experience of a lifetmei guess i'm back. the stay in hospital was some experience. long story-telling ahead. hahaha.
WED
went to register myself at NUH Kent Ridge Wing, Day Surgery Centre at level 2 at 8am. sat in some waiting room for medical check-up. oh and i saw abg ben, oredy dressed in surgery garment. [i wonder wad surgery he's going for.]
den it was my turn to strip and change into the surgery garment. they took away my belongings and my clothes and i was left at the sitting room with a blanket and the oh-so-cozy sofa seats. i only realised i fell aslp when a nurse woke me up, saying "time for ur surgery".
time check: 10am.
MUMMY haven arrived yet, so in my head, i was like, "MAMA!" and i wanted to cry but i guess being 19, i had to show some self-bravery, even if it's only on the exterior. the doctor and nurses were veri nice though. i tink they probably cud sense that i was scared shitless.
laid down on the operating table and the doctor held my hand and told me, "im gg to give you an injection to numb the skin so it wudn't hurt so much when we put in the bigger needle for ur IV." i was like wtf!? den i felt the prick of the smaller needle on the side of my wrist. i didnt wan to tink of the bigger needle, so i was picturing TAYLOR LAUTNER in my head to block out the feeling or the image of that bigger needle piercing my skin. then , it was done. the power of the mind work wonders!!
"now we're gg to give you some oxygen to breathe," the doctor said as she put a gas mask over my nose and mouth. so, i stupidly began breathing in deeply thinking it was really oxygen and the "thing" that wud make me sleep wud be an injection to the butt [or sth] later on. i juz closed my eyes to rest, feeling sure that i wud feel it when they give me the "sleeping potion".
when i finally woke up, oh god, the surgery is done!! my wisdom tooth has oredy been extracted. so the sleeping potion was in the "oxygen", i tink. stupid. i rmb feeling groggy and all i wanted to do was to go back to sleep.
i vaguely remember seeing MUMMY as i was wheeled out of some rooms and into one of the wards. i too rmb feeling nauseous, vomited and choking on my blood before i was transferred to my hospital bed. not a pleasant taste, i tell u.
i was helped by 2 nurses to change into the green patient garment and they removed the wire gauze in my mouth used to stop the bleeding [now soiled by my vomit of blood]. and i laid on my bed, drifting in and out of sleep. time check: 1pm
drifted in to sleep as an aftermath of the general anesthesia as i was still feeling groggy. drifted out of sleep also as an aftermath of the general anesthesia. my body system cudnt stand the GA, therefore i was feeling nauseous and had to keep retching. the nurses were nice. gave me this yellow plastic bags for me to vomit in. at first, nth came out but loads of air and maybe some blood which barely filled the bags. but then MUMMY made me drink some ice water as my throat was sore [probably from the tube that went thru my nostrils and into my throat to help me breathe during the surgery].
it was then i began vomiting fluids. blood, yellow fluids. there was even once or twice, i vomited brownish-blackish fluid. eeewww. looked and smelt disgusting but the nurses assured me and MUMMY that it's normal. the fact that i dint eat aniting from 12am the night before didnt help either. well, doctor's orders. altogether, i tink i filled up like 2 of those yellow plastic vomit bags.
it was after that i managed to really rest proper. MUMMY left for a while to settle my bills and to buy me some food. bought me a slice of coffee cake and pandan cake and Mr Bean's beancurd and soymilk. all soft food since i cudnt chew. but i cudnt eat much either since my stomach was still churning. just ate half of the coffee cake slice and prabably 2 spoonfuls of the beancurd before i went back to sleep.
time check: 4pm
at 5pm, MUMMY has to leave as she needs to work early the next day. but i had some company. arif, acun, kinah, yana, nina [friends frm work] came to visit me at the hospital with my brother. they took turns to accompany me since i was only allowed 2 visitors at a tyme. first my brother and acun came in, den kinah and yana and lastly nina and arif. the 2 of them stayed the longest wif me, accompanied me while i slowly struggled to finish my porridge-with-fish dinner. at 6pm, i tink they decided to ignore the rules and all 6 of them juz crowded by my bedside. by then, i was oredy feeling better. FRIENDS MAKE ME HAPPY!!
at 7pm, they were nearly thrown out by some nurses coz i cnt hav too many visitors at one time. so they left. and DADDY came to visit. he left ard 8pm as visiting hours were over. so i was left alone with Nina's iTouch. went to sleep early at ard 10pm. so friggin tired.
kept waking up in the middle of the night, coz the nurses had to constantly check my blood pressure and body temperature.
THU
woke up at 8am. had fish porridge with tea for breakfast. a nurse came in to talk about the discharge procedure. and also to to remove my IV clip. once again i had to close my eyes and think of TAYLOR LAUTNER to block out the image of the big needle of the IV clip slipping out of my skin. then i stupidly opened my eyes and saw a gaping hole where the needle had been. but the nurse was fast enough to apply alcohol to that area and plastered it over. scary image stuck in brain.
took a shower, painstakingly brush my teeth [since i cnt open my mouth wide bcz the sew up my gums up to the inner cheeks] and waited for my meds and DADDY to pick me up. was given antibiotics, inflammation meds, painkillers, panadol and antibacterial mouthwash and yay! i am discharged.
hopefully tis is my first and last stay at the hospital.
this, right!?
