4 months ago...

Before Surgery (knowns as Scoliosis)

Exactly 4 months ago, I admitted to hospital for a spine surgery. That time my feelings was surprisingly excited, maybe because it was my first time going on with this kind of big operation. There was then second thing that make me more excited was I get to stay in a single room. Hehe...really cool, get to watch personal TV and personal toilet. Felt like staying in a hotel room, so VIP style.

That day, 18/11/2008 (Tuesday). Travel from 1 building to another to do some check ups. Funny thing is, I can walk but I need to sit on the wheel chair, I guess the nurses from the hospital like to do the pushing job huh.

19/11/2008 (Wednesday), surgery day. First thing in the morning...BATH! "No more food and water for today", said the lovely nurse. Haihz. Next thing is, again, wheel chair. This time I travel to this unit to test my nerves and to stick wires on my head and leg. The processes of testing my nerves were really suffering. Took so long to do it because that fellow said I was not relaxing my whole body, just a little bit of movement, will need to start the test all over again. It was painful and frustrating. After an hour, I look like a robot girl because of those wires but still good looking. Hehe. This time I really need to sit on a wheel chair, couldn't walk.

See... look like ribbon?

Waited and waited, doctors came in to inject this and that. Late in the evening, it's time. I lie down on bed and they push me to the surgery theater. On the way, I saw 'rectangular lights' on the ceiling, really similar to dramas.

In the surgery theater, I was still cool, still feeling excited, talking to doctors while they were doing the preparation such as injecting stuff again and wrap me with some special cotton, was warm and comfortable. After that, I got no more feelings, knock out. But I remember that I dreamt of LevelOne, haha, at this time of moment still dream of my job.

20/11/2008 (Thursday), I open my eyes, I saw nurses walking around. I wanted to call her, but no voice. So I raise my hand and ask for time, she told me 5am. Started to feel pain, uncomfortable lying on bed, cannot move. I press the button using my thumb for morphine. Couldn't get back to sleep. Suffer, suffer, and suffer.

Few hours later, the doctor was here. He unlock the thing to let the blood clog flow out from my body, was dame painful. Cried... Then the nurse wanted to clean me up. Was in pain, but yet they still want to clean me. No choice. When they were cleaning me, I saw a camera hanging on the ceiling, so I pointed it. You know what the nurses say to me? They said the camera is for decoration. Haha, they really think I am that dumb huh!

21/11/2008 (Friday), the doctor asks me to stand up and walk around. Was very difficult for me to sit and stand. I tried hard to get up from bed. While standing up, can feel that I was taller, cause my mum standing beside me looks a bit shorter. Hehe... when walking, can feel a bit heavy, maybe not used to it yet. After a while, I felt dizzy.

Went for x-ray in the evening. The journey to that building was tough though by wheel chair. Standing up while taking x-ray was even tougher. Cried...

22/11/2008 (Saturday), thought can go back. But the doctor said, due to dizziness after surgery, I cannot discharge yet, and also need to get another bag of blood for me. Haihz, so disappointed. After surgery, couldn't sleep well during night time, that's why so eager want to go home, but...

23/11/2008 (Sunday), at last, time to go back. The journey home was a disaster. But anyway, was ok, cause get to go home.

After Surgery (added 2 titanium rods and 13 titanium screws)