funtime in sgh :D
hello! i'm back from an expensive SGH ward haha!
so it was kinda amusing (mom kept going, "this is not a holiday" and being generally paranoid) buttttttt i'm so happy to be home hospital beds suck.
saturday: woke up at 8.30am, stomach hurt, did random stuff, stomach hurt, ate lunch, stomach hurt, did more stuff, stomach hurt, told mom, she freaked out, went to sgh A&E! i have no idea why either; it wasn't an accident or emergency. did a bunch of tests. the doctor/x-ray people keptkeptkept asking me if i was pregnant/sexually active! so i took a pregnancy test :D and... i'm not pregnant, surprise!
so they're like okay, we don't know if you have appendicitis, but you probably do, so we're just gonna ward you! and mom's like O_o and i'm like, ok! so this guy came to pick me up from the place, and he had a wheelchair, and i'm like, uh i can walk, pls don't wheel me. so walkwalkwalked to the ward! and the other patient inside knew my daddy! so she's like !!! and my dad's like, hello (: and everyone was happy. and the other patient's daughter is a hwachong ortus teacher! zomg. and she made friends with my mom.
anyway so since no one was making friends with me (sad) i made friends with the tv! it had espn and hbo so i was watching weird movies and jamie yeo. and so uh i basically watched lame things the entire night.
there were a ton of doctors around, and like almost all of them were from hwachong! they kept asking me if i knew random teachers, and i'm like uh, no, and they're like, ok nvm too long ago. anyway, one of the first hwachong people to come in did my IV drip thing. three times.
round 1: pokepokepokepoke sigh sorry your vein is too small i'll have to use another one.
round 2: pokepokepokepoke phone rings talktalk put down phone pokepokepoke sigh sorry i don't think this is gonna work.
round 3: pokepokepokepoke.
doctor: does it hurt when i press this?
wenqi: press what?
doctor: ...i'm pressing. --"
i don't know why so many people had to keep pressing my stomach randomly, but anyway they did, it was annoying (i was watching baseball!!!) by the time the last guy came in i was so bored. so he's like pressing. then he gives me an expectant look. and i'm like, oh, yeah, it hurts. and he's like, you're supposed to SAY so. how should i have known!! i already told 3 other people it hurt there.
then they're like ok we'll tell you when the surgery room is free! and i'm like ok! :D and i watched a really strange 3wannabegayboys movie on hbo.
sunday: 3am my movie finished, and i was gonna sleep, then they came in and they're like ok you can go for surgery now! and i'm like, yay! so i got this other bed thingie to wheel me there in. actually i wanted to walk, but nvm. it was like a bad channel8 drama. and it was cold inside ): all the nurse-people kept telling me things like don't be scared! and i'm like, i'm hungry when can i eat. and they're like omgwtf? but i was SERIOUSLY hungry. 'cos they didn't let me eat OR drink.
then i got another bed thing! it was cool. they connect the metal bases below then just slide you onto the other one. i was like whoa cool machine! and the nurses are like uh, yeah. one guy just outright laughed at me though. ): so anyway, i was in this room with the anaestethic doctor and other random people. and one of them goes, i think your vein clotted. let's poke another one for your IV! so she pokes me, again, and someone else says, why don't you just flush the old one? and she's like, oh, yeah. so she ignores the hole she's just poked, and uses the old one. okthx???? didn't hurt though, so nvm.
then i went into anotherrr room. so they give me this oxygen mask thing - actually they PRESS IT against me and tell me to breathe into it, and i'm like hello i can't breathe!!! and they're like, dao. then one of them goes ok i'm gonna press here when we knock you out! (ok, it wasn't exactly like that, but something to that effect) and i'm like ok! then they must have given me a jab but it wasn't painful enough to remember.
so when i wake up they've put this heating blanket thing on? and it was HOT. and i'm like omg it's hot. so... they turned it off. anyway i have no idea why i was there for so long, but eventually they decided to wheel me back to the ward. and they used the cool metal sliding thing again! and i'm like kthxbye! to the nurses inside, and they're like STUNNED. then on the way back i was talking to the people wheeling me. like hello what time is it when can i start eating again (i really was hungry. they starved me) then she's like wow... you're alert. and i'm like yeah... i'm hungry.
then when i got back to the ward i decided i wanted to go to the toilet! so i went to the toilet! and on the way out these other nurses came and they're like omgwtf you're weak go back and sleep and i'm like... how can i sleep when i have to go to the toilet?!!?
yeah anyway i spent the rest of the day sleeping and watching tv. dad brought over the laptop so i was online! wireless@sg. i'm good. and zwing came! and my cousin brought her kid! yay! she bought me a balloon and a sunflower and her kid didn't wanna give the balloon to me. haha. my auntsunclescousins on my dad's side came too. yeah it was fun. the nurses kept coming in and asking me if i wanted painkillers and "on a scale of 1 to 10 how painful is it" and i'm like uh, 2. or 3. and they're like uh for normal people it's like 7. and i'm like, oh, whoops.
but that's beside the point. the saddest thing about sunday was the family of the patient opposite me was HUGE, and they stayed for the entire day, so they were like eating nonstop i swear! they had like polar puffs and icecream and fruit tarts and packet rice and hor fun and i was so sad ): ): ): and there were empty twisties packets in the trash can!!!!!! and i was so hungry.
monday: like, today. i woke up and they're like, do you want painkillers? and i'm like no i want food FEED ME. ): ): ): and they're like sorry, gotta wait for the doctor to come in. so i was stoning until he came. and he's like ok you can eat now! and you can go home today! and i'm like YESSSSSS FOOD. and all the doctors were like laughing at me ): and they asked me if i knew random hwachong teachers again.
they served me hospital breakfast. it was ok. probably shouldn't have been any good, but i was so excited about getting food after like 45 hours of starvation. i'm like FOOD FOOD FOOD! then i ate until my stomach hurt sigh. then had to wait for all the paperwork to be done. but i'm home nowwww!
haha i have prawn cracker cravings but i'm not allowed to eat them sigh ):
so it was kinda amusing (mom kept going, "this is not a holiday" and being generally paranoid) buttttttt i'm so happy to be home hospital beds suck.
saturday: woke up at 8.30am, stomach hurt, did random stuff, stomach hurt, ate lunch, stomach hurt, did more stuff, stomach hurt, told mom, she freaked out, went to sgh A&E! i have no idea why either; it wasn't an accident or emergency. did a bunch of tests. the doctor/x-ray people keptkeptkept asking me if i was pregnant/sexually active! so i took a pregnancy test :D and... i'm not pregnant, surprise!
so they're like okay, we don't know if you have appendicitis, but you probably do, so we're just gonna ward you! and mom's like O_o and i'm like, ok! so this guy came to pick me up from the place, and he had a wheelchair, and i'm like, uh i can walk, pls don't wheel me. so walkwalkwalked to the ward! and the other patient inside knew my daddy! so she's like !!! and my dad's like, hello (: and everyone was happy. and the other patient's daughter is a hwachong ortus teacher! zomg. and she made friends with my mom.
anyway so since no one was making friends with me (sad) i made friends with the tv! it had espn and hbo so i was watching weird movies and jamie yeo. and so uh i basically watched lame things the entire night.
there were a ton of doctors around, and like almost all of them were from hwachong! they kept asking me if i knew random teachers, and i'm like uh, no, and they're like, ok nvm too long ago. anyway, one of the first hwachong people to come in did my IV drip thing. three times.
round 1: pokepokepokepoke sigh sorry your vein is too small i'll have to use another one.
round 2: pokepokepokepoke phone rings talktalk put down phone pokepokepoke sigh sorry i don't think this is gonna work.
round 3: pokepokepokepoke.
doctor: does it hurt when i press this?
wenqi: press what?
doctor: ...i'm pressing. --"
i don't know why so many people had to keep pressing my stomach randomly, but anyway they did, it was annoying (i was watching baseball!!!) by the time the last guy came in i was so bored. so he's like pressing. then he gives me an expectant look. and i'm like, oh, yeah, it hurts. and he's like, you're supposed to SAY so. how should i have known!! i already told 3 other people it hurt there.
then they're like ok we'll tell you when the surgery room is free! and i'm like ok! :D and i watched a really strange 3wannabegayboys movie on hbo.
sunday: 3am my movie finished, and i was gonna sleep, then they came in and they're like ok you can go for surgery now! and i'm like, yay! so i got this other bed thingie to wheel me there in. actually i wanted to walk, but nvm. it was like a bad channel8 drama. and it was cold inside ): all the nurse-people kept telling me things like don't be scared! and i'm like, i'm hungry when can i eat. and they're like omgwtf? but i was SERIOUSLY hungry. 'cos they didn't let me eat OR drink.
then i got another bed thing! it was cool. they connect the metal bases below then just slide you onto the other one. i was like whoa cool machine! and the nurses are like uh, yeah. one guy just outright laughed at me though. ): so anyway, i was in this room with the anaestethic doctor and other random people. and one of them goes, i think your vein clotted. let's poke another one for your IV! so she pokes me, again, and someone else says, why don't you just flush the old one? and she's like, oh, yeah. so she ignores the hole she's just poked, and uses the old one. okthx???? didn't hurt though, so nvm.
then i went into anotherrr room. so they give me this oxygen mask thing - actually they PRESS IT against me and tell me to breathe into it, and i'm like hello i can't breathe!!! and they're like, dao. then one of them goes ok i'm gonna press here when we knock you out! (ok, it wasn't exactly like that, but something to that effect) and i'm like ok! then they must have given me a jab but it wasn't painful enough to remember.
so when i wake up they've put this heating blanket thing on? and it was HOT. and i'm like omg it's hot. so... they turned it off. anyway i have no idea why i was there for so long, but eventually they decided to wheel me back to the ward. and they used the cool metal sliding thing again! and i'm like kthxbye! to the nurses inside, and they're like STUNNED. then on the way back i was talking to the people wheeling me. like hello what time is it when can i start eating again (i really was hungry. they starved me) then she's like wow... you're alert. and i'm like yeah... i'm hungry.
then when i got back to the ward i decided i wanted to go to the toilet! so i went to the toilet! and on the way out these other nurses came and they're like omgwtf you're weak go back and sleep and i'm like... how can i sleep when i have to go to the toilet?!!?
yeah anyway i spent the rest of the day sleeping and watching tv. dad brought over the laptop so i was online! wireless@sg. i'm good. and zwing came! and my cousin brought her kid! yay! she bought me a balloon and a sunflower and her kid didn't wanna give the balloon to me. haha. my auntsunclescousins on my dad's side came too. yeah it was fun. the nurses kept coming in and asking me if i wanted painkillers and "on a scale of 1 to 10 how painful is it" and i'm like uh, 2. or 3. and they're like uh for normal people it's like 7. and i'm like, oh, whoops.
but that's beside the point. the saddest thing about sunday was the family of the patient opposite me was HUGE, and they stayed for the entire day, so they were like eating nonstop i swear! they had like polar puffs and icecream and fruit tarts and packet rice and hor fun and i was so sad ): ): ): and there were empty twisties packets in the trash can!!!!!! and i was so hungry.
monday: like, today. i woke up and they're like, do you want painkillers? and i'm like no i want food FEED ME. ): ): ): and they're like sorry, gotta wait for the doctor to come in. so i was stoning until he came. and he's like ok you can eat now! and you can go home today! and i'm like YESSSSSS FOOD. and all the doctors were like laughing at me ): and they asked me if i knew random hwachong teachers again.
they served me hospital breakfast. it was ok. probably shouldn't have been any good, but i was so excited about getting food after like 45 hours of starvation. i'm like FOOD FOOD FOOD! then i ate until my stomach hurt sigh. then had to wait for all the paperwork to be done. but i'm home nowwww!
haha i have prawn cracker cravings but i'm not allowed to eat them sigh ):