The unexpected happened...
After a long long wait, mummy and papa have finally arrived in Stockholm. Unfortunately, before they arrived, I had high fever for a few days and started vomiting. Feeling bilious, I asked RJ to bring me to a doctor. But in Stockholm, you have to arrange an appointment before you can go to a doctor and every clinic he called said that there is no more slots and they do not take in any emergency cases. Then, I realised how fortunate I was when I was in Singapore with 2 clinics just opposite my house and appreciate how great Singapore’s healthcare system is. One nurse even said that the next available slot is in August! This is preposterous! I told her blatantly that I will be dead by then but nonetheless thanks her for her help.
Luckily RJ is resourceful enough and found City Akuten from his school’s website which is the only clinic that do not require any appointment and he immediately send me down to hoterget to see the doctor. The wait was long and I drifted in and out of darkness, when the swedish doctor saw me, she was shocked at the state that I was in and since she was diagonised that I was down with a kidney infection or may have appendicitis. Appendicitis! What luck is this, I will need surgery if it is so! She would need to have more detailed tests in the hospital to confirm what I had been infected with. Kindly, they arranged a taxi to bring me to the nearest hospital - Danderdys Sjukhus and from here, the swedish doctors and nurses acted very fast and took great care of me. They were appalled that my body was so weak and immediately started poking catheters into my veins and administering antibiotics intravenously. Blood was drawn (many times) for blood culture to check for infection as well. Fluid was also given iv to replace the large amount of blood lost.
Afterwhich, I was wheeled around for different scans - CT scan in the abdominal area to check for appendicitis and Lung X-ray scan to check for pneumonia. This is all I can remember as I drifted in and out of sleep then, I only know that RJ was always beside me, checking on me to make sure that I am OK. I guess I must have sacred the hell out of him! The doctors insisted that I have to be hospitalised in the renal department so that they have constant supervision on my condition. I was wheeled into ward 71 and the days spent there seems forever. Everyday, I count down to 12 noon which was the official visiting time and listened intently for RJ’s footsteps thumping along the corridor.
Fortunately, I had kidney infection and not appendicitis, so no surgery was required. I was anxious that the fever will not subside and worried that I will not recover in time before my parents' and sis’s arrival. There are so many beautiful things in Sweden that I wanted to show them! Until the last few days, I felt so lonely and depressed in the hospital and I kept pestering the nurses and doctors that I wanted to go home. Luckily, my fever has gone down a bit and he let me go home for one night but wanted me to go back for more blood tests subsequently.
THANKS to the kind nurses of ward 71 for taking such good care of me and of course RJ, sorry for making you worry and I will promise to take care of myself when you return to Singapore. And sorry to family (especially mummy, papa and sis) and friends back in Singapore for making you all worried too, I am fine now so do not worry! Thanks to RJ's mum and dad for the bird nest concentrate and ginseng tea! I will drink them and "bu" my body!
This catheter was attached to my arms constantly so that they can administer the antibiotics intravenously. Not very comfortable!
Luckily RJ is resourceful enough and found City Akuten from his school’s website which is the only clinic that do not require any appointment and he immediately send me down to hoterget to see the doctor. The wait was long and I drifted in and out of darkness, when the swedish doctor saw me, she was shocked at the state that I was in and since she was diagonised that I was down with a kidney infection or may have appendicitis. Appendicitis! What luck is this, I will need surgery if it is so! She would need to have more detailed tests in the hospital to confirm what I had been infected with. Kindly, they arranged a taxi to bring me to the nearest hospital - Danderdys Sjukhus and from here, the swedish doctors and nurses acted very fast and took great care of me. They were appalled that my body was so weak and immediately started poking catheters into my veins and administering antibiotics intravenously. Blood was drawn (many times) for blood culture to check for infection as well. Fluid was also given iv to replace the large amount of blood lost.
Afterwhich, I was wheeled around for different scans - CT scan in the abdominal area to check for appendicitis and Lung X-ray scan to check for pneumonia. This is all I can remember as I drifted in and out of sleep then, I only know that RJ was always beside me, checking on me to make sure that I am OK. I guess I must have sacred the hell out of him! The doctors insisted that I have to be hospitalised in the renal department so that they have constant supervision on my condition. I was wheeled into ward 71 and the days spent there seems forever. Everyday, I count down to 12 noon which was the official visiting time and listened intently for RJ’s footsteps thumping along the corridor.
Fortunately, I had kidney infection and not appendicitis, so no surgery was required. I was anxious that the fever will not subside and worried that I will not recover in time before my parents' and sis’s arrival. There are so many beautiful things in Sweden that I wanted to show them! Until the last few days, I felt so lonely and depressed in the hospital and I kept pestering the nurses and doctors that I wanted to go home. Luckily, my fever has gone down a bit and he let me go home for one night but wanted me to go back for more blood tests subsequently.
THANKS to the kind nurses of ward 71 for taking such good care of me and of course RJ, sorry for making you worry and I will promise to take care of myself when you return to Singapore. And sorry to family (especially mummy, papa and sis) and friends back in Singapore for making you all worried too, I am fine now so do not worry! Thanks to RJ's mum and dad for the bird nest concentrate and ginseng tea! I will drink them and "bu" my body!
This catheter was attached to my arms constantly so that they can administer the antibiotics intravenously. Not very comfortable!
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