All Went Well + Makan @ Bluespoon Cafe (Ghim Moh)

Thanks for the prayer cover all! All went well. The wait was unbearable but hey, we're used to it now. While waiting for our turn, Jo's cousin (ah bing) & daughter came by to chat with us since they were in the area. It was good to catch up.

We got started @ 3:30pm instead and the procedure was done quite quickly due to the ever conscientious Dr Richard Yap, a filipino medical oncologist we've been seeing for this. Last time round the attending doc didn't exactly do a great job, but that's ok. Khatija (top right) is an expert at massaging the abdomen to aid the flow of the water.

After plugging Jo (top left) at the lower left abdomen, he let the water flow on its own - about 30 mins later he came by to manually extract the water into the drip bag with a large syringe hooked onto the "tap". This was very efficient although a little tedious (see second & third row pix) and went on for about 15mins until the drip bag was full of 1.1 liters of "yellow stuff".

Julia (senior nurse, top left) came by to plug Jo for the 100ml of Albumin/Protein to aid against the water retention. CS came by with food and prayed with us when we ended @ 5:45pm.

Bluespoon
Block 21 Ghim Moh Road #01-213 (S) 270021
Tel: 6455-6455
Open: 10am to 10pm on weekdays; 9am to 10pm on weekends; closed on Mondays
www.bluespoongourmet.com

The last time we came here, it was closed. Finally we've conquered it! We came here for lunch since the appointment time was about 3:00pm.

This is a quaint little outlet smacked right in the heart of heartlander Ghim Moh estate (directly opposite from the mini bus terminal)...though after serious contemplation, the owner's might have gotten it quite right since this is District 10 and Mt Sinai folks are just round the corner along with lotsa expats...good target market. Bluespoon is actually a restaurant or cafe if you like stocked with a frozen corner serving gourment food. You could take away most of their items on the menu! So what did we have? (Read the reviews from Asiaone)

Jo had her Lampchops (3 pieces for $11.90) and I - the Striploin @ $14.90. Ok to start of with, I didn't like skinny fries unless they're done the Russett Burbank style aka MacDonald's. I felt it was just too skinny and straight off from the supermarket packet. But, hey Jo likes it. :) My Striploin was quite tender but there was a constant mild bitter taste to it which I couldn't place a finger to...was it my numb tongue or what? There was salad and corn on the side too. Jo was ok with the Lambchops though the lamb scent was a little strong. We had coffee and coke with it. Go check it out.