Hello everybody ! Yes, it had been a long time. HAHA ! thanks for reading my blog :)
This part 3 of my life in the hospital would be the last one. For some part of it that had been untold, I just wanna keep it tight inside my heart for the memories that I can cherish in my lifetime.
Continuing with the part 2 , that night , the day where Dr. Tai analyse the MRI result in the afternoon, he came to visit me again in the ward room. I could sense that he looks very busy because while he came and ask my condition, he totally forget to ask me whether I agreed to go for operation. Until I told him, 'Dr, I want go for operation tomorrow , and my family had agreed'.Dr. Tai-' Okay, tomorrow morning I come around 7 for you to sign the letter of consent.You cannot eat or drink anything after 7am in the morning, I will call the nurse to bring bread for you , you can eat first before 7am.' I was just agreeing to what he say.Before he went off, he looked on my swelling knee and asked me to apply ice.When he see the ice pack fill with water and was like expanding like a balloon, he took out and inflate the ice pack for me before he goes off.
On the next morning, he came with his personal nurse and let me sign a consent letter.Dr, ask me whether I ate anything edy before 7am, and I told him I ate biscuits just now then reminded me not to drink or eat after 7am until after the operation. At about 9am, the physiotherapist made a call to my room and ask whether I still wanna go for physiotherapy because she scared I'm too tired.But too bad, I din manage to answer the call because it tooks time for me to pick up the call from my bed as my leg was stuck with an ice pack and could not move too much. Then the physiotherapist come to my room and asked me.HAHA ! I said I dun wanna go edy.
My mum reached the hospital from subang airport to accompany me at about 9.30am.Again, I'm so happy, my mum came .Once my mum arrived at the hospital, she called Dr. Tai and asked about the operation about the needle used in the operation that Dr. Tai previously told my mum. My mum asked him to use the best needle and this time Dr. Tai said again, ' Dun worry, I will operate her like my own daughther'.HAHA!At about 10am , a nurse came and gave me a surgical soap to bath and change into surgical wear.Around 12pm, I was pushed into a waiting room for the operating theatre. There a anesthetist made preparation to put anesthesia ( drugs ) to make me fall asleep throughout the operation. He find vein on my hand to inject a big needle and put something like a cover hole connected to my hand to pour the drug later on.
The operation is scheduled at 2pm . Everyone is ready and only waiting for Dr. Tai. Dr. Tai came around 3pm and I was pushed into the operating theatre. A small portion of anesthesia was poured and right after I shift myself into the operating bed, I was asleep. This is just like a dream ! Did not manage to see Dr. Tai face also and I was sleeping already in the OT room.After an hour plus,the operation is done and I was put at a quarantine room for a while for them to monitor my condition. Some of the nurse woke me up from my sleep for the cause of the drug and I when I opened my eyes, I was so weak. Refused to speak,and on my mind ' huh, operation finish already'. No feeling at all.haha ! the moment I open my eyes, I heard someone beside me, probably a nurse, saying ' MINIMAL BLOOD LOSS'. My mind was like FUH ! When they call me , I opened my eyes and nodded to them and continue to sleep again.hahahaha ! So weak weyhhh !
As I slept throughout the operation, and didn't even manage to
see Dr. Tai before the operation begins, this picture shows him
in the OT room. ( middle )
I was pushed into my ward room, and I saw my mum, aunt and uncle there. Could speak a little with my mum. I heard my mum say ' Dr. Tai say u need to drink a lot of water ' . I woke up from my sleep and talk a little with them. And then , suddenly I feel that my leg very very pain . The feeling is just like u take a knives and cut your leg. I cannot bear the pain and told my mum. I was in a sitting position with my hand holding my knee and was crying in pain. I screamed in pain and cried probably the painkiller I ate havent function in my body.The nurses was like so worried to see me....hahaha ! I guess they called Dr. Tai and ask whether they can inject a liquid type painkiller to reduce my pain. Without delaying, I was injected and I stopped crying and few minutes later, slept again. When I think again, this is so funny.HAHA! So embarassing that the waitress that serving food to my room the next day asking me ' girl, yesterday I saw you crying in pain and the nurse have no idea how to stop you from crying' . HAHAHAHAHHA ! I was just smiling at her.
I was injected a painkiller at about 5pm and I slept until 8pm . When I opened my eye, I saw my uncle and aunt,come visiting me.I don't feel like eating anything except subway.I told the waitress not to bring fish for me to eat , or else, I won't eat because I don't eat fish.haha.Later Dr. Tai came and see my condition. So suffer that I could not go down the bed until the next day. The next day , Dr. Tai came again and I asked 'doctor, can I go to the toilet'.haha ! He answered me ' I know it looks weird and you don't use to not going to the toilet' . haha. He opened my bandange on my knee and his personal nurse put a waterproof plaster. Dr. Tai said, I will call the nurse to teach you how to bath because although it was a waterproof plaster but it actually not waterproof as you need to also cover it with a plastic.Later, I will call the physiotherapist to come to the ward and teach you how to walk using the stretcher then at night I will come again see you walking with the stretcher.
When the physiotherapist came in the afternoon, there are 3 of them, teaching me how to walk.It is suffering as I still have a little pain n swelling. When I walked, I feel like the plaster pasted my his personal nurse pasted on the thread and the thread is pulling. I kept complaining to my mum then my mum say later you tell Dr. Tai. Dr. Tai came at night and wanted to see me walking with the stretcher.Then I asked Dr Tai, "Dr, I feel like this plaster keep pull on the thread' . Really I never bluff.Then He called the nurse to bring a new plaster.haha! This time I'm so happy, Dr. Tai pasted new plaster for me !!! WEEE !! When he opened the plaster, my hand so itchy wanna touch the thread, then doctor say, don't touch ar, I paste for you later you got bacteria infection.I was so happy, Dr. Tai paste plaster for me.hehe !
Then I asked dr tai,
Me :doc later the plaster open how ?
Doc: Where can open, you see, ( pointing at the plaster tape) this one , dun open one la '.If the plaster open, straight away go to the clinic / hospital to change it or else there will be bacterial infection. Just in case it open, but I'm sure it won't open.
Me: Dr, just now I tried to walk , but I feel the tightness in my knee and it makes me couldnt walk normally.
Dr Tai : Just keep on walking n walking, you can see the patient beside your room, she is older than you but she can walk one day right after operation.My girl, you are only 18 years old, I'm sure you can walk better than her.Don't worry too much, my girl. Let all your worry to me . Be like my grandmother, who is 90+ years old, she never feel worried because she let all my worries to me.
Me : hahaha. ( Just laughing ) . Dr, the ice pack hor, gv pressure on my knee, feel very pain and makes me refuse to put the ice pack after operation.
Dr. Tai : Ok, I will call the nurse to supply you the ice bag as the ice bag is yours and you going to take it back home.
Me: (I was laughing happily.haha. I feel like I'm the world most luckiest patient.)
Dr. Tai : Ok, good night . I will see u tmr early morning for the last time before I leave for Perth . I want to make sure everything is ok and I don't want later while I'm in the plane, the hospital call me.If anything, you can send sms to my PA and my PA will forward to me and I will reply your msg .
Me: Okey. Who is your PA?
( confidential answer ) haha
In my own view, I feel Dr. Tai likes to communicate with his patient more, rather than the patient's family members.He prefers, patient share their feelings to him and this is the reason why, he can feel what the patient's feel.That in turns, makes him the best DOCTOR in my heart.I guess I saw a clear difference between what is 'a doctor' and ' a good doctor'. I know there are a lot more good doctors in the whole world, but I feel lucky that I met one and having a very good memories in a place called hospital.Since young, I had a skeptical mindset about hospital because I used to meet doctors who are lack of confidence and non professional nurses.
Although there is imperfection on my knee , not as good as before, I thank God for giving me the opportunity to stand , to walk like how I used to be and at least to do things that I can do on my own.The most suffering feeling is to see yourself dependent on others on a simple task in your daily chores and couldn't reach for things by yourself.The most painful moment throughout my injury is when you realised that you are just like a half paralyzed person especially when you going up the stairs through a sitting position.While the stressful moment lies in when my brain said something but my leg movement shows another thing.
Before it's too late, do not delay things you wish to do and you can do . Don't cry over spilt milk ! While you still have the ability to do it, appreciate the opportunity as time is keep moving forward. We may not know whether we can still do the things we like to do in future and it's better to embrace the present moment with the things that we can do with all our heart. At least, if there is a day where there are things we wish to do but we can't do it, we won't feel regret.
Take a look on this video !
Great inspiration to all ! Do spot Dr. Tai :)
Sincerely,
