The Follow-up

The drama was almost over. Almost. Irfan still complain of pain but in actual fact, he was not. He loved the attention really. Today, he had his follow-up with the Surgeon and things were much better.

Now, he was allowed to have a bath. I was on call today, so, I was not able to see how he coped. Apparently, he managed to soak himself in the bath without much problem. He was wearing trousers by the afternoon although he was still walking gingerly.

So, I would expect more drama when I get home after my morning rounds tomorrow ....

Was Quite a Struggle

It was quite a struggle to get Irfan to agree to have an IV line prior to his circumcision this morning. We were lucky that the anaesthetist was patient and we finally got him sedated via gas. He almost had a panic attack prior to sedation, despite being really calm all evening. He was on fact looking forward for the surgery when he woke up this morning.

We arrived at the Day Care Surgery at about 7.30 in the morning. Had him all set up. The wait was probably what got him panicked. And he was screaming when he was wheeled in.

I thought part of the problem was with me being present all the way into the operation room. Took is a while to get him ca enough for sedation. The rest of the procedure went on without a hitch. He was out 20 minutes later, fast asleep.

He woke up a while later and asked for Anita. He then dozed off after a while, and this time it was past midday before he awoke. Enough time for me to finish off my ward round. I have cancelled my clinics for today and tomorrow, so that I would have to rush around.

We finally brought him home at around 2 after he had some soup at the hospital cafeteria. He was again asleep during the drive home. The pain then started to come back by the time he was settled at home. A bit of painkiller then.

He was happy watching his cartoon when I wrote this entry. My parents just came to visit him earlier. He seemed to be in good spirit. Anyhow, I was prepared for a long night tonight .....

What's at Ara?

For the last few days, I had been visiting the SDMC at Ara Damansara and the place was definitely spankingly brand new. the problem was the traffic getting in and out from Subang. I was only able to get there either early in the moment, or last thing on the day. Anything in between would be too much of a hassle, having to drop everything, especially there was only a single patient to see over there.

Otherwise, it seemed that all the test ordered were performed on time, and communications had been great. And yes, compared to Subang, the place was way less hectic ......

What was in store

Irfan has yet to learn about what he would be getting into next week. It would be exactly a week today that he would go for circumcision. He is doing well as far as the infection was concerned and had been back to school. No pain now.

The moment my Mum learned about the op next week, she had already started making plans. As usual, before circumcision, there would be a kenduri, complete with pulut kuning. That would take place next Monday - a public holiday for Malaysia Day on Sunday. Anita went to plan for the feast earlier today, sorted out the menu and canopy. It looked all set. But, what I need to do next would be to explain to him what would take place next Wednesday. I would do that this weekend ....... Wish me luck!

Back in Business

Back to work today and was on call as well. The morning clinic was surprisingly busy and overnight, there was an admission who was quite unwell in the CCU. So, stuffs to sort out first thing. I finally managed to sort out the morning clinic just before lunchtime, in time to join Anita and the boys at the apartment. And then back for the afternoon clinic as well as doing out the admissions.

Anita was planning to cook tonight and has already invited my parents and sister to join us at the apartment for dinner. Hopefully the admission would be straight forward.

Weather was also holding up and the car park was understandably empty. I was writing the entry in the Doctors' Lounge and it was practically empty. Time for some coffee before reviewing the next admission.