These days, you will notice that I'll update PP's condition here every now and then. This is to keep my cousins (those who are rajin to read my blog la) informed of PP's condition.
Mom & I went to the hospital this morning at 9:30am to check on PP. She was fully awake as the nurse fed her thru the tube. When we call out to her, there is a very slight movement in her eye & her hand. Her way of telling us she knows we are there.
The maid has been a godsend since PP's stroke. She has been very helpful and assisting mom in taking care of PP. During the night, she will stay in the hospital to keep an eye on PP. In the day time, it would be mom's turn. As PP is sleeping all the time, there is nothing much that we can do except to cool her body with wet towels when she is feverish, change her diapers it is full, talk to her every now and then and of course change her sleeping position every hour to prevent bedsores.
PP has been hospitalised in our local general hospital. I always have the perception that government hospital sucks and I was wrong. I was impressed with their services. Their nurses were attentive and efficient, facilities were good, doctors were friendly and best of all, they don't charge ridiculous prices.
For the past few days that I am back here, we spent most of the time in hospital (it's mom's routine anyway). The visiting hours were 12:30pm - 2:00pm, 4:30pm - 8pm. What we will do would be to go to the hospital at 9am to catch the doctor to get an update of PP's condition. Then we would go catch a quick bite. After that, will drop mom off at the hospital and send maid back home to rest before going back to the hospital to accompany mom till 2pm. When the afternoon visiting hours is over, we will go home and return only at 4pm and stayed till 8pm.
Tiring hor? Quite la... but then right, there are quite lot of interesting patients there to keep us entertained. Few beds away from PP, there is a lady who tried to commit suicide by swallowing 18 panadols i think. Didnt die la.... according to the husband, he said his wife suffered from depression. He encouraged her to go karaoke with her friends. Mana tau, as days goes by, her obsession with karaoke got worse and only get back at 2am. Of course the husband fed up la... mah scold her lor and forbid her to go karaoke lor. She got upset about it and telan 18 biji panadol. When her husband come to visit her in the hospital, she cried and wailed she dont wanna live anymore. According to her (wife), she said her husband abused her and forbid her to go look for job. Don't know which is which. They have 3 kids, eldest is 18 years old... After a few days in the ward, and her husband pujuk-pujuk (pacify), saw them held hand. So I guess that's the end of the story.
Then, there is this other patient directly opposite PP's bed, she is 39 years old. She suffered from schizophrenia i think; otak tak centre. She was hospitalised cause she couldnt sleep and suffered from anxiety. When we met her yesterday afternoon, she seems perfectly fine. Talked & joked. By night fall, about 6pm onwards, she will start screaming & crying insisting she wants to see so and so (PP just slept thru it). The nurses have to hold her down and strapped her to the bed. She is double my size. So it is pretty scary when she starts to go amok. According to her parents, she became like this when she broke off with her boyfriend of 3 months when she was 21. She had been transferred to Hospital Bahagia in Tampoi. A special place for special people. You see la... men!
Another bed was an old malay grandmother who is already 'nyanyuk'. She is about 80 years old. She kept calling out for her mom like a small child "mak... mak... mana mak??" also keep asking the nurses for candy.... haiz....... life!
Interesting right? Just wait and see if there are new action in the ward tomorow. Otherwise, it would be quite bored.
P/s: Doc told us that the urea level in PP has been increasing gradually since the day she check-in. Meaning, her kidneys is giving way. Doctor has increased her water consumption hoping it will clean her kidneys.
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