Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Monday October 24th
I went to school in the morning. I did some PW. I was looking forward to ODAC in the afternoon. However, I felt very dizzy and tired. Appetite was totally gone. My left elbow started to hurt again. I decided to take a rest in the sick bay and go for ODAC later. The pain was so bad I couldn’t sleep. Finally decided I could take it no more and should go and visit my doctor. Ms Low was really nice to send me to the doctor and accompany me home after that. Marian went along too.
After looking at the swelling, my doctor told me to go to the hospital’s accident and emergency. She wanted to call my mum. My fever and headache was so bad I could not remember her office number.
Mum came home and sent me to Mount Alvernia hospital. We went to the A&E and I was being referred to one doctor to the next. Finally I was referred to the Orthopaedic or bone specialist. Before seeing him, I had to get an x-ray done. I couldn’t even turn my arm to do the x-ray. Anyway, it was done despite the pain.
The Orthopaedic said that I have some infection but luckily it did not affect the bone. He suggested operating on my elbow to drain out the pus. I nearly fainted.
Then I was admitted into ward 423. Two beds, one bathroom, air-conditioned and there’s a television to kill time. I was supposed to fast and not drink anymore water. I couldn’t remember how many injections I was given. Then there was the I/V drip. I was really scared. The anaestatist said he could not see my veins but finally he poke this needle with a tube connected somewhere near my index finger. I didn’t dare to move my fingers for there is this funny feeling when I moved it.
At 8pm, I was supposed to go for surgery. I was freaking out. I was pushed into this room and made to watch television while I wait. Then not long later, I was pushed to the theatre. The lights were really bright. I was given an injection through the I/V drip. Then I was asked to breathe in through the oxygen mask. It smelt slightly sweet and I was asleep.
Someone woke me up later and I was pushed back to my ward. Then throughout the day and the next, I have to get injections through the I/V drip.
Tuesday October 25th
Feeling really tired but I am better. My arm was bandaged and can hardly move. So many people came to visit me. I had Dong and Poh during lunch. Then Marian came with her dad with a pot of purple flowers. It was really sweet of her. Afterwards, Cynthia came with brownies and Milo. Then Marian left soon after. Cynthia looked extremely shocked. I was so happy that she came. Though I didn’t get to chat with her much that day, she still cheered me up a lot. Then a whole bunch of ODAC people- Myra, Keith, Cheesy, Hazel, Jia Sheng and Wan Hui, they came during dinner. Cynthia went soon after they came. Thanks for visiting people… oh yes and the Fish Essence. LOL!
Wednesday October 26th
This day was really miserable. I broke down a couple of times. In the morning, soon after mum came, the Orthopaedic Dr Tho came to change my dressing. He did not sew up the wound after operating so that he can clean it. I saw part of the hole when he took away the dressing. It looked like a tissue box. I didn’t see because I was too afraid but I think this is what happened. He too out a few pieces of cotton wound from the hole and it hurt when some cotton got stuck while he was pulling them out. I only saw blood dripping onto the plastic sheet and then onto the bed covers. There was so much blood. Then he took some antiseptic soaked cotton wool and pressed into the hole. It hurt both physically and mentally as well. Blood was dripping again.
When he left, I asked mum what she saw. She told me she saw my flesh, she said I was muscular. LOL. I think she said that to cheer me as I was on the verge of bursting into tears. I didn’t cry until much later because I wanted to be brave in front of her so she won’t worry. She also told me later that she saw my bone which was really white.
Later during lunch, Poh came again. She asked me how I was and I told her about the washing of the wound. As I was telling her, I can’t help but started to sob. I couldn’t eat because I was really upset. I looked really disastrous because my eyes were red and swollen.
In the afternoon, it rained. Nobody came and I was bored. I felt really miserable because I can’t help thinking about the washing that morning. That night, I could not really sleep because I was thinking about it again. I was like crying again for like one whole hour and the nurse when she came to take my temperature was really shocked to see me cry. My temperature rose again in the wee hours. Oh the nurse takes my temperature I think hourly. Well, with the rise in temperature, I have to stay in hospital for another day.
Wednesday October 26th
Dr Tho came to clean the wound again in the morning. I was already freaking out in the morning after I woke up. Then I think I slept a lot during the day and I can’t remember what happened.
Thursday October 27th
I got discharged in the morning. I was supposed to go back to the Orthopaedic clinic the next few days to get my wounds cleaned up. Irritating.
I went to school in the morning. I did some PW. I was looking forward to ODAC in the afternoon. However, I felt very dizzy and tired. Appetite was totally gone. My left elbow started to hurt again. I decided to take a rest in the sick bay and go for ODAC later. The pain was so bad I couldn’t sleep. Finally decided I could take it no more and should go and visit my doctor. Ms Low was really nice to send me to the doctor and accompany me home after that. Marian went along too.
After looking at the swelling, my doctor told me to go to the hospital’s accident and emergency. She wanted to call my mum. My fever and headache was so bad I could not remember her office number.
Mum came home and sent me to Mount Alvernia hospital. We went to the A&E and I was being referred to one doctor to the next. Finally I was referred to the Orthopaedic or bone specialist. Before seeing him, I had to get an x-ray done. I couldn’t even turn my arm to do the x-ray. Anyway, it was done despite the pain.
The Orthopaedic said that I have some infection but luckily it did not affect the bone. He suggested operating on my elbow to drain out the pus. I nearly fainted.
Then I was admitted into ward 423. Two beds, one bathroom, air-conditioned and there’s a television to kill time. I was supposed to fast and not drink anymore water. I couldn’t remember how many injections I was given. Then there was the I/V drip. I was really scared. The anaestatist said he could not see my veins but finally he poke this needle with a tube connected somewhere near my index finger. I didn’t dare to move my fingers for there is this funny feeling when I moved it.
At 8pm, I was supposed to go for surgery. I was freaking out. I was pushed into this room and made to watch television while I wait. Then not long later, I was pushed to the theatre. The lights were really bright. I was given an injection through the I/V drip. Then I was asked to breathe in through the oxygen mask. It smelt slightly sweet and I was asleep.
Someone woke me up later and I was pushed back to my ward. Then throughout the day and the next, I have to get injections through the I/V drip.
Tuesday October 25th
Feeling really tired but I am better. My arm was bandaged and can hardly move. So many people came to visit me. I had Dong and Poh during lunch. Then Marian came with her dad with a pot of purple flowers. It was really sweet of her. Afterwards, Cynthia came with brownies and Milo. Then Marian left soon after. Cynthia looked extremely shocked. I was so happy that she came. Though I didn’t get to chat with her much that day, she still cheered me up a lot. Then a whole bunch of ODAC people- Myra, Keith, Cheesy, Hazel, Jia Sheng and Wan Hui, they came during dinner. Cynthia went soon after they came. Thanks for visiting people… oh yes and the Fish Essence. LOL!
Wednesday October 26th
This day was really miserable. I broke down a couple of times. In the morning, soon after mum came, the Orthopaedic Dr Tho came to change my dressing. He did not sew up the wound after operating so that he can clean it. I saw part of the hole when he took away the dressing. It looked like a tissue box. I didn’t see because I was too afraid but I think this is what happened. He too out a few pieces of cotton wound from the hole and it hurt when some cotton got stuck while he was pulling them out. I only saw blood dripping onto the plastic sheet and then onto the bed covers. There was so much blood. Then he took some antiseptic soaked cotton wool and pressed into the hole. It hurt both physically and mentally as well. Blood was dripping again.
When he left, I asked mum what she saw. She told me she saw my flesh, she said I was muscular. LOL. I think she said that to cheer me as I was on the verge of bursting into tears. I didn’t cry until much later because I wanted to be brave in front of her so she won’t worry. She also told me later that she saw my bone which was really white.
Later during lunch, Poh came again. She asked me how I was and I told her about the washing of the wound. As I was telling her, I can’t help but started to sob. I couldn’t eat because I was really upset. I looked really disastrous because my eyes were red and swollen.
In the afternoon, it rained. Nobody came and I was bored. I felt really miserable because I can’t help thinking about the washing that morning. That night, I could not really sleep because I was thinking about it again. I was like crying again for like one whole hour and the nurse when she came to take my temperature was really shocked to see me cry. My temperature rose again in the wee hours. Oh the nurse takes my temperature I think hourly. Well, with the rise in temperature, I have to stay in hospital for another day.
Wednesday October 26th
Dr Tho came to clean the wound again in the morning. I was already freaking out in the morning after I woke up. Then I think I slept a lot during the day and I can’t remember what happened.
Thursday October 27th
I got discharged in the morning. I was supposed to go back to the Orthopaedic clinic the next few days to get my wounds cleaned up. Irritating.
what we could have been, 1:37 PM.
