End of the Week

It had been a long one. And Alhamdulillah it had a happy ending thus far. Both my Mum and Anita were now back home and I spent the whole afternoon at the apartment sorting out the work left undone from earlier in the week.

So, I was catching up on the food department. While I was camping at the hotel, I only had mamak food. Now that both were already home and my Aunt from Sungai Petani was in town, I couldn't resist her cooking. So, today it was both lunch and dinner at my Mum's place today. Come to think of it I also had breakfast here on the way to ward round this morning actually. The full monty.

So, better enjoy the food while I can since I would be on call tomorrow.

Looking at my schedule, I would probably can my clinic next Friday as both my Mum and Anita would be having their follow-up. It would also give me some down time to recover from this week. I could do with a rest actually.....

Anita Discharged

Anita was feeling a lot better and this morning, she managed to convince the Surgeon enough to let her be discharged. There was no stopping the word home was mentioned. She then duly called home to make sure that the boys - who were supposed to come during lunch today - to wait for her at home instead. No turning back now!

Her drain was soon removed, and now she was walking around the room excitedly. The bills were being organised now, and I would soon be picking up the medications prior to discharge. But not before she had some lunch. She was starving since the morning. And that was a good sign as it showed that her appetite was back.

I will be driving her home with the maid today as we have already told the driver to wait up at home.

Dash to Subang

After sorting my Mum, and the small matter of lunch, I made my way across to Subang. And before long, Shahril, Amin and Azida arrived to visit Anita. Great company.

After they left, the boys arrived. And they were really curious about the drain coming out of Anita's tummy after the operation. Initially worried, but when they saw that there wasn't any blood, they didn't mind.

Before long, they were hopping onto the bed already. By this time, Anita had finished her dinner and the tummy pain was getting less. The fever was virtually gone right after the operation was done. Although at times, she was still having spasm, she was OK. She was more worried about the kids than anything else.

As for me, I'm having a quick early dinner while waiting for the phone call from aunt who was travelling from Sungai Petani. I would be picking her up at the bus station later.

Rehab Starts

I managed to actually get about 5 hours of continuous sleep before being woken hobby a phone call asking if paracetamol could be served to one of my inpatient. Felt refreshed when I woke up, and hopefully both of the important women in my life would be feeling as good as I would at the moment.

I don't be able to visit my Mum until I sorted out my morning situation, with clinics, ward rounds and Anita in the ward. I would be heading to see her as soon as I finished with Subang. She might start be mobilised today, and hopefully it won't be long before she's discharged.

There would need to be some modification at her place in Bukit Antarabangsa as I wasn't very keen about her tolerating stairs in her current state. I maybe have to bring down one if the bed down. I got her the bed when she had her operations in 2008. We would put that by the living room, so that it would be easy for visitors to come and see her.

So, plenty to be done today, but at least it was less of the feeling of worry, concern and anxiety that I had to carry with me before this. InsyaAllah, things would het better.

Operation Done

Alhamdulillah, the operation was done and there was some infection found. Anita would need some antibiotics in the coming days and would not be going home tomorrow yet. Sunday maybe, but that would depend on her fever.

It certainly had been draining for me on the personal level the last day. Hopefully things would settle down InsyaAllah. Now, come to think of it, I was really hungry. Maybe, once Anita woke up, I'll get something to it. But the choice would be mamak and mamak for tonight I was afraid.