Four Years

I had been a Member of the Hospital Medical Advisory Board for the past two sessions - four years. I was the secretary for the last couple, and yesterday we held a fresh election which I did not stand for.

It was not too taxing but I had to spend a few afternoons a month attending meetings and other duties. Time to take a break. During that period, I was involved in Doctor's Agreement negotiations, implementation of GST - and now the removal of it - and also the introduction of the computer system at the hospital that was still a bone of contention at work.

So, the job was concluded with the minutes of the Staff Meeting held today. Time to sign off!

Anita's Turn

Looking after her father must have taken its toll. Anita had been under the weather for the last couple of weeks. Initially we thought it was just a simple infection. The antibiotics didn't clear it.

A couple of trips to the ER for nebulisers later and still she was struggling. The fever was persistent. Finally we decided to do some tests and it suggested that she had some bacterial infection in her airways.

Anita was admitted for four days, for IV antibiotics and other treatment. By the second day, her appetite was back. She lost a bit of weight while in the hospital. She was still lethargic when she went home but after a couple of days, things started to improve.

She was off antibiotics now and just taking some medicines for her sinus. She had a couple of busy weeks ahead of her sorting out her mother's new maid in preparation for her father returning back to Gombak.

Re-admission

Abah was doing very well. So much so that we drove him to Kuala Selangor last Sunday for lunch. And he ate a lot.

However, this morning he developed a temperature and he looked quite when he woke up. We quickly bundled him into the car and brought him to Casualty. He had fever alright. And it looked like he was carrying a urine infection.

He looked very tired when he settled into his hospital bed. He had seen sleeping since taking a light lunch. Fever was better and he was now receiving antibiotics.

Hopefully he would be back to his usual self in a couple of days.

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.