Update on Dad in law...

My dad in law was discharged last week Wednesday after going thru an angioplasty.. Only one major blockage which is now "fixed" by inserting a "stent"..

He is home and recovering well, Praise God! He is also impatient (as usual... super "kan cheong") and had to be told by the doctor to take it easy cos he might hurt himself if he over-exerts himself...

I thank God for preserving his life and giving him successful surgical procedure and also an added blessing in a reduced payment for the hospital bill by the doctor through a "free" stent!

It's a go!

Today the doc decided that my father in law should go for that angiogram thingie tomorrow to "see inside his heart" what needs/can be fixed and what needs medication. He says that there will not be a "perfect" solution due to his age and wanted to "add years" to his life!

Translated, i guess it means no major surgery. After all, he's 84. The angiogram is something that involves putting some scope thru an artery to see into the heart. If there are blockages, they can put in something called a stent and inflate it so that the collapsed or rosak artery in the heart can be "opened" or what la...

As with all procedures, there are risks involved, so the doc had been holding on to doing this till my father in law was stronger... I pray that the doc will be able to do all that is necessary to "fix" the rosak arteries.

This is the layman's understanding of things..

I spent last night at the hospital to accompany old man. He is such a restless sleeper! I had already been warned that the hospital chair was not comfy by my dearest so I was mentally prepared for discomfort throughout the night but Praise God, I was able to sleep a bit... I did feel a bit off in the afternoon so had an extra snooze at home and now feel much better!

Heart Attack!

extract from an email dated 14 dec 2005 i sent on "the latest developments" ... for the record...

My father in law suffered a heart attack today. He is in the coronary care unit of SJMC and is stable. The doctors have given him something to clear the blockage he has. i am in the blur whether the blockage is an artery or what la...

He is hooked up to tons of machines and has plenty of tubes attached to him and says he is uncomfortable, wants to go home and wondering how much the hospital bill is going to come to.... he hasn't slept much cos of the tubes and he can't move about to his comfortable side without some alarm going off... otherwise he seems alright, very alert and aware of his surroundings, including what time the nurses get off their shift!

It was his usual Wednesday morning where his buddy, a younger driving retiree would pick him up about 9 am or earlier to drive to Carrefour to park and then take the Komuter train to KL town to have their weekly morning "yum cha" with other buddies near Petaling Street. This time, he complained of discomfort, giddy-ness and chills in the train. He then asked his buddy if he felt cold. When he complained more, his buddies asked him to just have a cup of tea. When it didn't go away, they found a nearby clinic and took him there. The GP gave him some pill for his "chills", a letter for the MO of SJMC and told him to go to hospital. The buddy then took him by taxi back to Carrefour in Subang to collect his car and then sent him home.

Then my mum in law called me to tell me about this and said that dad didn't want to go to the doctor and simply wanted to sleep as he was tired. somewhere in the middle here, chest pains were mentioned. I just told her not to let him sleep for long (scared he cannot wake up mah cos dunno what was wrong...) then asked lynn to help check the internet for symptoms of stroke and heart attack.. she called back and then i thought he should see the doc soonest.

today's post...
17 dec 2005

Father in law is much better today... talking and awake more! PTL! The doctor will decide by Monday if he should go for an angiogram straightaway or wait a little longer...

What i learnt at camp....

What i learnt at youth camp 2005:-

1. our people are all very clique-ish still.
2. we had a fantastic, great, wonderful, anointed, powerful, humourous speaker.. aka Matt Fielder!
3. our people have good tolerance level of different living conditions... some better than others!
4. water can be really cold in the outskirts of Malaysia.
5. bedsheets don't always smell clean after they are washed.
6. we have a great bunch of prayer warriors in our midst.
7. i could do better devos... bleh!
8. i liked the food!
9. i like airconditioning and sit toilets!
10. i should be less cheong-hey!
11. i should check with other adults if they are bringing food and snacks.
12. watching in awe at the LORD use the youth minister to one another is the best Christmas present ever!