{Wednesday, March 17, 2010} 1:21 PM
On 9/3/10 meet up with the anaesthetist and did the blood test and all that. Cost of operation is around $3445 but with almost half of the cost subsidise by Medisave so is around $1000++

Double Jaw Surgery done on 10/3/10 @ Alexandra Hospital.

I report to AH at 7.30am sharp at the Day Ward for preparation for my surgery=) Dad drove me there with Mum. Fill up some forms, make deposit on surgery payments then change to my surgery attire. Then after that waited at my bed for further instructions. Mum was with me all along and then sis and her husband also came to gave me support=)

Waited and waited until around 8.30am the nurses came and brought me to the another ward at lvl 3 to prepare for the surgery, my surgeon and few of the nurses or trainee doctors were all there somehow welcoming me and my mum and sis. Change into AH slippers. But again have to wait. One thing good about AH is their service standard and their care for patients and people going there for surgeries and operation. Throughout the waiting time, they will always come by and ask you whether if u are cold or u nee anything and tell you not to be nervous. Mum and sis were told to leave the ward at around 8.50am. So i was alone waiting outside the surgery room.

I was lucky also! Even though waiting time was long but it just happen that the Prime Minister Father in Law is also doing an operation to remove eye cataracts. So the PM father in law is actually beside me and both of us were waiting for our operation=P
Of course he is treated almost like a VIP becos there are like 5 to 6 people surrounding him all the time and everyone was approaching him to shake hands with him.

9.30am i was bought into the surgery room, the atmosphere is very tense inside. Masked people and blue and green coat. And people will start to into themselves to you like: " Hi my name is so and so i will be putting you to sleep." As soon as got on the surgery bed, they strip me and cover me with a green surgery blanket. Then many people start to give me injections, poke needles into me. And then i was put to sleep.

I woke up knowing i am in the ICU or what they call High Dependency Ward. By that time i can actually gain my senses is was around night time. I don't rmb what happen in the afternoon or evening at all. All i know is that i am sweating like hell, and i have tubes all over me. Then there is this automatic blood pressure measuring device which wil squeeze my arms once every hour. IV drip etc. Practically i have been having fever and then force fed pain killer panadol into my mouth in a syringe. And throughout the night i only know that i have been vomiting blood through my mouth and nose or whatever so the call bell is always with me whenever i feel like vomiting. They will do suction for me and clean me up when i vomit. That period of time is totally chaos and terrible for me. I also had two small bottle hanging out from my nose to collect my bleeding. Then there is also a tube connected way into my stomach to let out gas in the stomach. I could vaguely rmb whether if my parents and sis were through a not. I was blur at that time.

Slowly my condition stabilise and then it was morning. 11/3/10. then nurses wipe me down, clean me up, powder me and arrange for me to change to general ward B2 ( 6 bedded ventilated ward). I was also taught how to feed myself with a syringe. And basically breakfast was clear soup, apple juice and ribena. But i cannot and have not appetite to have any of those. So my breakfast was transported to my general ward bed 9 while i make my way in a wheelchair feeling very very giddy to see my dental surgeon. Dr Eugene which is my assistant surgeon see me instead of Dr Wong. He help me clean up my wound remove the tubes on me and stuff like that explain to me about certain things like medicine and my stay in the hospital.

Afterwards i went back to the ward again. Lay down in the bed feeling very very giddy. Mum and sis were also there already. I fed on the leftover ribena and apple juice throughout the day until evening the same thing is served to me again. Actually was suppose to be discharge from the hospital today but because i am still feeling very giddy so the doctors let me stay for the night just in case i fell down at home. My nose is all block so i also had difficulty breathing and a nose drip has to be constantly use. Medicine were injected into me. My face is so swollen up that i don't dare to even wear my specs to look at myself. I look totally different unlike me at all. My mouth and teeth is completely tied up, my tongue is inside my teeth. So i basically have to communicate using pen and paper. The night is very long for me. Mum and sis left at 2pm. They promise to come see me again with Dad at night but i waited and waited until night time visiting hours but they were not there. Then i gave up hope also. Hopefully tomorrow i can discharge from hospital asap. I couldn't sleep at all for the whole night. There were loud visitors the whole night until 12am even though it was past the visiting hours. The lights and on and off the night in my ward because of other patients. And i was constantly woke up by the nurse to take medicine, blood pressure as well as to gargle my mouth.

12/3/10 : The morning came. Waited and waited for my doctor for any news to be discharge. i was served the same thing for breakfast. At around 10plus, Dr Wong came to see me and say that i could be discharge, so they call my family to ask them to pick me up. And i finally can go home. Mum and sis came. Help me collect my medicine which are all in tablet forms - antibiotics, medicine for swelling, pain killers and my medication leave cert of 26 days. Which all have to be crushed and taken using the syringe and which all are also very bitter. Oh god. Then i change to home clothes, sat on a wheelchair and wheel down to wait for my Dad to come fetch me.

Finally sat down in the car and reached home=)