Kicking Off

Last day of work and I was only in for the morning round and the mornng clinic. No other issues noted and I was off the hospital by lunch time. A quick stop at the bank I'm Bangsar followed by an afternoon at my Mum's place at Bukit Antarabangsa.

After the boys got grumpy, it was time to stop at the pasar Ramadan for food. Anita would start cooking later tonight and whole day tomorrow. She would be cooking rendang and lakes for Raya. Then some Bolognese for the children who come to visit. A whole day of running around would be on the cards for me tomorrow.

Ward Closure

My holiday for the coming Raya was already sorted. But for some of my nurses, it would be work as usual. But by sheer luck, my main Oncology ward would be closed for the Raya weekend.

Therefore, most of my Malay nurses get to enjoy an extended break for the Raya. The patients would be placed on another ward when the closure took place. I could hear the celebration in the background.....

Gloomy Day

I didn't blog yesterday. It had been a rather traumatic and gloomy day on a personal front for me.

Right after sahur, we received a call that one of our close family passed away suddenly shortly earlier. He had some chest pain after midnight but unfortunately passed away after reaching the hospital. He was quite well prior.

Anita went to the funeral later that morning as I was at work. I left for work quite late and it took me 90 minutes to reach work. The traffic was really bad. But that wasn't the end of it.

In between my clinic patients, I went to the lounge to catch up on the latest gossip. That was when I learned about one of my colleague being assaulted the evening before, and was still in the surgery that morning.

I do not want to go to any specifics. She was doing better this morning but the assault was a major one, which may affect her career. This got me thinking about how vulnerable I was whizzing in and out of the hospital in ungodly hours to see my patients. I could have easily been stopped on the road, and I could easily be in trouble. If something were to happen to me, what would be the repurcussions?

The mood in the lounge had been gloomy and would possibily continue to do so for the rest of the week. Imagine the trauma ny colleague had been through. But from what I knee of her, she would be strong enough to handle all that. All my prayers for her while she recovers.

Fire Talk

I couldn't believe that I actually followed some of my colleague and sat through a whole hour talk on fire safety at the hospital. One whole hour. And it turned out to be quite OK. Some of the Doctors even bought some fire extinguisher after that. The talk was THAT good I supposed.

And it helped that the speaker actually showed us some photos of actual fires and videos on how to use the available equipment. And some cool pictures on the explosion from the Empire Shopping Mall in Subang. Some behind the scene stuffs.

At least I know where to ensemble should there be fire.....

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.