Tuesday, October 16, 2007
its tuesday(duh like you all don know??) haha...relaz...the day started off nicely..i went to school i saw Shikin and Nien Tien, i greeted them....then soon the class started coming in...the facilitator came to the class and released the problem statement and rearranged the groups. the faci told us to do the FMT first..while doing the FMT she assured us saying that the problem statement is easy to deal with and it is a relief from the normal rountin of DNA. everyone was happy about this. we have dealt with DNA almost every week and we are a bit getting tired of it. I am definatly getting tired of it. now it is a new topic which is going to be interesting.....after the class discussion of the FMT, she gave us the first break out....my group decided to go to the library to borrow some books which would be helpful for the ppt later on....even though we have internet research...we find the books to be more better and reliable than the internet.......we were borrowing when one of my team member Zhi Ping has to go to the library counter regarding his card.....he told us to go to class first but we thought we want to go together back....then while walking i was looking at Eugena's book which she said is very good in explaining the Immunology...she said it is good for UT...i was looking at the book while walking down the stairs....
then SUDDENLY, i missed my footing and fell the stairs...it was a really bad fall for me...i was not able to focus on anything...my focus was on my pain near the ankle and i could not stop crying...it was really, really and really painful.... (if given 0 - 10 to deciribe the pain i would put it 9..) it was really painful...i didn't care about the surrounding i was and i kept holding my leg and cried a lot. then my friends came...they thought i just fell but i guess they didn't know that i badly sprain my ankle. then after that, soon they realised that i sprain my leg badly and was not able to move the leg. Skikin was comforting me and Eugena was shocked i guess. MM and Zhi Ping were shocked as well. then they tried to contact the librarien to get some help...when all this was happening, Ee Jia saw me and quickly called Nisha...Nisha came down thinking it was a prank or something...when she was there she examined the leg and then called Gurveen and it is not advisable to move....the librarian alert the security and they were on their way to the library. someone suggested that i should be brought down so that it would be easier for the wheel chair to go.... Zhi Ping agreed to piggyback me and go down...but it was not easy...therefore, we didn't carry out the plan...we waited for the wheel chair to arrive but the pain was killing me...moving was even worst...i was not able to move my leg but can winkle my toes and feel it....it was a good sign that i didn't break my leg....then the security guards arrived...they brought the wheel chair and made me sit in it...when i was sitting in the wheel chair i was really scared... i was wondering how are they going to bring me down.....gosh it is scary....then everyone helped to carry one part of the wheelchair and they brought me down...wow that was really scary...already it was painful and it was scary coming down the stairs....then the security gurads were taking my particulars while pushing me to the RPC...we were waiting for the ambulance...while the ambulance was on its way.. my friends went to get my bags and the security officers were comforting me all the while saying that it is going to be ok...without me realising it...my hands were shaking...i think it is the after effect of a sudden shock and pain...the pain was still there...
when the ambulance arrived the paramedic was examining my ankle and assured me...then i was sent to the NUH...there i was given the pain killer to suppress my pain...well it did after sometime....down there...i met "weird" people... even though i am in pain...i was able to absorb what is happening beside me...there was this old man being very impatient...he wants the bed to lay but the bed is not cleared yet and the nurse is trying her best to accompdiate everyone...then when the bed is done...he requested for food.. then the student nurses helped him to get the food and when the food arrived after sometime...he wants it to be hot...then after making it hot....he wants straw to sip the milo...so demanding and yet the nurses were very patient to him...being in that room...i really saw different kinds of people with different attitudes....they all want the nurse to serve them and the nurse are serving them with a happy smile all the time...they did not complain once...esp towards the old man who was demanding...plus the nurses were providing care and showed concern to acknowledge the patients...then it was time for my X-ray...it was done very fast....then it was sent to examination...within 1 hour the doctor came and said that i do not have any fracture but it is a terrible sprain and it swell a lot...he referred me to a specialist and put me in clucthes..
then i waited for my mom and the clucthes to arrive... when the clucthes arrived...i was not in much pain as before but i cannot bend my leg...it is still twisted....finally when the clucthes came...the head nurse was looking at me and then at the clucthes...then he looked at me and then again at the clucthes....he quickly went to the staff nurse and whispered something to her....then the staff nurse look at me and then the clucthes and then at me again...they quickly asked the student nurses to do something... then one of the student nurse came to me and asked for my height...only then i realised they were confused on the clucthes as it was too tall for me...(hillaries now i think of it)....then they went to get me a shorter clucthes...but when they got that clucthes and matched it with my height, i was still short...the handle was higher than my shoulders.....they have to go for another shorter clucthes....but when they checked their stocks...they didn have clucthes for my height...they quickly ordered it and want it to be delivered asap...after 1 hour of waiting the clucthes arrived...it was the shortest one...even though it is the when it arrived...the nurse match it to my height and then adjust it even lower...(i am too short)...he said this is the shortest they have!!
after receiving my clucthes finally....i was wheeled outside and my mom took over from there...my mom was in a panic state....she wheeled me to the taxi and carefully made me sit in the taxi.. then in the taxi she told me what happened....
when she was in the break..she called my dad and my dad told her that i accidently fell...then from this she had a miscommunication...she heard the word "accident"...she immediately cried thinking that i was knock down by a car and in a serious condition. she applied for half-dayand rushed to the hospital....only went she arrived at the hospital she realised that i sprain my leg by falling off the stairs...she said was really scared and started crying....GOSH...communication break down!!!!!