Dad's "Staycation" for Long Weekend

sent dad to hospital on monday evening as his fever did not subside through the day and temperature went up to as high as 39 degree celsius. last week was his 5th cycle of chemotherapy and seems like his body is still not able to adapt to the strong medication. he was admitted to hospital after the 4th cycle with similar symptoms of fever and diarrhea. doctor had advised that his diarrhea this round was due to the antibiotics that was given (encourages a certain virus to thrive), they had since given him another medication together with the antibiotics to stop this. dad has to be warded for at least 5 days as the antibiotics were given via intravenous (iv) therapy rather than oral. in order to bring up his white blood cells and platelets count, he also received blood transfusion.

dad might have reacted adversely to the medication as chemotherapy was given at medical day centre with time limitation and they had no choice but to increase the rate of infusion. his doctor-in-charge, doctor sreekanth arranged for him to be warded for his next treatment cycle which will hopefully decrease the side effects. doctor sreekanth also advised that 50% of the cancer cells has been destroyed and will probably need to increase the number of chemotherapy sessions from 6 to 8.

sort of lucky that dad has to be put in isolation and he got automatically upgraded again to A ward at B2's costs. it was a pretty good experience the last he was put in A ward as the nurses and caregivers were more attentive and a get-well-soon card was given to him during discharge. little cakes and pastries were distributed to the wards this festive period and it makes me wonder if this is a privilege for A ward only.

A ward - sofa bed, coffee table, television, bar fridge, work desk and private bathroom

08 Aug - Hari Raya Puasa

09 Aug - National Day

a great recommendation from janice for dad and thanks to janice for the constant supply. dad has been using this toothpaste for more than a month and according to him, it helps to keep the mouth moist and soothes ulcer pains.

3M - Clinpro - Tooth Creme

countdown to wedding day : 93