Yes, i do often get URTI, even more so AGE, but nth as affected me seriously before. and im definately not the type tht skip classes becos of aches and pains...
then comes new years day....when i dragged myself up to get stuff to cook dinner....it was quite an adventure ordering live chicken to be slaughtered, walking away when the prices is too high..then going back again... that afternoon, i had a bout of fever, onli to get well by the evening. i cooked, invited frens over....and everyone had a good time. (pics coming up soon)
that nite... my core temperature soared, and my extrimities froze. i shivered and cuddled myself underneath some sofa, while i melted a big chunk of ice on my forehead. and my back hurts badly in watever position im in. in the morning, i tried to swallow some water, with severe pain in my throat, and a sense of both my eardrums getting pulled in. i went to a private GP, onli to receive a diagnosis of URTI. after more painkillers which are basically useless, i opted to go back in the noon time.
after seeing my condition which is worsening every hour, dad sent me to UMMC. now, i got more than 1 person asking me..y UMMC??? 1. because its much better than govn hospitals like seremban, yet its not fully private osso..i wanted to know what exactly i got, and onli be admitted if i really need to. 2. i know where to register, wheres the pharmacy, etc etc. 3. of cos... no need to spend a bomb getting drugs la.. but as u can read later, this hospital is as good as any in the world!!!
in UMMC, the story changes. i was offered to be admitted, knowing that im not tolerating well orally, and after checking my tonsils, the doctor's expression changed slightly. i was immedialtely rehydrated, and after running some blood test, was wheeled to Menara Timur ward 7D (ENT ward). now, guess where they put me.. 6 person a cubicle? 4? 2?
wat i got, which i totally didn request...is a BIG private room, along with an attached bathroom, and its negative pressured!!! one button gets u anything u want from frendly staff nurses...
..and...with a view like this... so...next time ppl ask me y UMMC... ill just say...y not???now... of cos... nth is fun about staying in hospital. back to the story, i was given IV Augmentin 1.5 g tds bolus injection. but wat i didn know...is that its WWAAYY PAINFUL!! were talking about an injection that burns ur vein from inside out, tracking all the way to the axillary vein. it sends a throbbing signal from ur whole arm, and it should be given as a slow injection. after that, the world around u is spinning, ur mind goes blank, and ur whole body weak. if u still dun get it, this picture will explain.
instead of the usual green shirt, they prefer to give u something to be spotted from a mile away..
i was given 6 units of drip in 12 hours, oral pcm, more drips, and tasty meals which i cant eat, being woken up time and time again during my precious sleep for BP and temperature. vomited my guts out at nite, had profuse diarrhea......its true wat they say, that u learn much more about kids by being a father, not being a paediatrician. the same way, i have learned much from this experience
that staff nurses can be so cheerful and helpful while being busy, unlike seremban wans, where they're always moody, angry and free!!! and that...makes all the difference in the universe!!
thats we, in seremban, are using very very ancient stuff, from branula to tables to infection control.
that hospital food can taste sooo nice
that ward rounds can be done without scoldings or sarcasms
that UM students are really a class of their own. i take my hats of to u, sou chen and james. they are humble, caring, hardworking and yet knowledgeble. FULL RESPECT!!
that even the best hospital can run out of tab pcm.
that every patient care is a multi discipline approach, rite down to the PPK.
and with that, i thank GOD, my family, all the doctors and staff nurses (especially the one that attended to me when im vomiting in the midnite. i cant even see her face properly, but truly an angel sent from above) PPKs, chefs, all my frens who visited and prayed and sent their wishes, everyone who cared for me, May God shower u all with all the blessings in return. and i wanna be a better doctor in the future. Amen.
