A Long 12 Hours

I was due to be on call yesterday but one of my colleague was nice enough to cover me for the day. And the reason why I had to leave halfway through my call you may ask?

I received a phone call from my Dad right around 4.30 yesterday afternoon. Both my Dad and Mum was at the sura, just finishing off a Thursday afternoon class, and was about to perform their Asar prayer. While waiting for the Imam, my Mum suddenly felt unwell and decided to go ahead for the prayers before the crowd started. And by the time she finished, she had a crushing pain in her chest, and she had to lie down. Sweat started pouring from her, and she felt breathless.

Unable to do anything as I was across town, I asked my Dad to bring her to the nearest hospital, which happened to be Ampang Puteri. En route, they stop by a GP friend who found that my Mum was dropping her blood pressure and a quick ECG showed something was wrong with her heart. She was rushed through to Ampang Puteri. Anita was already waiting for her at the ER.

A repeat ECG confirmed a heart event and she was moved to ICU to stabilise her. The Cardiologist soon arrived.

I was just sorting out my admissions and ready to.keave when the Cardiologist rang me up. As my Mum was brought early to the hospital, we decided to go for an urgent angiography and try to open up the vessel causing the blockage with a balloon.

That was done and we found a major blockage to her main blood vessel. A stent was then put in.

She would be spending the next couple of nights at least under close observation. She was tired by the time all that was done and it was close to 11 o'clock when we finally left. We then had a quick dinner with Dad and my sister.

But that wasn't the end. Anita woke up at around 1.30 with a stomach pain. Shortly she felt dizzy and the pain then became unbeatable. We then rushed her to Subang, and she is currently being admitted for observation. She needed a couple of rounds of painkiller before she finally slept in the ward.

I was about to leave her when I drafted this entry. My Mum's maid would be staying with her while I head home to have some sleep. It's going to be a long day tomorrow......

Notice Board!

One of the things I picked up during my travel to Kyoto recently was a new notice board for Irfan. Remember that he liked to post up handwritten notices on the door when he was not impressed with something? Now, he has a proper board to write on.

It was written in colourful ink, and completely wipeable using a piece of wet cloth. Perfect! He has yet to put up any notice in anger so far. More entries from my Kyoto trip here.

Rainy KLCC

We went out for dinner last night at Suria. The boys just had their exams, and they wanted to have their favourite Chinese meal. So, I obliged.

It had been raining heavily in the last couple of days in KL. It was flooding the evening before. Luckily, it was not as heavy last night and the traffic was smooth. So, on the way home, I noticed the Twin Towers through our sunroof. Worth taking a shot …..

It's Idlan's Turn

I thought of taking the boys out to dinner last night. Went out fine but when we were having the food, Idlan started complaining of body ache. W didn't finish his dinner. And soon, we had to leave, worrying that he would become more sick.

As soon as he arrived home, he started shaking. Poor boy. He went to bed early, only to wake up in the middle of the night drenched in sweat and confabulation. Had to get him up to take some medicines.

He was still yet to recover this morning. Then I myself started having body ache and sore throat when I woke up. After soon my morning rounds, the aching never stopped. I still have a couple of procedures to do later. Maybe a quiet morning in clinic plus a nice lunch should perk me up a bit.

Better call Anita and find out how Idlan is doing.

End of the Weekend

I must say that I was pretty pleased with the weekend. A productive one. Did a lot of reading and sorted out the stuff needed for the new office. The boys had to stay at home as they were carrying a virus, leaving me and Anita to do a bit of shopping.

On the whole, it was quite a happening weekend. There was the Malaysian Open Golf, Malaysian GP in Sepang, the Earth Hour among other things. I must say that the GP reignited my interest for Formula 1. Poor Mark Webber. He should've been at the top of the podium. It was quite sickening that his own teammate did a fast one on him.

Irfan also appeared to have settled from his virus. He had been jumping up and down all evening. Kinda hard to keep him still. He then faked a sore throat the moment unmentioned about school tomorrow morning. He was not erring away with that one .....

All in all, it had been productive.