The ‘Medical Institution Hopping Days’

The last twenty-one days had been officially termed the ‘Medical Institution Hopping Days’ by Mummy Eliz.

It all started off with an Emergency Trip to KKH, on a night in the 2nd week of June.

Princess knocked heavily into Prince while fooling around at Cineleisure Orchard. The impact was so great that one of her front tooth knocked badly out of position, almost to the point of dropping out.

Thankfully, the dentist at KKH managed to put it back into position. We were told to minimize all physical activities for 2 weeks in order for the gum to recover.

~ Princess in misery ~

On the second day into our 2 weeks confinement, Mummy Eliz thought, since we are supposed to stay home, we might just as well use this chance to catch up on the kids’ immunization jabs.

Thus Princess got her DPT/Polio Booster Jab in the 3rd week of June.

After Princess’ jab, a doctor check the 2 sebaceous cysts growing on Mummy Eliz’s left buttock, and decided that an excision biopsy would be required as they are growing in size, and causing great discomfort.

A referral was made for Mummy Eliz to seek a second opinion at TTSH.

After seeing the specialist there the following day, the specialist recommended Mummy Eliz to have it removed at the Day Surgery Center at TTSH, and thus a date was fixed.

Prince got his HepB/MMR Jab in the 4th week of June.

Princess had her growth development milestones checkup done while Prince was having his jab. Her check revealed something worrying, her eyesight was not as good as it should be, thus an alarm was triggered.

An appointment was thus made with the Eye Centre at KKH.

In the 4th week of June, Princess had her tooth reviewed by the dentist at School Dental Clinic at Health Promotion Board, and we were told not to let our guard down. The gum might look ok now, but as the basic structure is still weak, there is still a chance we might lose the tooth.

In the last day of June, Mummy had the sebaceous cysts removed, and was given 3 days MC and 7 stitches.

In the first day of July, Princess visited the specialist at the Eye Centre at KKH. The 3 hours long check revealed that her eyeball was oval rather than round, thus increasing her chances of getting astigmatism.

She does not need glasses now [she has 100 degrees of astigmatism in each eye], but if we do not take care, she might need them when she goes to Primary School. A review is needed in 6 months’ time.

In total, we made 7 trips in 21 days, averaging a trip every 3 days to a Medical Institution.

PS:

In the 3rd week of June, the kids’ great-grandma passed away, leaving behind 25 grandkids and 27 great-grandkids. We were saddened by the news, and were there every night of the funeral.