Raikannya...

Sekarang ni semua sambutan pun hendak dikontroversikan.Hari ibu...biar siapa yang memulakan sambutannya,ia tetap sesuatu yang baik.Biarpun ia menjadi satu sambutan yang konvensional,masih ramai di luar sana yang lupa akan ibu mereka serta tidak menghargai jasa mereka.

Sambutlah hari ibu pada hari ini mahupun hari-hari lain sekalipun asalkan dengan cara yang dibenarkan syarak.Ikhlaskan hati menyayangi ibu...
Hargailah ibu selagi nyawa dikandung badan...




Selamat hari ibu,mak
Selamat hari lahir keempat Aliff Zikry

Alhamdulillah dinner bersama abang long sekeluarga.Pertama kali rasa Sup Hameed.(nama saja orang Penang).Memang terbaik!!!

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Resting is the best Remedy

People said laughter is the best medicine. I don't quite agree.
After a week of hectic activities, eventually I was down with fever and flu, just before my presentation.

Last week we went hunting. We made ourselves an instant organizer.After work, Cyn and I went up and down looking frantically for a venue for our event.All sorts of hotels and apartments we went through. Finally on Wednesday, Allah destined us to go to the northern most of Penang - Perkampungan Nelayan Teluk Bahang, near Taman Negara, also known as the end of the world. We found this chalet with reasonable price and needed services.We were thankful and very happy.Alhamdulillah, our hunting came to an end. That time it was already Maghrib, so Cyn dropped me at surau hospital before we headed to the shopping mall to buy equipment for the props, games and gift.I had to take over the driving as Cyn was too hungry to drive. Actually both of us were starving as we only had light lunch earlier.

On Friday, right after work, we traveled again to the shopping mall for our last shopping. We got all the materials, but we did not have enough man power and time! I went home feeling so tired...only the next morning I started doing our props...Got help from Kris in the afternoon when we met at Cyn's house.At 3 pm, the event finally started...one hour delayed from the tentative.

It started with 5 girls, followed by the other 4 who later joined us at the chalet. The chalet was nice with beautiful view by the sea but with no tap water flowing..so they upgraded our rooms into a single family room which nicely accommodate all of us. That night we had good BBQ food - chicken, fish, sausages and nuggets. We went for a walk along the jetty at 10pm..and came back realizing that we still have some left overs..so instead of bloating our stomach or throwing them away, we decided to give to the locals..and they accepted happily.

Looking at the sea...under the full moon made me feel sooo small. Allah created the whole universe perfectly..the smell of the sea is so unique...the floating boats ...the breeze...the wave...Subhanallah...Looking at the environment made you feel closer to Him..
We had a paltalk about what if we were born as a fisherman's daughter, is our life different?

We returned to our room nearly midnight. I wasn't thinking of anything else other than sleep, because the next day was my first call in the new ward.What a waste, I miss my time with them..I would have stayed up overnight if I wasn't oncall the next day...

Woke up early in the morning just to miss the sunrise as I had to sent Sha back to work and I myself wanted to go home before returning to work later in the afternoon. Suddenly it rained so heavily...cars went very slow...

Bad call...once I stepped into the ward, my colleague told me that 2 patients collapsed. I knew it was going to be hard..the MO oncall was the jonah one...One of the patient did not survive...we resuscitated her for one hour.I even sprained my wrist during the CPR.Poor 78 year old lady...died 2 days post bipolar hemiarthroplasty.I only had my LUNCH at 9 pm...and only slept for 2 hours...

Tuesday...here comes fever and flu...I was really unwell that day..need to prepare two presentations..
Wednesday..I presented about wrist block, ankle block and Bier's block during HO teaching, followed by mortality review. I really have got no energy to speak out loud...apologise to my listeners. In the afternoon, I had a sudden throbbing headache which made me lost focus during rounds..I ended up taking paracetamol with tap water...Went back and sleep the whole night like nobody business...

Alhamdulillah...resting is the best remedy...all I need is just some rest..now I am much better, with full energy..and I should now start cleaning my room and counting our expenses for the event...

Thank you Allah

Happy first anniversary to my beautiful red car.. and one year 10 months for my red scooter :)

Four

1. Labour day today!!!Finally I got a day leave after working non-stop for two weeks plus, and tomorrow I'm going back to the busy ward after a month at periphery.

2. Went to check out venues for our event this weekend. Mission not accomplish yet.It has been so long since I last organize an event. Now I'm thinking of doing something special for Mother's day soon.InsyaAllah.

3. Yesterday, Aliff Zikry turned 4 years! Unfortunately we couldn't meet due to technical problems.

4. I realized that Proton and Perodua have lost their Malaysian identity.It used to be Saga, Wira, Kancil, Kelisa...now? Preve, Viva...all borrowed words from overseas.Our kementerian kebudayaan dan kesenian doesn't realize this? Tun Mahathir doesn't feel sad? The most beautiful national car for me is Proton Inspira, because the design looks like Mitsubishi!!!In other words, I'll buy Mitsubishi rather than Proton.

Dia Pergi Jua

Jika hati tidak tahan untuk melihat kesengsaraan dan kematian, usahlah bekerja di hospital. Di sini, manusia datang dan pergi. Ada yang pergi dengan kesihatan yang kembali, ada pula yang pergi terus menghadap Ilahi.

Ketika di Haematologi dahulu, pesakit inilah yang paling payah untuk diuruskan.Terlalu banyak dugaan menimpanya.Bermula daripada mediastinal mass, dia kemudian disahkan menghidap acute myeloid leukaemia.Allah Maha Besar. Diujinya sedemikian rupa. Dia baru sahaja mendapat cahaya mata pertama pada usia 21 tahun.Isteri pun masih dalam pantang lagi. Namun anak kecil itu tersisih jauh daripada hidupnya.Lahir tanpa bapa di sisi.

Pada waktu itu, dia memerlukan bantuan high flow oxygen.Namun masih ceria dan alert.Isterinya menemani setiap malam selepas habis tempoh berpantang.Malam-malam yang dilalui dengan kepayahan, hanya sesekali melelapkan mata, itupun dalam keadaan duduk ke depan.Lama-lama kemudian dia memakai BIPAP pula, disusuli oleh komplikasi pneumothorax.Cubaan untuk memasukkan chest tube gagal dek fizikalnya yang besar, walaupun pakar yang melakukannya.Lalu dipanggil yang lebih pakar, cardiothoracic team. Chest team dan radiologist juga dilibatkan, namun tiada kejayaan.

Dia dibawa ke dewan bedah untuk prosedur yang lebih teliti.Beberapa hari di wad, dia kelihatan semakin baik.Namun ia tidak berpanjangan.Akhirnya dia tenat, lalu dimasukkan ke GICU.Lama dia di sana, aku sempat melawatnya pada hari-hari terakhirku di unit tersebut.Akhirnya dipindahkan pula ke wad cardiothoracic.Dan semalam, keluarganya meminta AOR discharge ke rumah, yang hanya memberinya lima minit sebelum menghembuskan nafas yang terakhir.

Daripada Allah kita datang, kepada Allah kita kembali.Aku sangat terkesan oleh berita pemergiannya.Mengenangkan betapa sukarnya untuk menguruskannya dahulu, daripada blood taking hinggalah maintaining SPO2.Aku lihatnya di GICU, daripada intubated dan unconscious, kepada alert and stable.Aku lihat sendiri isterinya yang amat muda menyorong bayi kecilnya yang sungguh comel.Aku berada dalam situasi di mana ibunya pernah meminta untuk AOR discharge tatkala dia mula tenat di wad dahulu.Aku pernah menyimpan segunung harapan agar chemotherapy yang dilaluinya dapat mengecutkan tumour itu dan pembedahan dapat dijalankan untuk kesembuhan yang penuh.

Itu semua hanya tinggal harapan.Dia pergi semalam, insyaAllah dalam keadaan baik...meninggalkan dunia dan segala-galanya.Al-Fatihah.

Pasca Gempa Bumi

Subhanallah Alhamdulillah Allahuakbar

Dua gegaran dirasai oleh rakyat Malaysia ketika gempa bumi di Acheh Rabu lalu. Ramai yang panik, ramai yang takut, ramai yang gelisah dan tak kurang ramai yang bersiap-sedia menghadapi sebarang kemungkinan.

Bencana alam bisa mengeratkan hubungan sesama manusia. Manusia bimbang akan keselamatan orang yang dikasihi dan lebih menghargai antara satu sama lain. Abang long called, YB called, aku called mak, mak pun called balik, aku dan ayah berbincang berkenaan contingency plan jika tsunami melanda, manakala rakan-rakan sekerjaku tak putus-putus called bertanya khabarku. Mereka siap offer rumah mereka andai aku perlu berpindah.

Bencana alam bisa mengingatkan kita betapa hampirnya kita dengan kematian. Sehari pasca gempa itu, aku berbicara dengan MA dan PPK pada malam oncall. Apakah perkara pertama yang kita buat pada waktu gempa itu? PPK menjawab, "mengucap dan istighfar". MA bertanya, "jika tak sempat, bagaimana?". PPK menjawab," jika kita sempat sedar bahawa bencana sedang berlaku, maka kita sempat untuk sekurang-kurangnya mengucap dan beristighfar."

Itu sekecil-kecil perkara yang kita boleh buat, tapi itulah sebesar-besar nilai kita sebagai hamba Allah. Ingat kepada Allah.

Tahniah diucapkan kepada pihak berkuasa serta kerajaan negeri yang begitu cepat menjaga keselamatan awam. Siren dan pengumuman terdengar di mana-mana, kenderaan peronda sentiasa menjaga kawasan pantai serta mengarahkan orang ramai beredar jauh dari pantai. Pada malamnya (tsunami diramalkan berlaku pada 9 malam Rabu itu), pihak berkuasa datang menutup jalan ke kawasan pantai. Kedai makan berhampiran rumahku juga diarahkan tutup. Orang ramai yang berjalan kaki juga dinasihatkan pergi ke tempat lain (mesti mereka tidak tahu pasal tsunami alert itu, masih mahu berjalan ke arah pantai).Semestinya prevention is better than cure.

Semoga semua kita mengambil iktibar daripada bencana alam itu. Peringatan untuk diri sendiri terutamanya.

REUNITED

Kami terbang ke Ireland pada tahun yang sama,namun cuma lebih rapat pada tahun kedua di sana. Kami pernah menjadi housemate sebentar. Dia berkahwin dan dikurniakan anak yang comel, buat penyeri diriku juga :) Alhamdulillah petang tadi sempat bertemu semula Kak Asma', Hafiy dan Fairuz, yang telah pun pulang ke Malaysia for good dua minggu lepas. Dah dua tahun setengah Hafiy tu. Anak yang cerdas, cergas dan disenangi ramai. Acik sayang Hafiy.InsyaAllah, nanti kita ketemu lagi.

GEMPA BUMI

Allah Maha Besar...
Tak sangka gegaran yang kurasai sebentar tadi benar-benar adalah gempa bumi magnitud 8.9 yang berlaku di Acheh. Amaran tsunami juga telah dikeluarkan. Semoga selamat saudara-saudara di sana.

Aku sedang berbaring di atas katil sambil menghadap laptop apabila gegaran itu kurasai. Aku ingatkan ada lori besar tengah lalu di jalan, tapi tak dengar bunyi bising pulak. Aku tengok rak kain bajuku juga bergegar semacam. Lama pula tu. Ada makhluk apa pula bawah katilku? Takkanlah jiranku buat sesuatu sampai bergegar bilikku? Aku tengok katilku tiada contact pun dengan dinding. Kenapa bergegar?

Rupa-rupanya memang ada earthquake...rasanya ini pertama kali aku merasai gegarannya. Aku tengok kipas berdiri tu pun bergoyang. Segera aku bangun tutup kipas, ambil handphone dan bergegas keluar dari bilik.Telefon rumah berdering. Abang long called untuk inform pasal gempa ni. Dia pun rasa. Katanya orang ramai di Jusco bertempiaran lari.

Dahulu masa tsunami 2004, abanglah yang paling trauma, sebab dia lihat sendiri ombak tsunami tu datang melalui parit besar di belakang rumahku yang bersambung dengan laut. Abang long juga lihat seekor kucing tergelincir ke dalam parit tu lalu hanyut dibawa arus deras. Seluruh halaman rumah kami, termasuk kawasan jalan yang lebih tinggi ditenggelami lumpur yang dibawa oleh arus tsunami. Abang long lah yang memekik memanggil mak untuk keluar dari rumah. Semua mereka berkumpul di atas kaki lima. Tiga hari pihak bomba mencuci jalanraya yang penuh dengan lumpur pekat tu.Tiga hari juga abang long tidur di ruang tamu kerana mahu bersiap sedia andai tsunami berulang.

Ketika itu aku berada di perantauan...secara fizikalnya tidak terjejas langsung oleh bencana itu. Aku lihat di siaran Sky news ada berita pasal Sri Langka, namun aku tak sangka ia juga melibatkan Malaysia, sampailah rakanku di Penang menghantar SMS berkenaan beberapa kematian di pantai Batu Ferringhi..barulah aku menelefon ke rumah. Saat itu keadaan sudah reda, semua orang sudah kembali ke rumah masing-masing. Mak tak putus-putus menjawab panggilan telefon daripada sanak -saudara dan kenalan yang bimbang akan keselamatan kami...kerana rumah kami berhampiran dengan pantai.

Alhamdulillah keluargaku selamat...
Saat ini ketika aku menulis, terdengar siren daripada pihak berkuasa yang memberi amaran untuk menjauhi kawasan pantai. Aku menjengah juga ke parit di belakang rumahku itu, mana tahu jika ada tanda-tanda tsunami...

Jalan raya begitu sesak..harap-harap semua orang tahu perkembangan ini..pulanglah ke pangkuan keluarga masing-masing dan jauhi kawasan yang berisiko.Semoga selamat semuanya.

Hari ini hari lahir YB.
Hari ini hari pertabalan Yang Di Pertuan Agong.
Hari ini ada gempa bumi.

p/s aku lihat di Twitter, BBC News (Europe) dah dua kali update pasal Tsunami di Acheh, Utusan (Asia/Malaysia) membisu saja?

A Journey of a Meaningful Day

Woke up in the morning with runny nose. Flu-like symptoms since yesterday. Have to go back to work after two days weekend break. Received a phone call while driving the car, saying that I have to help review patients in Medical ward. Fine. No big deal. Joined the morning pass over.

Indication for intubation: 3CAR
1. Cerebral protection
2. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
3. Critically ill patient
4. Airway protection
5. Respiratory failure

POP duty today. Joined the busy clinic.A patient's son (not the one I attended) simply decided to become rude and argued with the nurse. Serve you right ( statement for the nurse). When Cynthia and I was new to the clinic, we did feel annoyed when the nurse kept calling patients in even though we haven't finish dealing with the previous patients. Cynthia did ask the nurse,"Do you like it if you are being called in but then have to wait and stand in the busy clinic because the doctor is seeing other patients?" The nurse did not reply and she kept calling patient in earlier than she should. Hah, today, she received the reward. She called the wheelchaired patient in when there was no empty seat yet. Who wouldn't feel angry and hot tempered when you have to push your dad in a wheelchair and stood there waiting like a fool? So the man argued with the nurse, he tried to cool down, but his ego was just too high.They settled it somehow. At the end of the clinic, the nurse came to me and cried on my shoulder. Hmmm. Moral of the story? Even though you are more senior than others in certain places, you could just listen and respect other people's opinion and ...be more considerate about privacy.Let patient wait outside, sitting on chairs rather than standing inside and blocking other people's way.

It was raining during lunch time.Five of us got together, bringing up old stories on how we met each other.Can't believe that we are all in our 5th posting already.

Rounds...I joined the surgical medical block today. Not many patients but have to travel to different wards.Did two wound debridement..the smell was untolerable.At 7pm, I was still in the ward. Had to rush for tonight's plan.

Rushed to meet a sister in the mall. It was our first meeting...but she seems so friendly with the salam and cheek kisses.Nice lady, making me wanna have a sister.(Since my sisters in law don't really act like one). Rushed back home. Ayah and mak were waiting. They dressed nicely. Had dinner at Gelugor to celebrate mak's 54th birthday. Happy birthday mak!!! Abang called on Aliff's behalf when we were eating. Aliff wanted to ask for his grandmother's birthday cake. So cute. If you want, ask your ayah to bring you home.Went home and cut the cake. Ayah bought a vanilla cake so that he also can have a piece of it.Its a small cake, enough for the three of us :) 2nd April...mak's birthday...

Now the chlorpheniramine is taking its effect.To be continued.

p/s pelanggan yang sukar sudah AOR discharge !!!