The Patient

Date: 3 Aug. 2006, Thursday

At 4 pm today, a hospital staff took my husband away for a kidney biopsy. I felt very uncomfortable waiting. After an hour and a half, he was wheeled back into the ward. He looked like a vegetable to me. My strong and powerful hubby seemed helpless and weak. Even his voice sounded feeble.

The staff, myself and my mom-in-law carefully placed him onto the bed. I was instructed that following the biopsy my husband would be immobile for 12-24 hours. When my son Mi-Kha and mom-in-law had gone home, I got very bored and lonely. I just watched hubby as he slept.

I woke him up when it was time for him to have a meal. I had to spoonfeed him as he couldn't move. He could only lift his head at an angle as I bring the spoon to his mouth so the food wouldn't spill. I asked him whether the food was good,--he grimaced. (hihihi).

Late at night, he needed to empty his bladder. I had to collect his urine for lab test. Since he couldn't sit upright I had to help him pass urine. He had to do it lying down. That was challenging, but I got it done...(yes, I'm very creative...hehehe).

The container was already half-full but he kept going. For a minute, I was afraid that it would overflow. I thought to myself, 'if it were tap I could just turn it off'... (hihihi). Finally, it did stop just before the container got filled to the brim...whewww!

"Now, the lab geeks have more than enough specimen to work with!"

Comments

[Dorothy]

aw! sad naman ako sa state ngayon ni kuya. i can't imagine him sick. i always remember him to be jolly and full of humor.

i pray that he gets well soon.

be strong cuz.

[Raquel]

Thanks, cousin.
He's still weak, but at least
he's got his humor back...^^