Thursday, November 29, 2007

From hospital to hospital...

Today is a busy day for me, though I was on leave...
Mum's appointment for the gastric test is today, so I went to the hospital with her early morning. Waited about 30 minutes after registration for her turn at the Diagnostic Department. Then the diagnostic specialist came with 4 "bags" (about 3' x 6' in size) and a cup of orrange colour drink. So what mum needs to do is to breath in, hold it for 5 seconds & then blow through a mouth-piece into the "bag". After the first "blow", she has drink the orrange colour drink and wait for 10 minutes before blowing the next bag, then subsequently blow the other bags every 10 mins.

After the "blowing" test, mum's blood was taken for blood test as well. All results will be out next week when we see the doctor on Tuesday. Pray hard that there's no more bacteria in mum's stomach...

We left the hospital at 11am. Mum & I decided to visit hubby's grandma in another hospital... Hubby's grandma was experiencing some chestpain and after being checked by the doc, she was admitted to the hospital yesterday. Her chestpain was caused by minor heart attack! An Angiography has also been arranged for her tomorrow and she seems worried...

What is an Angiography? It is a medical imaging technique in which an X-ray picture is taken to visualize the inner opening of blood filled structures, including arteries, veins and the heart chambers. The X-ray film or image of the blood vessels is called an angiograph, or more commonly known as an angiogram.

According to the doctor, during the angiography, decision will be made whether there's a need for Angioplasty - a mechanical widening of narrowed or totally-obstructed blood vessel.
Hubby & mother-in-law & the whole family are all worried about grandma. I just pray that everything will be alright tomorrow...

4 comments:

Dio Brando said...

will pray for both ur mum and ur grandma...

Daniel said...

don't worry too much... they will be okay. will pray for ur mum n grandma

zewt said...

health problems everywhere... hope your mom and your husband's grandma will be fine.

sharlydia said...

dio & daniel - thx! mum's test results will be out next tue...Hubby's grandma's angiogram was clear, so she was discharged on Friday evening itself...thank God!

zewt - ya somehow recently health issues have been with my family somehow...or mayb like u said, it's everywhere!