Sunday, June 12, 2016

Ops was done on the 3rd Jun.. 30cm of intestine was removed and there isn't a need for a feces bag but to be honest, I dunno whether we should consider the Ops as a success..

Mum was in the high dependency ward for a couple of days, then back to the general ward and now she is back in the high dependency ward again... Doc somehow did a scan on my mum's leg and found a blood clot.. There was concern that it might travel to the lungs and cause breathing issues.. Did further scans and was glad that the clot did not travel to the lungs.. At the same time, Doc spoke to bro & I and wanted us to make a decision whether to use life support tubes for mum in the event that her condition worsen and had difficulty reviving her or to just apply pain killers to relieve her pain but that would mean eventually passing on... It was tough but we choose the latter as that was what Mum wanted too.. We remembered her telling us that at this stage of her live, she doesn't want prolong suffering and that she doesn't want to rely on tubes to breathe.

2 days ago, the doc called me at 6am saying that Mum heatbeat shot up to 200 at 5am and her blood pressure went dangerously low... Fortunately they managed to stabilize her condition. We spoke to the Doc and was told that based on the readings, mum's condition is very bad.. in fact she could pass on anytime... We were shocked.. cos she seems alert and could still speak to us the day before.. and yet now she look so fragile and could barely stay awake to talk.. No choice but to start calling our relatives to update them on how critical mum is... Mum never wanted us to do this as she doesn't like to trouble anybody to visit her... We also told dad abt mum's condition but he insisted that nothing bad will happen.. I hope he is really as calm as he appears to be so. These days when night falls, I am very fearful if my phone were to ring as that would mean bad news.

Today visited mum again and to our surprise, she appears to look much better.. She was much more alert and was able to carry a longer conversation with us.. Readings still isn't good but at least, she doesn't look as frail as yesterday..
I pray and hope that we can see God miracle in healing mum.

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