Sick Mom.

Last week i was told that my dear mom had been sent to hospital not long after she returned from Hong Kong because of dengue fever. Poor mom, who is usually healthful but a bad damn Aedes mosquito ruined her next holiday trips and ended up with feelings of depress and restless days on hospital bed. Being a filially daughter of mom, of course i will stay in hospital to be a companion for my mom although i am actually chicken-hearted ( okay, i admit this! ) and i strongly believe in ghost-in-the-world kind of stupid story wtf :) Okay frankly speaking, after i stayed with mom in hospital for few nights i seriously agree that it is not that simple and easy to take care of patients so yea doctors and nurse are really great but not ALL! Well, i actually have tonnes of complaints about the general hospitals! Stay tune, will be in another post. :)

Yea people say that if dengue attacks it is better to seek for treatment in general hospital but why? Better equipped with blood storages? On the other side, private hospitals in my hometown also did not accept mom's case and so mom was forced to admit to the general hospital. And, see, now it is not that money can do everything somehow but in fact some private hospitals also would not accept certain case as  mom's platelet counts was as low as 4 during that time, this is a very very low point and dangerous condition. Oh, by the way, now i know we can actually ask for VIP room single room double room or whatsoever but just that we have to pay BUT dengue patients could not.

During the beginning period of dengue attacks, mom was not only having high fever, also intense joint and muscle pain, low blood pressure, headache and loss of appetite. She could not walk and must only depend on wheelchair due to dizziness as a result of low blood pressure. Thus, all those bathing and toilet jobs i had to give her helping hands too. And in the evening, i brought her sitting on wheelchair to garden for fresh breathing for a while instead of lying on bed and looking at those even serious illness of patients around her. Also, i massaged for her till she fell asleep, fed her drinks continuously even though she kept on vomitting. Yea doctor said drinks is important since mom could not eat even one or two spoon of porridge and she was terribly weak.

Each time when mom was yelling in pain and her tears was rolling down, it was really really upset me and heartache at once. She cried when she could not tell which part of her body was in ache and she looked so helpless at times but no choice i had to wipe away my tears right away and comfort her. There, i have learned a little how to take care of patients and ways to console them. Mom is usually very strong and so i can imagine how hard and painful was mom during that period of sickness until she can ease for almost 7kgs in a week. Well, mom was obviously more happy and smiled more only when her lovely darling, my dad dropped by and holding her hands tight. Not only dad, my aunties, cousins all also worried about mom and they kept on calling for mom's condition updates and dropped by for visits. We are so grateful for your concerns. :) Also, thanks to the BoyFriend who helped us so much too. 

Few days back mom finally has been discharged after almost a week hotel-ing in hospital and got back home. Now she is almost recovered and alright. :) Just heard from my brother that she scolded the four big and small men ( my dad and 3 kiddo brothers ) in my house which means that she has enough of 'zhong qi' right now. Love you mom! 

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Time to grab for dinner and webcam session with my family. ♥ Bye!