Weekend at Opah's n Swollen Eyes

We got here yesterday, and we'll be leaving later today...

So soon! Hmm.... We had to... Abah is working tomorrow, and I have to make preparations for this week's meeting with my supervisor. I haven't seen him for a month! So many things had happened... and I am so far behind schedule. I am foreseeing bumpy jurney ahead, with me struggling to complete my phd work on time (well, late... but as expected) and there are a lot of things to cover!

You asked to extend our stay here at Opah's. I am sorry honey, we'll have to do it next time. We'll be here again in two week's time, for Eid Mubarak. Yeay!

By the way, since your school session this recent Friday, i noticed that your eyes get swollen at times. Something must have had triggered it, I am pretty sure that it is an allergy reaction towards something. But I've only been giving you usual things you have no problem taking before... Hmm... I am still investigating... If today your eyes get swollen again, I'll take you to the Doctor.

Tok Ma Fell Sick

The first week of Ramadhan, we were supposed to go back to Mersing to celebrate the holy month with my family. But you caught a flu, and the doctor advised you to stay away from people at least until Saturday. So I asked Wan to postpone the event till the next Saturday. Early Saturday morning, Abah upon knowing that Tok Ma was suffering from stress till her eyes got swollen, decided to bring us all back to KB that very day.

We got there just about time to break the fast. She was okay when we got there. She already went to see the doc and so her eyes were better. Everything was fine until Sunday afternoon, when she fell really2 sick. Abah took her to the GH and the doc ruled out swine flu. So she was prescribed only with the regular medications for flu. But she could barely get up and her conditions were very2 unstable. Her fever subsided and but then rose again. She got very2 weak. Abah took her to a clinic and the doc said that the glucose level in her blood was very high. She has been diabetic for quite sometime now.

But the doc's medication didnt help much. A couple of days later, she had a high fever again, so we took her to KBMC (against her will), where Abah insisted for her to be admitted. The doc there found that that apart from the high sugar, she was also suffering from lung infection.

We were lucky we got there in time. As soon as she was placed in bed, she started shaking so bad due to the infection. They immediately gave her antibiotics, vitamins and pints of water.

She got better, and was discharged 4 days later.

It was the first time I see her in a condition where she was ... so not like her. Spiritless and weak... saying many2 times that it was her time to be with her husband. We were so worried.

Alhamdulillah. She's okay now. Although the day she was discharged she could not stand, or walk - was sleeping most of the time, ate nothing and even if she tried, they'd all come right out a few moments later. Today, when spoke over the phone, she sounded better, stronger.

She sounded like her again.

There are things that learned during the experience. Apart from the medical parts like diabetic condition could get worse if you eat too much or too little, and that local fruits like banana's are a big no-no for diabetic, there are also things like family values and, your values.

There was one time when you had to stay behind with me to be with Tok Ma. You were such a good girl. Any other kids i know would already threw tantrums for not being able to go anywhere thats fun, didnt get to drink your milk, and had to sit 6 hours on the sofa. But you were fine. You walked around the room, exploring the rooms, watching intently the nurses as they tend to Tok Ma, asking questions to understand things that you see, and doing stuffs without bugging Tok Ma or even me.

Tok Ma was proud of you. And you made abah and every uncle and aunty of yours proud. And so beyond words, you made me proud. You always do.

And that's why darling, I love you so...

A Colourful Weekend

Enjoying the last weekend before Ramadhan with Arija's family. At first, we planned to go to the zoo, but after lunch, we decided to try Lake Garden instead. It was a good thing that we did, we didnt know that there were lots and better things to do as a family as compared to the zoo. And we had great fun and wished the day wont end!

Captured above, two pics of you that i love most that day. And of course, you could find more in the album in which, could be accessed through one of the links below.

And i love you so... ;-)