Like a Baws

Felt a lot better this morning although the early night caused me to wake up at 3 in the morning and couldn't get back to sleep. I ended up updated the blog, surf the net as well as catch up on the news. Nobody to interact with in those ungodly hours of course.

I only managed to doze off at about 4.30, and woke up again a couple of hours after. Feeling fresh, I got through my routine and taken all the meds as well. I was about to go when Anita insisted on me using her driver still.

So, here I was at the back of the car, sitting like a baws. Surfing the net and catching up with the news. The traffic this morning was a lot lighter than expected. I suspected that this was due to parents taking time off with their children having UPSR. Some of the schools were even closed during the exam period. It only took us 30 minutes to reach Subang.

Full day on the cards today but generally speaking Thursdays were pretty light for my schedule. So, onwards .....

Simmering

The fever improved then got worst by the end of the day. It was 38.7 when I settled home earlier and the paracetamol, brufen and tepid sponging helped. Better now. Playing with my boys who were commenting on my wet forehead.

They kept asking me to gobble down the air badak. Tasted like normal H2O. Maybe I was still to feel it's magic. Time to hit the shower soon, and catch up on all things iPhone.

Being Driven In

It was a restless night last night. Not because I fancied the pink iPhone 5C or anything like that. I had a high fever and woke up a few times with coughing fits. Every couple of hours or so, I was up. Myalgia and headache plus all the trimmings. It got better with some vitamin C and brufen, but I had to cross the line this morning. One word. Augmentin.

Not a fab of antibiotics, but I was feeling really rough. The myalgia was so bad that I had to crawl up like a ball, and I have a full list today both at Subang and ParkCity. I can't cancel the clinics as there were plenty of stuffs needing sorting out.

Anita insisted that I use her driver for today. So, here I was, all juiced up from the morning meds - no, I skipped the antihistamines - at the back of the car blogging and catching up with the news.

Hmm! I can get used to this actually ......

Early Start

I knew it was a Sunday but I had to make an early start today. I had a ward full of patients to see from the Friday on call, as well as nee referrals to review at Ara Damansara. I was meant to see then yesterday but I was just too busy. .

So, a quick dash, and this afternoon we would be having a family lunch to celebrate Anita's birthday tomorrow. So, she would be as old as I am tomorrow!

In-house Communications

On average, I answer around 20 phone calls a day. The number could easily touch 50 on busy days. Some of the calls were not exactly important, and to try to cut down the number, I have asked my main wards to start emailing me results. It also could help in minimising confusion as instructions especially drug dosages and drug names could be spelled out very clearly.

Buy lately, the problem I had was the staff took a long time replying, or worse still did not reply back. I couldn't tell if the messages actually got through or otherwise. As some of the instructions need to be carried out immediately, I ended up picking up the phone and actually dialing through. Defeating the purpose of using emails in the first place I would've thought.

But things were improving. Hopefully the number of calls could be cut out further ....