the famous Alor Setar tower
Wow.. did something crazy yesterday. I was in Alor Setar today !! haks.. Well , a friend called me up ( he's workin in N9 ) regarding his mum who's an uncontrolled diabetic. She had left diabetic foot ulcer and had done debridement twice within this two weeks in Hospital Alor Setar. Apparently her left toe had gone gangrene ( black coloured dead cells ) and the doctors there advised for below knee amputation. He did not know what to do so he asked for my advice.. and later asked me to follow him back to Alor Setar last nite... hmmmmm... well i said YES !! hahahaks..
We departed from KL at about 8.30 pm. i didn't know he changed his car to Accord. so the journey was really smooth !!! We arrived at the hospital at about 2.30 am in the morning and went into the ward straight away. His mum was a bit depressed but when she saw her son.. you could see the glitter in her eyes. We were too tired and retired at Seri Malaysia which was near to the hospital.
Visited her again in the morning and saw the wound when the nurses were cleaning it. It was bad and one could see that the gangrenous cells spreading .MY professional opinion ; she really needs the amputation fast before it gets worse.She's not that ill now but her parameters gives a sepsis picture. Being 60++ one would expect her to have some sentimental value; i can imagine. It's not easy to coax and explain the an old lady. It was more of preparing her psychologically rather than speaking in strictly medical terms. It was a bit melancholic when she mentioned..
" kaki che ni jugaklah yang buat cari makan.. besaqkan hang sume... "
Departed from Alor Setar at about 4 pm by bus and arrived home quite late. Well , another day in a doctor's life i guess - contributing and sharing my knowledge wherever.. and whenever i could..
p/s Selangor routed Pahang 4-1 in FA CUP.. damn.. should have gone to the stadium !!
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