HOME SWEET HOME GRANDPA =D
finally granpda is home after spending 11 nonsense and crap weeks in SGH.
and probably more than half that period in ICU.
do not wish to elaborate on the 11 weeks coz they have been hell for him.
i'm so delighted that he's back home!
but the irony is that he didn't have much emotions when he saw home.
i reckon he was tired.
the family has bought the hospital bed, wheelchair, a whole load of suppliers like milk feed, hygiene related things, medication etc..
bought oxygen and .........
ye know, the family even has a checklist so as to ensure the discharge was smooth.i guess ICU also helped with this.
we even engaged the services of full time nurses temporarily so as to settle him down and help the 2 maids get accostomed to the procedures that they have been learning the past 2 weeks.
they have passed their test of looking after grandpa and grandpa himself has passed his 48hour off ventilator test.
hence, its home sweet home!!
hoping he can actually recover to his previous state before admitting to hospital.
i actually miss the times when he could freely walk over to my house (which is just 3 houses down; 68 & 60) and ask me to drive him to where and where to get things and...
his surprise 'visits' at times disrupted my plans but i always made the extra effort to bring him to where he wanna go.
i understand his feelings. for a person that has been driving his whole life, chauffering himself where ever he wants to and till then, he couldn't coz of breathlessness problems.
i was the only grandchild that had passed driving.
hmmm, now i'm just thinking whether i could have actually done more to make him happy.
he always thought of me when there's good food.
i was the only one he called when he bought a few bags of durians that costed him a total of $150 around there..
that was just 1 week before he got admitted to hospital.
i really hate what the hospital and the operation has done to him.
it has robbed him of his freedom to speak, to walk.......
i guess i've not shed much tears coz i've been with him through out this ordeal.also, my other grandpa also had a history of nonsense hospital stays. (but i was younger then)
now, i understand the whole situation and he actually faced death on several occassions.or to that extent i can say.
there're a million things to take note to look after grandpa.i'm not exaggerating but there's a specific file which is a manual consisting of ALL the procedures and daily chores.
things like changing of the stoma bag (part of his big colon is still outside his body), feeding milk, sucking out phlegm.....
its an amazing thing that grandpa could actually sit on a wheelchair and be wheeled so not so far areas with his oxygen tank beside him.
its just miraculous!!!
ALL the ICU doctors were pessimisstic and i hated their tones and harsh reality plus the choice of words.
but now, its proven that grandpa is indeed a fighter and he'll continue to be one till he's really tired.
i'll let him go when he's exhausted but for now, its bright and shiny for the days to come :) i hope :)
the stupid weekly submission of projects sapped up all my time that i couldnt see him at ICU often for the past 2 weeks, but now that he's back home, i can just walk up.
i've been thinking of how to plan my time.maybe i could bring my work there to do etc.
sigh, actually its quite frustrating that grandpa can't communicate what he wants.i get frustrated coz i expect myself to know and he gets frustrated too and chases us all away.
anyhow, i hope that'll improve as the days pass..
SCHOOL
6 projects this semester; 3 inidividual and 3 group.plus 1 test.
so,2 individual is down.4 more to go plus 1 test.
freakin' stressful can.
i dunno whether to link my uneven skin and pimply face here and there to the above.
maybe, maybe not.
anyways, there's no breather at all.1 down, another to go, another dow, some more to go..wa lau ehh
weekends are spent at home!! no more movies, no more nice meals etc.
=(
thanks dear for being here for me through out these 11 weeks. you're my other half that i can't live without and you're the ultimate! *muahh..
okie, here's ending off with stephy's bday party and our visit plus ♥ July Days.
goodbye everyone till the next post!
XOXO, mings:)
and probably more than half that period in ICU.
do not wish to elaborate on the 11 weeks coz they have been hell for him.
i'm so delighted that he's back home!
but the irony is that he didn't have much emotions when he saw home.
i reckon he was tired.
the family has bought the hospital bed, wheelchair, a whole load of suppliers like milk feed, hygiene related things, medication etc..
bought oxygen and .........
ye know, the family even has a checklist so as to ensure the discharge was smooth.i guess ICU also helped with this.
we even engaged the services of full time nurses temporarily so as to settle him down and help the 2 maids get accostomed to the procedures that they have been learning the past 2 weeks.
they have passed their test of looking after grandpa and grandpa himself has passed his 48hour off ventilator test.
hence, its home sweet home!!
hoping he can actually recover to his previous state before admitting to hospital.
i actually miss the times when he could freely walk over to my house (which is just 3 houses down; 68 & 60) and ask me to drive him to where and where to get things and...
his surprise 'visits' at times disrupted my plans but i always made the extra effort to bring him to where he wanna go.
i understand his feelings. for a person that has been driving his whole life, chauffering himself where ever he wants to and till then, he couldn't coz of breathlessness problems.
i was the only grandchild that had passed driving.
hmmm, now i'm just thinking whether i could have actually done more to make him happy.
he always thought of me when there's good food.
i was the only one he called when he bought a few bags of durians that costed him a total of $150 around there..
that was just 1 week before he got admitted to hospital.
i really hate what the hospital and the operation has done to him.
it has robbed him of his freedom to speak, to walk.......
i guess i've not shed much tears coz i've been with him through out this ordeal.also, my other grandpa also had a history of nonsense hospital stays. (but i was younger then)
now, i understand the whole situation and he actually faced death on several occassions.or to that extent i can say.
there're a million things to take note to look after grandpa.i'm not exaggerating but there's a specific file which is a manual consisting of ALL the procedures and daily chores.
things like changing of the stoma bag (part of his big colon is still outside his body), feeding milk, sucking out phlegm.....
its an amazing thing that grandpa could actually sit on a wheelchair and be wheeled so not so far areas with his oxygen tank beside him.
its just miraculous!!!
ALL the ICU doctors were pessimisstic and i hated their tones and harsh reality plus the choice of words.
but now, its proven that grandpa is indeed a fighter and he'll continue to be one till he's really tired.
i'll let him go when he's exhausted but for now, its bright and shiny for the days to come :) i hope :)
the stupid weekly submission of projects sapped up all my time that i couldnt see him at ICU often for the past 2 weeks, but now that he's back home, i can just walk up.
i've been thinking of how to plan my time.maybe i could bring my work there to do etc.
sigh, actually its quite frustrating that grandpa can't communicate what he wants.i get frustrated coz i expect myself to know and he gets frustrated too and chases us all away.
anyhow, i hope that'll improve as the days pass..
SCHOOL
6 projects this semester; 3 inidividual and 3 group.plus 1 test.
so,2 individual is down.4 more to go plus 1 test.
freakin' stressful can.
i dunno whether to link my uneven skin and pimply face here and there to the above.
maybe, maybe not.
anyways, there's no breather at all.1 down, another to go, another dow, some more to go..wa lau ehh
weekends are spent at home!! no more movies, no more nice meals etc.
=(
thanks dear for being here for me through out these 11 weeks. you're my other half that i can't live without and you're the ultimate! *muahh..
okie, here's ending off with stephy's bday party and our visit plus ♥ July Days.
goodbye everyone till the next post!
XOXO, mings:)