Discharged at 6pm today?

Ok we're still here at NUH. Doc had advised us to stay on till this evening to ensure full healing takes place to her thigh.

Jo was wheeled out looking very well since she only on LA. There was a bandage round the right upper thigh near the groin area. Apart from the dye that was infused, some microscopic radioactive beads or spheres were injected. At the end of the day, the scans would map out exactly where her tumours and related blood vessels were, aiding the doctors to direct the radioactive beads to it's target.

No she isn't glowing with Radiation because the amount used is very minute with an approximate effective radii of 2-3 cm only.

A quick summary of what transpired from yesterday till today:

Thursday, 5 October
2:10pm - Jo wheeled into the Op Theatre.

4:00pm - Procedure completed and Jo wheeled out of Op Theatre.

4:10pm - Jo wheeled to the MRI Scan room for further scans. She was placed in between what looked like a huge sandwich maker :) Uncannily we bumped into Audrey (from our Elim SG) who was working in the Radiological department. It was such a Blessing to have met her! She made Jo at ease with the scanning machine and gave us an overview of what kind of scans was being done...that was unfortunately not even mentioned by the doctors... humph! Anyway this was a Gamma Scan to scan her lungs and liver for the flow of the radioactive particles.

There's alot to be mentioned about bedside manners in our local hospitals I must say: On each of the 2 occasions the hoarde of doctors that have swamped into Jo's room, NONE of them had even identified themselves! I guess we were expected to peer at their tiny size 8 font details on their hospital identification cards bobbing on their moving bodies.

6:00pm - Back to our lovely Ward 62A. By then her bum and back was quite sore as she'd being lying in the same position for nearly 6 hours without changing at all.

6:30pm - A doctor came by trying to chart her family tree for research purposes.

7:00 - 10pm - We were having dinner "part 1" when she said that she wanted Crayfish Pasta from The Coffee Connection. Thanks Sam and Serene for going out of your way to get this for us! Pasta has been Jo's all time fav foods for "all seasons." Boy, did her appetite come back! She later had Delifrance peach tart for supper and finished it too!

Friday, 6th October
Doctors came by at 1045am and told us that it was better for her to stay till 6pm to ensure full healing.