The day I was overwhelmed (Back Dated)

7 Jun 09
Dad went to see the specialist in regards to his bloated stomach

8 Jul 09
He is extremely discomfort, brother and mum sent him to emergency where he is admitted. We were
told his white blood count is high which reason that he is fighting some kind of infection but we have to
wait for the doctor to tell us after they studied his case report.

9 Jul 09
He was sent for a CT scan. By late evening we met the doctor, he told us there’s a tumor in his
intestine which blocked the entire intestine and that explained why his stomach bloated because he
could not pass out any stools. In another words, what is inside the stomach are the dirty stuffs. Bad
news followed. It is a stage 4 and spread to the liver.

I prepared myself for the worst but still it was abit hard to digest the news.
Reality is cruel.

10 Jul 09
Doctor said they have to operate on him to ease the bloated stomach.It was done in the afternoon 3pm.

It was not successful. By 6pm we were told that a second operation is necessary and its an emergency operation which will be scheduled late at night 1am or later.

11 Jul 09
4.30am, hospital called that operation is scheduled and dad was wheeled to the OT.
10.30am, we reached the hospital, dad was warded to ICU for further observation. He looked well and said he felt better.

12 Jul 09
Around 10.30pm, we met the doctor, Dean Koh. He was visiting my dad and checking out his
condition. He told us the operation was successful and go as planned. After dad recovered from the
operation, he will be put on chemotheraphy.
We asked him is this disease aggressive, he could not give us a definite answer as he said he have
different patients reacting differently to the treatment. He told us that its stage 4, the aim now is to
control the spread and not talking about curing.

Trust me, we all know very well.
Jun 2007, we were told the same thing when granny was diagnosed. We know better than anyone else what we will be going through.

13 Jul 09
Visited dad in the evening, he looked tired and had slight fever. But other than that, he is
pretty ok


It is just seven days but it seemed a great deal of time. I am taking things as it comes, step by step.
Staying positive is important, getting prepared is essential.

Right now, I prayed for the best.