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The First Day Of Admission

2nd January 2014

Thursday
Penang Pantai Hospital

Woke up a bit late as these few days were extremely tiring days for us. Requested abang to send our daughter to school as I need to pack a lot of stuff for our planned 'journey' today : Penang Pantai Hospital.

Around 10.45am,we pushed off to Penang and arrived at our destination at about 12.00pm. Alhamdulillah managed to meet Dr Kan Choon Hong the neurosurgeon. A nice.young guy with smiles on his face welcomed us through his widely opened door.

And the discussion started with him looking through the mri scan and the referral letter from our dear Dr Lim Paik Gan(the orthopedic surgeon from SP Pantai Hospital). And the history started all over again but with minor explanation as he has been briefed by Dr Lim earlier.

After going through the mri scan,Dr Kan stated that there is something on the left side of my hubby's nerve. Even though he is the specialist in his area,he dares not confirm what it is. It may be a lipoma,granuloma or hematoma. Wowwww! All are big and alien terms for both of us. As I confessed to both doctors,we are not in medical field but in education but we will by all means search and learn new things as time goes by.

He requested for a break to discuss with his collegue,Dr Soon ,the radiologist to have a better view and opinon on the case which for him is a very rare case. I have some sense that he is more concern on the assasive blood vessels around my hubby' nerve. And to carry on with the open surgery is a bit risky as the blood vessels might be accidently cut in the middle of the procedure.

Another easy option is to proceed with the earlier suggestion from that 'so-called' specialist from Putrajaya Hospital which is to carry on with the Epidural Steroid Injection. But for Dr Kan,he is not so keen in doing that yet, no matter how easy it is as he is more to find the cause of my hubby's pain and not just to kill the pain. Furthermore the scan was not very clear (he said my hubby might have moved a bit during the process),so he advised to redo the mri test for clearer views. Than he will conduct biopsy test so that some tissues can be extracted for further examination.

So we waited for the guarantee letter to be approved by the insurance company.The procedure was delayed as the company quieried why the mri test has to be redo in 3 days time.Dr Kan gave his reasons and here we are,at7.01pm......still waiting for my dear beloved hubby to be admitted into his room. Poor soul,he has to suffer in pain.....but Insyallah,Allah will ease his pain.

After such a long waiting period,we were urshed to his room 316. Alhamdulillah, I thanked Allah for making things run smoothly even after the long waiting and a lot of back pain . Insyaallah,tomorrow Dr Kan will proceed with the mri test and further discussion will occur whether to continue with biopsy or other treatment.

It is already 12.00am and I am still jotting down our experience today.Nothing much,just something to share with and something for me to remember for life- Insyaallah.

Well,it's time to say goodnight......so good night everybody,good night world. My dearest one is already in his own world......good night my love. I love you more than any word can describe.

Ayang

12.05pm

Room 316 Penang Pantai Hospital

She Spotted Something.........

31st December 2013

Tuesday
SP Pantai Hospital

Dr Andrew was on leave and Dr Lim took over his task to treat my hubby. And this was when everything changed for better. Alhamdulillah, Allah has mercy on us and forever there to help the needy. Dr Lim spotted something is not right somewhere when she relooked at the mri scan.(After we insisted her to carry out the mri scanning once again as the previous one was done in March- over 9 months ago).

She spotted that there is something pressing my hubby's nerve which causes the severe pain. It is either fat,tumor or cancer! She advised to redo the mri to check whether there are any differences in the scan result and upon our agreement and consent, she placed a booking for the mri room.

At 3.30pm,the mri test was once again done and we discussed the result at 8.00pm.She then suggested we go to Penang Pantai Hospital to get a specialist advice - Dr Kan. We agreed and that night itself we requested to be discharged from the ward,stating that we will proceed with the next move ourselves.

Only Allah Knows Best For Everyone......

26th December 2013
Thursday

The Everly Hotel, Putrajaya.

At 6am I woke up and greeted good morning to the day. Hubby was still fast asleep but the need to wake him to face the challenge of the day forced me to gently kissed his forehead in order to activate his mind to the world.

Leaving the girls under Angah's custody,after thorough and in-depth instruction on what to do for the rest of the day,we left for Putrajaya Hospital. After step by step of procedure for registration and admission, finally my hubby was admitted at the day-care centre.

Hours by hours passed without any notice of his turn to undergo the procedure and we waited patiently, especially my dear husband. As he has to fast from midnight, I also did not have the appetite to swallow anything down my throat. Eventhough he insisted that I go and eat something,I gently declined.

At 2.15pm, suddenly a young malay doctor came and apologized,saying that the procedure has to be postponed to another date as the II mechine stop functioning. The other mechine was being used by another patient and there's no way my hubby can use it on that particular day since it was already 2.15pm. He kept on apologizing and promised to set another date for my hubby. I requested for the following day but he said the day-care center only operates on Thursdays and the next coming 2 Thursdays are fully-booked.

Goshhh !! Such dishearthening news after fasting for 14 hours and waiting for 7 hours! Allah was really testing our patience and faith again- Alhamdulilillah and I could see how patient my hubby was. The next hour was to wait for the medical certificate to be released by the doctor. And again........our patience were put into test.

Allahu Akhbar but I felt very thankful, the hours spent accompanying my beloved one is unmeasureably precious. We shared a lot of old memories and dug into old stories. Feel closer to him,Ya Allah. Thank you Ya Allah for the moments given to us!

We went back to the hotel,rested for 2 hours and then took our kids for dinner. Next,"ronda" time so we stopped at the landmark of Putrajaya - the bridge and snapped lots and lots of photos.

Reached back to the hotel at night time and we can only visualize the pillows,beds and bedsheets before the eyes closed for the day.