Welcomed Days Off

Every once in a while, I could do with a day off, or three. And that was what I had in store this weekend although due to family circumstances, the plan had changed somewhat.

The boys were still at school but with Friday being a public holiday, we were thinking of spending a long weekend in PD. Now, we decided to chill at home. We also had an event to attend on Saturday evening, so best just to stay put. Maybe we would drive somewhere on the Sunday.

Unfortunately as it was often the case, the weather tended to be horrible when I had a day off. The curse returned again to Day to haunt me. The weather had been horrible. I don't if it rained. Instead it stayed dull all day.

Typical weather when I am on leaveAfter my morning rounds, I decided to join Anita for breakfast. Then came a quick drive for some shopping with my camera in hand. Alas, the lights were bad. I was already home for lunch, catching up on an episode of Sherlock while waiting for the boys to return from school.

I might catch a movie or two on Netflix tonight. Difficult to wind down if you couldn't do what you wanted to do ...

Not the Best of Starts

It was a Monday morning. And just before 6, I got a phone call from our ICU to inform me that one of my patient was rapidly deteriorating. I jumped out of bed, changed clothes and drove to the hospital.

No shower. Groggy and hair all over the place. Unfortunately the patient did not make it.

There went my Monday. I went on to do my ward round, followed by a quick procedure before heading back home for a shower after the morning traffic had subsided.

I had the coming weekend off originally planned but changed the plan somewhat after Dad took ill. Maybe I could do with a day or two without clinics and free from the hospital. With the Xmas season coming up, I could see myself spending more time in the hospital doing calls and covering for colleagues who will be away.

Hopefully the rest of the week will go on smoothly ...

Xmas is Near

For the last few years, the Xmas decorations at Pavilion had been the benchmark for all the other shopping malls in KL. So, when I was there a couple of weekends ago, it wasn't a surprise that the main foyer had been cleared away for the Xmas treats to be reacted.

The area was still restricted when I was there. Maybe by this week, we could go in. Let's see what is in store this year ...

Finally Discharged

After a full week at SJMC, my father-in-law was really looking forward to return home. Not quite home yet at the moment but was halfway there. He would be doing more physio in the coming weeks and would be staying with us at the apartment for the next week or so.

He was still breathing heavily with effort but was clearly improving slowly. Anita and the two maids were there sorting him out, plus his driver. My brother-in-law would be coming after his work daily to help out as well as joining us for dinner. That certainly liven up the place.

The preparation to head homeNice view from his hospital room, but I don't think Dad is missing this ...Now it was time to sort out his meds ...My job would be to sort out his meds. There had been a few changes since the admission and in two weeks he would have his follow-up again. Very likely he would be staying with us until then.

Good thing that we had converted the study into a bedroom. The timing was perfect ...

Under the Weather

Last week, I shuttled almost daily from work to HKL. My father-in-law was in one of the open observation ward then since he needed regular monitoring. He was there until we transferred him across to SJMC. As such, we were exposed to other patients and visitors with many kinds of ailments.

By the weekend, I already started to develop a sore throat. And it good worse since then. Put myself on antibiotics finally and now I was coughing out green phlegm and having high temperature.

A couple of nights back, I couldn't even sleep properly due to the cough. And the benadryl I took caused me to wake up in the early hours in a state of high.

Feeling better now that I had been taking the antibiotics for the last few days. No more temperature and joint pains. Anita was also starting to feel lethargic and hopefully her Dad would be discharged soon as she could do with some rest as well.

Finally felt good enough to go out for lunch while Anita sorted out some shopping.