Friday, February 24, 2006

The time has come...hehehe

Hayy…inis…bakit ba ang tigas ng ulo ko…
Hindi ako matuto-tuto na ‘pag magta-type ng entry, whether mahaba o maiksi, sa word dapat mag-type kasi ‘pag nagloko ang explorer, naloko na rin ang na-type mo…
OPO, I’ve been a victim again, ngayon lang…as in…mahaba na ‘yon…
Ang kwento ko about my experiences dito sa hospital…hay…katamad na ulitin…grrr…

OK Let’s start over…
I was admitted here at St. Luke’s Medical Center early morning of Monday…xempre halong kaba at excitement…Ok naman…kahit balik-ospital uli…
Ok naman amenities nila (ang hinde is the price that comes with it…so iniisip ko na lang na no pain-no gain, walang sakit sa katawan,walang sakit sa bulsa - - hindi gagaling sa sakit…so fine keri na rin)

Ok naman yung room ko, dito siya ito sa 1st floor lang pero annex II, BMT unit…there’s an anteroom before you reach my room, 1004. The anteroom has glass doors, mejo masikip lang…there’s another room pa for other patients…Dun sa anteroom na rin yung nurse station…Nurse to patient ratio dito sa bmt is 1:2. There are 4 nurses shifting pero mejo haggard lang ‘pag toxic yung isang patient…what more pag sabay kaming toxic..wawa naman…OK naman yung nurses, mejo nagiging masungit lang during visiting hours…”Almost Bawal” ang visitors…kung pwede wala, very good, kung meron, at most 1 lang. And “visitors” include even our family members…opo…

Sa room ko, ok din kasi may pc with net connection (mejo kainis lang kasi ‘di masyadong updated yung system kaya di ako makalaro ng PangYa…hay, promise! Tsaka matindi ang firewall). May stationary bike din tsaka DVD player, may electric fan din just in case uminit kasi centralized ang AC…plus the usual private room amenities like tv, ref and phone and own T&B…Naka-HEPA air filter system din - - 25 air exchanges daw per minute with positive pressure inside the room para palabas yung direction ng air, to minimize air-borne infections,etc daw…I get to eat 3 main meals plus 3 snacks…akala ko papayat ako dito, BUT NO! I gain and lose weight unpredictably…and note: ilang days pa lang…hayyy

Eto na, ang haggard part…before you can get inside my room, may you be my bantay, visitor, nurse, doctor, technician, housekeeper, basta lahat…mahabang seremonyas muna ang pagdadaanan mo, as in by the time you get into the room ang see me pagod ka na to talk or worse your time is up…hehehe…Pagdating mo sa labas ng bmt unit…you have to take off your shoes/slippers and change into rubber slippers provided by the bmt unit…that’s the only time ok ka na pumasok…Pagpasok, you wash your hands, tie your hair kung loose, put on a mask and head cover (parang shower cap), and put over your clothes a long-sleeved hospital gown…Kung may bitbit kang whatever, especially if it’s a big bag, you have to spray something on it to disinfect, then wipe…kung pwedeng hinde ipasok inside my room, better…In between, you will have to put up with probable snide remarks, but that is least likely to happen…mejo konting parinig lang siguro, but then ok lang, that’s their job and that’s what they’re told to do, pero kung OA na, let me know…and Then charaaa!! The Holy Grail…hahaha!

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Tuesday very early morning I had to have CT scanned, then transfused with Platelets…yung blood transfusion is to prepare for my Perm Catheter insertion around 7am of the same day…Swerte kasi hinde ganon ka-grabe yung transfusion reaction ko and I was able to sleep a little before the surgery…around 6:30am binaba na ako sa CATH LAB, operating room…pero naghintay pa ako ng matagal kasi late yung surgeon dumating…nagstart ata kami around 9am na…hay…

Eto yung nakakatawa…knowing my usual self, hindi na ako nagtaka, and in a sort of way, inexpect ko na rin…hehe…the anesthesiologist had to give a mild sedative for the procedure…The first shot, was given hours before, nung binaba ako sa OR to start relaxing me…mejo inantok ako pero I was still conscious, nakikipagkwentuhan pa ako sa mga tao dun…Nung hiniga na ako sa operating table, they gave me the next dose…that was supposed to make me sleep or at least drowsy…pero as in, wala talagang effect…So imagine, I was wide awake the whole time I was being operated on…nararamdaman ko yung paghiwa, pag-insert nung cath, pagdiin sa mga veins ko pati na rin ang pagtahi…hayyy…what a life! Carry ko naman…I was smiling at chumichika na by the time they were doing the stitching…hindi ko man nakikita yung ginagawa nila dahil dun sa shield na nakaharang para di ako talsikan ng dugo sa mukha…ramdam na ramdam ko…hehe…

Masakit yung insertion site…pagbalik ko sa room di pa ako masyadong makagalaw…pero yung feeling ko this time was better compared nung time na Porta-Catheter yung kinabit sa akin sa NKI. Noon di ako makabangon ng at least 2 days after my surgery eto, di na nga tumalab yung anesthesia, hours lang ang hinintay ko paikot-ikot na ako dito sa room…

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