mission liao... he said he wont be callin me the next 2 days and that he wouldnt be reachable cos they are not allowed to bring their HPs out during this mission... *siah* sianz sia... I guess I'll jus have to wait until Thur when he finally gets to call me lor... Till then....
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Bitter Sweet Moments!!!~
Many things have happened during the course of this week... to sum it all... they were bitter sweet moments... hmm... if onli evything was to be sweet den how good it would be... Anyway... it seems like the past week has been like a spending spree for me... I bought 3 pairs of shoes... stuffs for Toby... and today we went and bought stuffs from Daiso, John Little, Marks & Spencer (bought a skirt that was on sale... super duper low wor... paid onli $20 for it... reali was a bargain man... heheh...) Pet Safari (yes yes yes somethings for Toby again... heheh...) While we were leaving Pet Safari, Garry asked me to read this 10 Commandments that was at the entrance... makes lots of sense for people who are thinking of gettin a pet... Took a pic of it with my HP Cam
BUT of all the things I bought, the best item bought was by my dearest... Heheh... he bought me the latest Canon Ixus 860 IS. YiPpY!~ Thanks baby... *mUaCkz*
Work was the same the past week... gd that it was sort of a short wk for me as I was on leave on yesterday... Why? Becos it's my 2nd Wedding Anniversary lor... hehehe... Happy Anniversary Darling~ Loving every minute of it n of cos many more yrs to come... Love u!!~ Angie went for her scan recently... but still cant confirm the sex of the baby lor... aiyo making us all so kan chiong man... hope we will be able to tell soon... den can start buying barang barang for your precious one liao... kekeke.... :)
Anyway... these are more or less the happy sweets events that happened the past week.... the bitter moment was when i received a call from my mum on thur during lunch time. She said that Papa was at the clinic hafin his check-up n was asked to do an x-ray on his lungs as he had been breathless the past few days. Results of the x-ray showed that he now had an infection in his lungs which is causing him to have pnemonia... *siGh* Doc wants him to be admitted and hospitalised for at least a week to monitor his condition... lucky mummy was with him and helped with the admission procedure... she also took a blood test on thur as well...
Went home after wk on thur to bring Toby down n to wait for Garry to come back from camp as he had to go back for his briefing bcos his reservist is during the next 2 wks... sian man!!! :( By the time he came home and bath it was almost 9+. Subsequently we took a cab down to the hospital to see how papa was doin... hmmm... hope he recovers from this pnemonia soon...
Garry n me met Sara at VivoCity and had Carl Junior for lunch yesterday... ssssoooo filling man... then we walked around and that was when I bought my Canon Ixus and skirt from Marks & Spensers... hehehe.... since we had time before meeting mummy at Wisma, we decided to go to John Little at Marina Square... while we were on the way, I was bz meddling with my new cam in the car... hehehe... took some shots of the ferris wheel... the CBD area and also sunset against Swissotel... nice hor... hehehe... reali happie with the cam so far... kekeke...
We parked the car at Suntec and while we were walkin out off suntec... Miss Sara had to pose in front of Sincere Watch lor... kns...
And while walkin out... there was this vintage car from the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang... and again someone had to be in the pic lor... said the pic looked nicer becos she's in it... Oh Pls....
Anyway we made our way to Marina Square and before i could go to John Little, Mr Lee was complaining that he was thirsty and that his legs were aching from all the walkin earlier... so we took a short break at Yoshinoya for a drink... took some pics there as well... heheh... see his shack face... hahaha... =Þ
After Mr Lee rested enough, we went shopping at John Little... bought some toiletries and after that we headed for Wisma... Went to Din Tai Fong for dinner with mummy and Van oso decided to join us there after she finished giving tution at Yishun... since Garry, Sara and myself were rather full still, we ordered finger food to share... onli mummy and Van ate something heavier... once again I had to use my cam to take some pics while we were there.... hehehe...
After dinner, we ta bao some xiao long bao and soup and headed to the hospital to visit papa... when we arrived, he was lyin on bed reading the book I brought him yesterday... almost finished man... tink I beta bring another 2 more tmw when I visit him and also newspapers... din manage to get it for him yesterday as we didnt pass any news stand or petrol station on our way there...
As papa was still under observation and all, we had to wear masks when we visited him in his ward so as not to pass any germs to him... and of cos, I had to take sme pics of us wearing the mask lor... hehehe...
Hopefully the nurse would be able to extract some phelgm out from papa soon for testing... they tried once on fri but not much came out so they told him that they had to do it again tmw... Then when the results are out and if favourable, we won't have to wear the mask anymore when we are there... cant stand it leh.. so hot man... cant breathe properly oso... talkkin abt masks, this sara used it wrongly twice lor... 1st time she used it upside down n 2nd time she used it inside out... goodness man... wasted din capture that moment...
We left the hospital slightly before 10pm and sent mummy and the 2 girls home before we headed back ourselves... Toby was so excited when he saw us... tink its mainly bcos he high-tide liao... Garry brought Toby down n I went to wash up and unpack the stuffs that I bought... While I am composing this entry, it was Garry's turn to play with the cam and wat else did he do? Heheh... of cos take some pics of his son lor... hehehe... photos came out well... rather sharp image... 2 thumbs up for the cam... :)
It's been a long and tiring week for myself, Garry n my family since so much has happened... Mentally as well as physically strained man... *siGh* I guess I'll end off here for now... Tmw's another day... going to pick Sara and then head down to Velocity at Novena Square... tink will walk around that area for awhile before visiting papa... must remember to get newspapers tis time... Till then, I pray and hope evything gets beta...