Its been a bad week

The week has barely started and it has been hassle after hassle. Hmm - they say, that sometimes, you have to get it all out of your system - a cleansing of the negativity.

As I was getting ready to leave for work yesterday, I woke Rowena up, and she just could not wake up. She could hardly open her eyes and was very weak. Then I carried her to the front door, and she sat on the floor, and cried asking me to carry her. So there I was, with my handbag, my gym bag, my lunch pack, Harvynna's bag, Harvynna and I had to carry Rowena all the way to the car. I was annoyed as she was being so dependant. Now I feel bad for feeling that way.

Once we were in the car, Rowena slept off almost immediately. Once we reached the babysitters house, I carried her to the house, and she threw up twice. Then sat there so helplessly. My babysitter knew something was wrong, and gave her some water. She told me she would call me if she got worse.

Just before lunch, I called and she said Rowena had been sleeping since I dropped her - so unlike her, where she does not sit still for one minute. I decided that I have to bring her to a doctor. Of course, both the paeditricians at Damansara Specialist were on leave. (I only trust Dr Musa and Dr Vasantha - the others dont come recommended) What great timing. The paed near my place was on leave a lot lately, so I did not want to go all the way back.

Finally took her to Dr Azam at Pantai Hospital. Again, recommended, for Pantai, see Dr Azam. Since it was almost 1, most of the private clinics would be closed. When we reached there, we had to wait for over an hour, as he was out for lunch. By then, Rowena was back to her usual self. Anyway, the dr mentioned that she had some krepitations in her lungs due to some infection and a very bad, red throat. He was quite surprised that she was still active as most children with the same condition, would be very ill and worn out. He says it would take about 5 days to heal and gave a whole range of medicines. I am quite impressed with Dr Azam - he is really good with kids and explains very well. Dr Musa is very good, but he always seems to be rushing, which can be quite irritating sometimes. Just that, he has a very good hand with kids and can cure any child.

After everything was settled (about 3 hours), I was only too happy to leave. While in the lift, Rowena got really active again, and was pressing the buttons on the lift when............. the door opened and slid right through her hand. My God, her whole hand was stuck between the door and she was screaming. I tried to pull it out but it was stuck. What a child unfriendly lift for a hospital!

Immediately, the nurses came, called security, and everyone came rushing, slowly they got her hand out, there were bruises and cuts, and without asking me, said to rush her to the emergency department to check her hand. The dr and nurses cleaned her wound and said that an xray should be done to check that nothing was broken. Rowena was in shock and kept calling for daddy. Thank God, the xray came out fine but the swelling was still there. What an ordeal for everyone.

This morning, I had a flat tyre. Was wondering why everyone was honking at me. I knew the car felt funny when I took it out this morning. My hubby used my car last night and got a nail in it. So pissed off as I had the girls with me, so I just cant stop anywhere for their safety. Finally slowly made my way to a petrol station in Bangsar and they changed it for me, while the girls sat in the car. Luckily, they were in a good mood. There were some police cars at the petrol station and they came standing around my car making stupid jokes. How annoying!

Harvynna said, 'Ask daddy to use his own car next time'. Yes, well said!!