Ward 422
in case you were wondering, yes, i'm still alive.
if you didn't know, i was hospitalised for 24 hours starting Saturday afternoon. tres exciting indeed. for those who have already heard my enthralling life-changing experience, you may ignore the text below. to make things easier i shall just relate them chronologically.
House MD Season 4 Episode 1 - XT's Allergy
Saturday:
1300hrs. XT is eating lunch at a restaurant with her family. She orders the tuna which comes with a deadly side dish of couscous.
1355hrs. XT has to meet
minion_of_sab to watch a show and decides to leave the restaurant first. Her mother comments that XT's face has flushed red. XT goes to the washroom to wash her face, thinking it might be the terrible humid Singaporea weather causing it.
1400hrs. XT's heartbeat accelerates rapidly and she experiences palpitations. She brushes it off as excitement in going to watch the show. She proceeds to the MRT station.
1407hrs. The train arrives but XT feels faint and decides not to board. She calls her mother, who panicks and tells her to wait at the station for her.
1408hrs. XT calls
minion_of_sab to say she can't go.
1412hrs. XT's mom and bro arrive and bundle her into the car and they make off for the nearest hospital.
1420hrs. XT walks into Thomson Medical Centre and is brought to some room which she doesn't know the name of because she was too busy panicking over her heartbeat.
1430hrs. The doctor arrives and assesses her condition, the nurse runs an ECG on her etcetc. XT's eyes grow with fright as she watches her heartbeat reach 139 on the monitor. Her normal heartbeat is 73.
1435hrs. The doctor tells XT to rest on the bed for awhile and he'll be back to check on her. XT jokes with her mother that she feels like she is on the set of House. Unfortunately the doctor looks nothing like Dr. Robert Chase.
1445hrs. XT needs to pee. She hops off the bed in a hurry and her mom goes to ask the nurse where the bathroom is.
1446 hrs. XT's vision is blurring. She grabs hold of some convenient metal railing nearby before the darkness engulf her, while she hears her mom screaming in the distance.
1505hrs. XT awakes to find herself lying sideways on the bed and wonders what happened. The doctor cheerily announces that she has recovered. XT's mother continues to panic.
1510hrs. The doctor, still in his cheery manner, offers XT the option of receiving her injection through IV or on her bum. The doctor is a man. She takes the first option.
1515hrs. XT winces and is frightened to death as the IV needle is prodded into her notverybig hand. It's not as painful as she thought.
1520hrs. The doctor hooks XT up to an IV drip and says she has to be warded. Her heart is still palpitating btw.
1530hrs. A female staff enters the room with a wheelchair and XT vaguely collapses in it. There is some blood in the IV tube but XT is too weak to bother, but she is slightly grossed out by it.
1540hrs. XT is bedridden. Her mother decides to stay over with her.
1600+hrs. XT's mom goes home to get her stuff.
1700+hrs. The gastro-specialist arrives and assesses XT. He tells the nurse to poke XT's bum with another injection. XT is slightly annoyed.
1800hrs. XT's tutee's parents drop by. They live conveniently down the road and the gastro-specialist is the tutee's father's good friend. XT is too tired to argue. They, however, reassure XT that she will not die and in fact, will recover by the next day. XT is somewhat relieved.
1900hrs. XT's parents return with her amused brother. XT watches Live Earth miserably while her mother eats extremely delicious-smelling chicken rice. The evil doctor has put her on a Milo-only diet. She is still flushed red and palpitating.
2000+hrs. XT's darling Jacq pops by. :D aww. <3
2100+hrs. XT has drunk about 39204839 cups of Milo and peed 230984092384 times. It is not fun dragging the IV machine to the bathroom and having to pee with it in front of you. It is also not easy to wipe your bum with one arm attached to the IV. >_<
2200+hrs. XT falls asleep watching telly.
Sunday:
0200+hrs. The nurse cheerily struts in and wakes XT to take her meds and gives her another IV injection.
0300+hrs. The IV machine beeps like crazy because the glucose has run out. XT has half a mind to strangle the machine.
0900+hrs. XT awakes to see her parents having breakfast. She has her mug of Milo to content with. Sigh.
1000+hrs. XT's parents go home. The doctor comes back and says her face is normal again. She can GO HOME! If she doesn't have another attack, that is.
1100+hrs. The nurse comes in and says XT can eat normal food again. HURRAY.
1200hrs. XT eats lunch extremely happily.
1300+hrs. XT is discharged. She goes home to watch her beloved Korean show. XD
So yes. 5 IV drips, 4 injections, and a night in hospital. Most exciting time of my life indeed. I geniunely thought that my palpitations were a sign that I was gonna have a heart attack. Turns out my heart is beating superfast to compensate for my low blood pressure (at one point it was like 80/40) which was why I felt weak and passed out.
haven't been doing much since i came back from the hospital cos i still feel slightly weak and my heart still palpitates sometimes, though it doesnt beat at 139 anymore, thank goodness. that was really freaky. O_O i have a check-up on monday so i should be okay.
today i decided that my room was disgusting and i spent the afternoon trying to clean it. note: trying. i removed the pile of junk on my floor (though i think there are some old magazines under my bed...) and appointed one corner of my room The Bag Corner. i stuffed 2 paper bags worth of old magazines (my word, i didn't even realise i'd been reading Newsweek for 4.5 years) and put them out for recycling. i'm rather conscious about what i do now after the whole Live Earth issue popped up. *beams proudly* i cleaned the top of the chest of drawers with liberal amounts of Cif. XD they look so bare now cos i took away the junk that was sitting on them. when i'm done with my room i think my father will have a heart attack. XD unfortunately i still have a pile of stuff sitting on my bed i.e. the pile of stuff i don't know what to do with. -.- i am determined to clear it before i go to bed tonight.
tomorrow, i attack my clothes cupboard. woe is me.
anyway, life in the non-football season hasn't been that bad. i'm not into Copa America, neither am i interested in the Asian Cup (cos Singapore's not in it even though we won the ASEAN Cup GRR). i've been following F1 and tennis instead. unlike what many people think, those 2 sports aren't boring at all. Massa was AWESOME in the British GP. he started in 21st place and ended up 5th. it's always exciting to watch overtakes and pit stops. :D and Kimi won it! :D aww my ickle Finnish boy. tennis is fun too. i followed the last bits of the Roland Garros cos it was taking place while i was in Paris, so live coverage 24/7; and most recently Wimbledon. i don't know why there is the dress code rule of white, but somehow it makes the game so much more elegant and classy. do the British know something the rest of the world doesn't? *ponders* nyeh. anyway i really like Justine Henin's style of play. she's really strong for a petite lady. :) Ana Ivanovic is really pretty too. it's strange that Serena Williams is so... muscley but Venus is really nice and toned. O_O i want Venus' arms! and omg. NOVAKKK. my newfound loveofmylife. XD he's so kuteee. okay okay but he's not only good looks. he's got skillz too. he wouldn't be seeded 4th otherwise, would he? he played really well against Nadal. he does show signs of Federer... good placing. and he's got the stamina too. a few more years and he could possibly move up the ranks even more. his matches against Hewitt and Baghdatis were amazing. ooh yes, i nearly forgot about Juan Carlos Ferrero! he actually managed to take a set off Federer! and that shot which he whacked between the legs (okay that sounded extremely bad) was just whoa. O_O but yes. i hope he makes a comeback soon tooooo.
my goodness. i've rambled on like a senseless duck. i guess i'd better go now. the baby!Spaniards play Brazil in a coupla hours in the Round of 16 and i'm so nervous. :S i hope they win!
p.s. ooo look, i have a cute nando/pernia icon! XD
if you didn't know, i was hospitalised for 24 hours starting Saturday afternoon. tres exciting indeed. for those who have already heard my enthralling life-changing experience, you may ignore the text below. to make things easier i shall just relate them chronologically.
House MD Season 4 Episode 1 - XT's Allergy
Saturday:
1300hrs. XT is eating lunch at a restaurant with her family. She orders the tuna which comes with a deadly side dish of couscous.
1355hrs. XT has to meet
minion_of_sab to watch a show and decides to leave the restaurant first. Her mother comments that XT's face has flushed red. XT goes to the washroom to wash her face, thinking it might be the terrible humid Singaporea weather causing it.
1400hrs. XT's heartbeat accelerates rapidly and she experiences palpitations. She brushes it off as excitement in going to watch the show. She proceeds to the MRT station.
1407hrs. The train arrives but XT feels faint and decides not to board. She calls her mother, who panicks and tells her to wait at the station for her.
1408hrs. XT calls
minion_of_sab to say she can't go.
1412hrs. XT's mom and bro arrive and bundle her into the car and they make off for the nearest hospital.
1420hrs. XT walks into Thomson Medical Centre and is brought to some room which she doesn't know the name of because she was too busy panicking over her heartbeat.
1430hrs. The doctor arrives and assesses her condition, the nurse runs an ECG on her etcetc. XT's eyes grow with fright as she watches her heartbeat reach 139 on the monitor. Her normal heartbeat is 73.
1435hrs. The doctor tells XT to rest on the bed for awhile and he'll be back to check on her. XT jokes with her mother that she feels like she is on the set of House. Unfortunately the doctor looks nothing like Dr. Robert Chase.
1445hrs. XT needs to pee. She hops off the bed in a hurry and her mom goes to ask the nurse where the bathroom is.
1446 hrs. XT's vision is blurring. She grabs hold of some convenient metal railing nearby before the darkness engulf her, while she hears her mom screaming in the distance.
1505hrs. XT awakes to find herself lying sideways on the bed and wonders what happened. The doctor cheerily announces that she has recovered. XT's mother continues to panic.
1510hrs. The doctor, still in his cheery manner, offers XT the option of receiving her injection through IV or on her bum. The doctor is a man. She takes the first option.
1515hrs. XT winces and is frightened to death as the IV needle is prodded into her notverybig hand. It's not as painful as she thought.
1520hrs. The doctor hooks XT up to an IV drip and says she has to be warded. Her heart is still palpitating btw.
1530hrs. A female staff enters the room with a wheelchair and XT vaguely collapses in it. There is some blood in the IV tube but XT is too weak to bother, but she is slightly grossed out by it.
1540hrs. XT is bedridden. Her mother decides to stay over with her.
1600+hrs. XT's mom goes home to get her stuff.
1700+hrs. The gastro-specialist arrives and assesses XT. He tells the nurse to poke XT's bum with another injection. XT is slightly annoyed.
1800hrs. XT's tutee's parents drop by. They live conveniently down the road and the gastro-specialist is the tutee's father's good friend. XT is too tired to argue. They, however, reassure XT that she will not die and in fact, will recover by the next day. XT is somewhat relieved.
1900hrs. XT's parents return with her amused brother. XT watches Live Earth miserably while her mother eats extremely delicious-smelling chicken rice. The evil doctor has put her on a Milo-only diet. She is still flushed red and palpitating.
2000+hrs. XT's darling Jacq pops by. :D aww. <3
2100+hrs. XT has drunk about 39204839 cups of Milo and peed 230984092384 times. It is not fun dragging the IV machine to the bathroom and having to pee with it in front of you. It is also not easy to wipe your bum with one arm attached to the IV. >_<
2200+hrs. XT falls asleep watching telly.
Sunday:
0200+hrs. The nurse cheerily struts in and wakes XT to take her meds and gives her another IV injection.
0300+hrs. The IV machine beeps like crazy because the glucose has run out. XT has half a mind to strangle the machine.
0900+hrs. XT awakes to see her parents having breakfast. She has her mug of Milo to content with. Sigh.
1000+hrs. XT's parents go home. The doctor comes back and says her face is normal again. She can GO HOME! If she doesn't have another attack, that is.
1100+hrs. The nurse comes in and says XT can eat normal food again. HURRAY.
1200hrs. XT eats lunch extremely happily.
1300+hrs. XT is discharged. She goes home to watch her beloved Korean show. XD
So yes. 5 IV drips, 4 injections, and a night in hospital. Most exciting time of my life indeed. I geniunely thought that my palpitations were a sign that I was gonna have a heart attack. Turns out my heart is beating superfast to compensate for my low blood pressure (at one point it was like 80/40) which was why I felt weak and passed out.
haven't been doing much since i came back from the hospital cos i still feel slightly weak and my heart still palpitates sometimes, though it doesnt beat at 139 anymore, thank goodness. that was really freaky. O_O i have a check-up on monday so i should be okay.
today i decided that my room was disgusting and i spent the afternoon trying to clean it. note: trying. i removed the pile of junk on my floor (though i think there are some old magazines under my bed...) and appointed one corner of my room The Bag Corner. i stuffed 2 paper bags worth of old magazines (my word, i didn't even realise i'd been reading Newsweek for 4.5 years) and put them out for recycling. i'm rather conscious about what i do now after the whole Live Earth issue popped up. *beams proudly* i cleaned the top of the chest of drawers with liberal amounts of Cif. XD they look so bare now cos i took away the junk that was sitting on them. when i'm done with my room i think my father will have a heart attack. XD unfortunately i still have a pile of stuff sitting on my bed i.e. the pile of stuff i don't know what to do with. -.- i am determined to clear it before i go to bed tonight.
tomorrow, i attack my clothes cupboard. woe is me.
anyway, life in the non-football season hasn't been that bad. i'm not into Copa America, neither am i interested in the Asian Cup (cos Singapore's not in it even though we won the ASEAN Cup GRR). i've been following F1 and tennis instead. unlike what many people think, those 2 sports aren't boring at all. Massa was AWESOME in the British GP. he started in 21st place and ended up 5th. it's always exciting to watch overtakes and pit stops. :D and Kimi won it! :D aww my ickle Finnish boy. tennis is fun too. i followed the last bits of the Roland Garros cos it was taking place while i was in Paris, so live coverage 24/7; and most recently Wimbledon. i don't know why there is the dress code rule of white, but somehow it makes the game so much more elegant and classy. do the British know something the rest of the world doesn't? *ponders* nyeh. anyway i really like Justine Henin's style of play. she's really strong for a petite lady. :) Ana Ivanovic is really pretty too. it's strange that Serena Williams is so... muscley but Venus is really nice and toned. O_O i want Venus' arms! and omg. NOVAKKK. my newfound loveofmylife. XD he's so kuteee. okay okay but he's not only good looks. he's got skillz too. he wouldn't be seeded 4th otherwise, would he? he played really well against Nadal. he does show signs of Federer... good placing. and he's got the stamina too. a few more years and he could possibly move up the ranks even more. his matches against Hewitt and Baghdatis were amazing. ooh yes, i nearly forgot about Juan Carlos Ferrero! he actually managed to take a set off Federer! and that shot which he whacked between the legs (okay that sounded extremely bad) was just whoa. O_O but yes. i hope he makes a comeback soon tooooo.
my goodness. i've rambled on like a senseless duck. i guess i'd better go now. the baby!Spaniards play Brazil in a coupla hours in the Round of 16 and i'm so nervous. :S i hope they win!
p.s. ooo look, i have a cute nando/pernia icon! XD