Friday, December 23, 2016

Could vs. Would

What could I be doing tomorrow?

- Holidaying in Lombok with my friend
- Be with hubby at his cycling event
- Visiting family or family outing
- Join hiking activity at KD Community Forest Park
- Do my own hiking or cycling
- Cleaning house

What would I be doing instead?
- I haven't the faintest idea
- None of the above
- Feeling tight chest, coughing, with some phlegm
- Nursing eye infection... not red and sticky anymore. Just itchy like crazy sometimes.
- Reading
- Cooking
- Wishing.....

Sigh!

Sihat vs. Sakit

Bila kita merasai sakit, barulah mengerti nikmat sihat. Alhamdulillah lebih kerap dikurniakan kesihatan berbanding sakit. Bila sihat, gunung mampu didaki, bukit boleh dinaiki, basikal boleh dikayuh dan pantas membuat tugasan harian.

Sekarang ni masih belum sihat 100%. Macam2 benda yang tak mampu dibuat :( Sampai terkenang bagaimana kalau terus2an begini. Perubahan cuaca jer dada dah sempit. Kerap benar semput. Banyak rancangan tahun depan dah diatur. Semoga mampu sihat seperti sediakala. Banyak persediaan fizikal yang perlu dibuat.

Wahai badan, cepatlah sihat. Ya Allah, hilangkan batuk, hilangkan phlegm, hilangkan sakit mata dan macam2 yang buat rasa tak sihat dan tak selesa.

Saturday, December 17, 2016

Serah Diri Di Hospital

Written at the hospital. Hospitalized 02 - 06 Dec.
#latepost
#busy

Wed and Thu last week I have training. I felt feverish. By Thursday, I wish the training will end ASAP. Kepala berat jer. Thu night I experienced mild cough and phlegm till I can't lie down to sleep. Massage some oil on my chest and my back as far as my hands can reach. Hubby's not around. Nasib baik boleh tidur.

Friday morning went to clinic for Neb. Doc said lung clear after Neb. Tapau some breakfast and went home. By noon tight chest and wheezing again. Delay2, bertahan gak tapi dah tau tak boleh bertahan. Decided to call a cab and just in case kena tahan, bawak extra pair of underwear, tudung, small shower gel, pad, toothbrush and toothpaste. If I have to stay longer, kena cuci tudung and underwear sendiri. So consider I'm self- sufficient :) Hubby memang ada commitment lain, boleh nak lari jugalah with strong reason but I'll be OK. Dah masuk spital pandai2 lah bawak diri. Hubby ada pun tukang teman dan tengok jer. Nanti risaukan dia duk menunggu pulak. Senang jer pulak admitted sekarang takder waris kena daftarkan macam dulu.

So teksi pun berhentikan dekat kawasan emergency. Kena 3x Neb masih tak clear paru2 ni. Kena amik darah and xray, neb lagi sekali. Tak clear jugak. Rela jer lah masuk wad. Saturday morning, started coughing dan rasa berat dada. Batuk tak lepas. Phlegm tak keluar. Yang sikit2 keluar tu dah tukar from whitish to yellowish. Abah and family came for a visit.

Sunday, kadang2 rasa OK, kadang2 rasa miserable. My friend Sarimah, Doc Aida, and mom came for a visit. By evening I felt dizzy. They gave me potassium chloride due to high lactic acid in my blood earlier. Buat rasa nak pee jer. The day yesterday ada masuk air so rasa nak pee pun tapi ada air dlm badan. Then doc dah stop masuk air. Dehydrated and no minerals dalam badan dah asyik pee jer. Rasa mcm pening2 nak muntah. Tapi kena pindah ward dengan alasan my condition not serious anymore. Hmmm... Hubby arrived after visiting hours. Keletihan. The next day he has to catch a flight to KK, day trip. I refuse the potassium chloride. Doc buat blood test lagi and confirm potassium in my blood is stable. So thank God. Visitors dah bawak macam2. Masa pindah ward mcm nak gi picnic dengan bakul makanan penuh. Masa datang brg2 sikit jer. Suruh hubby bawak balik mcm2 buah2an dan biskut plus nasi and lauk. Dah makan and dah kenyang. Sebab pening, sampai tak teringat baju masa datang ada dalam kabinet.

Monday, the hospital ran out of Prednisolone. Sepatutnya 6 tablets for 5 days. Then baru ada senior doctor dtg tgk. Baru dengar potential cause of my asthma is tonsillitis. Sungguh unexpected. Last Mon - Tue memang tiba2 sakit tekak. Perit betul. Tapi self medicate jer. Minum air suam, honey, lemon tea. Masa doc interview memang dia probe macam2. I thought asthma caused by mild cough in Thu night  which I also find hard to believe. Rupanya the doctors didn't take lightly when I told them ada sakit tekak. Dia cek tekak and tonsil bengkak sikit. So memang dapat treatment ubat kumur. Bila tonsil bengkak can be due to viral infection or bacteria. Jadi ada lah infection. Today phlegm change color again from yellowish to whitish. I thought that's a good sign.

Dah 3 malam tak berapa boleh lelap. Asyik2 kena gerak untuk neb, amik darah, makan ubat. Siang pun tak dapat tidur walaupun cuba nak nap. Since takder stock pred, so no steroid in the body baru lah last night dapat tido nyenyak. Mamai2 jer masa kena neb, masa patient baru masuk and doc interview dia, masa patient katil sebelah kena pindah ward. Ada Chinese lady dapat katil sebelah petang semalam. Dia belum dapat tag dekat tangan. Masa chit chat dia kata nak turun pergi kafe. I said tak boleh. Then I saw her hands no tag and it's visiting hours. Cepat2 advise dia to go while she can and asked if she could help me take my clothes from previous ward. Alhamdulillah she didn't mind. So dapatlah baju semula :) Now that lady dah pindah wad tapi Allah dah hantar dia jadi penyelamat. Dah bagitau nurse baju tertinggal. Dah 2x janji nanti diorang tengok kan. Tapi tak sampai2. Gitu lah Allah permudahkan juga urusan. Yesterday working day so nak harap visitors pun takder orang datang. Hubby's flight delay sampai past midnight.

Arini hubby ada meeting whole day pulak. Tapi ada orang keletihan so tak jadi gi meeting. I can be discharged today, yeayyy \o/ \o/ Siap documentation and dapat ubat dah noon. Boleh jer discharge diri sendiri tak macam dulu. Senanglah camni pandai2 datang, pandai2 balik sendiri :) But since hubby tak pergi meeting, dia datang ambik :) Tunggu and gi makan jer sama2. Alhamdulillah dah kat home sweet home.

By the way, I'm supposed to have training Mon - Thu. Tapi tukar lah dates dengan my partner. Dia buat Mon - Thu. I'll do on Friday but have to make short appearance on Thursday.