H1N1: Episode 4

19th August 2009 (Wednesday) – 20th August 2009 (Thursday)

Confirmed! it wasn’t H1N1. alhamdulillah… It was a severe flu and also some kind of blood infection. that explain ur pale look.

You are also discarded from NICU. Since the single bedded room was full, we took the double bedded. Our room mate’s name was Alisya. She has bronchitis.

HHhhmmm… Mama couldn’t remember much. All i could remember is the nurse come to see u several times… Check ur blood pressure, oxigen, give medicine.

Nurses

There was one time when a middle aged nurse giving u medicine, u cried like she was hurting u. so loud! Then came 2 young indian nurses. The middle aged nurse asked them to play with u for a while while she’s trying to give u all the medication u need. and you were laughing happily. when the young nurses leaving, u try to follow them! one of them teases the other one

“ur boyfriend ah?”

it was quite a funny moment… then the middle aged nurse said…

“clever ah… like this u might get married early. habis la ur mum.. sure cry one…”

ah, the middle aged nurse was the one who gave u bath the second day. she said u didn’t cry at all. mama was not surprised. u like water since birth!

Doctor

the doctor was nice. and she remember u as the crying boy. when she visited u at the ward, she said…

“aaa.. u… i remember u.. u cry so loud….”

and i don’t blame her. u have the loudest cry that mama could remember!

H1N1: Episode 3

“Kak, boleh datang balik NICU tak? Baby nangis tak mau berenti”

“OK. nanti saya datang…”

Mama rushed back to NICU. AYah said he will be coming soon, with the pizza. It seems like u were miles away. i wish i can be right back at NICU in a blink of eyes. if only i could fly…

When i reached there, i could not hear u cry. i saw a nurse was feeing u. aaa… that was the reason u cried. u were hungry. No wonder la. surely u made everyone at NICU in a mess. I had the loudest cry.. hopefully u didn’t wake any of the other baby.

ayah called mama asking what went wrong. mama told everything to him. then both of us went down again to get some dinner. we was not in the mood for dinner but ayah said we need to eat and to gain back our energy. after eating and praying, we went back to NICU. it was a bit hard to get in and out as we need to call for the nurse to open the door.

that night, ayah sleep on the couch outside while mama accompanying u in the NICU. they provided a bed next to u.

u know what sayang? there was a nurse that u prefer the most. mama thinks she is from India because sometimes i had problem to understand what she was talking about (besides my poor english la). when u cried, sometimes u look for her. and there was a time when u cry, mama tried to feed u with my milk (in a bottle of course. u prefer that way since birth), but then u refuse. the nurse said..

“aaa… i know i know…u want this one right?”

then she quickly prepared for S26. and u drank that one. mama was so jelous la..

the nurse likes to chat with u as well. u stay calm when she wrapped u. but then when mama wrapped u, u don’t like. always kodek sana kodek sini… huh! memilih…

H1N1: Episode 2

Mama couldn’t recall what time we reached SJMC. The nurse at SJMC scolded nurse from An Nur because mama was neither on stretcher or wheel chair with u in my arms. I know that it’s very weird carrying Zihni in my arms with the nurse holding ur oxygen tank and we were walking here and there looking for the right place for registration or the NICU. People were looking strangely at us. But mama don’t blame her. I was the one who chooses not to. Mama can still walk. Why should i be on wheel chair. I think it’s much faster walking then relying people to push me.

it then turned out that we are not at the correct building. so we walked to the correct one. aahh.. mama was wearing mask. ayah told me to because of the H1N1 cases. Zihni went straight to the NICU with the nurse along. When u were settling down, the nurse and ambulance driver left. they were so nice. mama thank them a lot.. then they asked mama to go for ur registration.

Luckily i had ur mykid and also ING medical card. the registration went smoothly. then , mama went straight back to NICU.

The doctor was there (i couldn’t recall the name). she told me that u cried so loud. and there’s a nurse entertaining u with a bottle in her hand. luckily u accept S26 milk because all these while u prefer mama’s milk.

The doctor informed that they have taken all ur samples and will informed me when they get the result.

Ayah arrived later.

My heart broke seeing u with wires all around. Ayah advised me to be patient. He took me out for dinner at Domino’s just across the road.

While we were there, i received a phone call from the nurse at NICU. My heart almost stop when they asked me to return to NICU. what went wrong. i left without having my dinner as the pizza was not ready yet. ayah promised to meet me at NICU later.

H1N1: Episode 1

It was back on 18 August 2009, Tuesday…

Morning
Like always, mama prepare u for ur school. Drove u there. U were just like any other day. Nothing unusual.

Afternoon
Teacher called me. BB Zihni temperature is high. The medicine they gave u didn’t work. Mama quickly drove to school. Pick u up.

It was 2pm** when we arrived at Pusat Pakar Kanak-kanak An Nur. Ayah was not there yet. It turned out that the doctor will only be available at 3pm**. We waited outside the clinic. Zihni was so silent. Not like usual.

3pm
They opened the clinic. Though that we were the 1st that arrive, but they cut our line. So, we are the 3rd (or may be 4th) in the list. While waiting for our name to be called, ayah arrived.

OK. Our turn.

Dr Arbaiyah was quite surprise. Zihni was not as usual. So silent. Ur fever is quite high. The Dr asked mama & ayah, which hospital we prefer? Hospital? Zihni will be admitted to hospital. U were suspected for H1N1. Dr decided that Zihni will be going to Subang Jaya Medical Hospital (SJMC). She called her friend and asked he favour to take care of Zihni while u were there.

Then we moved to the emergency unit, next door. They put u on so many wires. Mama could not bare to see Zihni like that. They also put u in head box to supply u with oxygen. U were crying so loud. U refuse ur milk.

i can’t help it. mama almost cry. mama called Mak Lang doctor telling her what had happen. she asked me to be calm and always update her if there’s any new on u…

630pm
We were in the ambulance taking u to the hospital. Ayah followed us in myvi.

** Might be not the exact time