4 July 2007 Wednesday | Five Broken Bones
Cruz:
Still pain…Cheezi:
I know! You pinch your arm. Then your arm pain, you will forget about the pain on your leg!
Cruz:
The stitches which were supposed to melt did not…Mary:
Why? Alamak! You never drink hot water la…
Cruz:
Besides cutting a hole to remove the stitches, they also removed 2 nails.Geraldine:
Remove nails? Why must remove your toenails?Cruz:
The nails inside lah! Not toenails lah!Geraldine:
Oh. Hahahaha.
I suppose a lot of people get very gan jiong before their surgeries. They probably lose some sleep the night before and experience some discomfort over the fasting. I assume most of them arrive at the hospital really early since they can’t sit still at home anyway.
Not the Bai Kah King…
I FORGOT that I was supposed to report two hours in advance.
And so, I made the entire team at the operating theatre very gan jiong when they discovered they had a missing patient. Major reversal there.
The staff at Mount Alvernia’s day ward did their best to prepare me in the shortest possible time. Things weren’t going smoothly at all. The machine indicated that my pulse was 899 beats per minute! Hahaha! The thermometer took ages before registering 36.9. The two nurses were bewildered, “Mr Teng, are you human?”
As I was pushed into the operating theatre, I was calling aloud to everyone (or anyone who bothered to listen), “So sorry, I’m late. Sorry, sorry, sorry…” A very friendly Dr Tan, who administered the anesthesia, assured me that everything was fine despite the half hour delay.
Sure. They could give me a couple of tight slaps once I went unconscious. Hahahaha.
My face was totally scrunched up in pain when I was wheeled out about an hour later.
I vaguely remember someone (a nurse?) asking me if I was Cruz Teng. I think I gave that lady a dazzling smile, complete with dimples for a split second, before continuing to hiss in pain.
Sssttttttt….. Ouch…
I would like to record my appreciation to the staff on duty at Mt Alvernia on Monday. From the male nurse who rushed to assist me the moment I stepped into the lobby with one foot (no more, no less), and the kind people at the day ward and in the operating theatre.
Thanks. 
More than thirty six hours later, the pain has subsided considerably. On a scale of 1 to 10, where a 10 means you’re about to die from the pain, my score has dropped from 7 to 3.
Which means, I should be back on air later this week.
To my listeners, sorry that I seem to be treating my studio like a kopitiam, coming and going as I please.
This operation was initially scheduled to be done on 25/6. I didn’t know it involved so much bleeding and discomfort. It was only after the announcement (that I was returning on the 26/6), that I realised what I had to undergo. And so, I decided to postpone the surgery so that I could fulfill my promise of returning on that day.
And it was also after the 26/6 announcement that the doctor advised an extension of medical leave at least till mid Jul.
But no lah, I’ve got to be responsible to my morning show listeners.
So… Cya later this week. =D
