Monday, April 11, 2011

Seeking New Hope in Bangkok 1

Assalamualaikum...

Alahai.. dah lama blog ni tak berupdate kan.. mesti rakan-rakan nak tahu wafiy nyer progress selepas balik dari Bangkok kan? sorry, saya tak dapat nak update atas banyak sebab musabab.
    So ini cerita kami..

    Our first visit to Bangkok was on 5-8 Dec. Wafiy punya appointment sepatutnya on Dec 7th, tetapi sebab Dr. Amnuay perlukan masa yang lebih untuk examine Wafiy, he asked us to come on Dec 6th at 10.00 am. Nak setup appointment dengan Bumrungrad Hospital nih cukup senang sebab bole buat thru online saja. Tak perlu kol berpuluh-puluh kali macam di HKL. Kami naik flight Air Asia ke Bangkok.. masa tuh air asia paling murah sekali.. murah-murah pun xdelah murah sgt.. RM1300++ jugaklah untuk 3 orang.. so hentam sajalah.. hotel pun murah je.. sama macam di Malaysia.. and we pick hotel yang walking distance je dari hospital tuh.. Unico Express Hotel.
    my handsome boys at LCCT



    The first time we step into the hospital, we all felt so impressed. Sangat suka suasana di hospital dan klinik ortopedik.. Cam hotel je hospital nih.. Registration pun senang.. takde banyak songeh minta dokumen itu ini.. staff sungguh profesional.. di klinik, tiada sistem nombor.. kalau nak tahu macammana nurse panggil patient, kat borang patient.. ada gambar patient.. so nurse akan approach direct to the patient based on the photo on the form when his/her turn to see the doctor.. takde jerit-jerit nama cam orang gile.. or bunyi ting-tong-ting-tong bile nombor bertukar..
    Atrium view from Orthopaedic Clinic
     
    Our first appointment dengan Dr.Amnuay went very well. Initially, he explained that he is not an angel.. okay, understood that.. but he would try his best to make Wafiy feel better, to make his feet better..  he was so kind, gentle and explain things in a good manner.. sangat impress dengan perwatakan Dr.Amnuay nih. The way he speaks buatkan kami rasa he really do cares about his patient including Wafiy.. He took about 2 hours to examine wafiy.. he checked x-ray yang kami bawa.. siap ambil video cara wafiy berjalan and moves his feet.. he explained that some of his muscles are weak due to the previous surgeries.. so my husband tanyalah " if he didn't go through all these surgeries, will his feet still can be corrected?" and the doctor reply " Yes, if the doctor who attend to him is an expert".. huhuhu.. sedih rasa hati bila mendengarnya.. kalau ku tahu.. tak perlulah wafiy went though all those surgeries.. then Dr. Amnuay tanya " Is the doctor an expert?" uwaaaaaa!!! manalah saya tahuu... one thing for sure.. Dr. Amnuay kata ini first time dia dapat case CTEV yang dah multiple surgeries.. selalunya, tak perlu surgery pun katanya kalau betul-betul ikut teknik ponseti method.. dia siap warning to his students.. kalau sampai perlu surgery.. bawa patient tu kepada dia..
    Dr.Amnuay tengah cek movement kaki wafiy

    Anyway, on that day.. dia pasangkan cast pada kaki kiri Wafiy.. kemas sungguh cast yg dipasang.. lain caranya kalau nak dibanding semasa di HKL.. Dr. Amnuay kata.. bila nak pasang cast, patient mesti dalam keadaan tenang.. so kalau patient tuh baby lagi.. blum faham apa kita cakap.. patient tu akan diberi sedatif.. tapi sebab wafiy dah besar.. dr.amnuay minta papa dia slow talk and pujuk wafiy supaya calm and tak gerak-gerak masa cast tu dipasang.. kalau tak.. usaha tu sia-sia je sebab doktor nak kena align tulang, muscle, and tendon masa nak pasang cast.. Berbeza di HKL, doktor dan atendan akan tetap pasang walaupun anak kita melalak-lalak dan berguling-guling macam orang gila.. macam Wafiy dulu, sampai 5 orang nak kena pegang.. sampai doktor tu cakap.. "kalau Amir Wafiy nih.. saya charge double untuk pasang cast.. sampai lenguh-lenguh tangan saya pegang kaki dia".. sadis kan.. anyway.. Wafiy relax je masa dr. amnuay pasang cast.. cuma mukanya agak toya.. mungkin dia membayangkan lepas nih susah dah naik beskal sebab tak bole bengkokkan kaki.. pehtu tak bole swimming plak tu.. tapi kami pujuk dan slow talk dengan dia.. and we knew that dia memang faham kenapa dia kena pakai cast.
    Dr. Amnuay tengah pasang cast

    Siap pasang cast, we discussed that we should meet up in 3 weeks time.. kira-kira.. alahai.. tu minggu terakhir cuti.. as a teacher.. minggu terakhir cuti sem adalah minggu paling kritikal.. time tu lah meeting berderet-deret.. dan semua dokumen, perancangan, jadual waktu nak kena siap.. fikir-fikir.. anak punya pasal.. no hal lah.. so we have to come back to Bangkok in 3 weeks time.
    Alalala.. siaaannn wafiy

    we spent the evening and the next day to explore Bangkok.. alang-alang dah sampai sana.. rugilah kalau tak ronda-ronda.. semua shopping mall kami redah.. yang paling femes namanya MBK Mall.. not badlah.. kami pun ada ronda-ronda ke Pratunam, Suan Lum Night market, Siam paragon Mall, Chinatown.. Kami pergi visit Grand Palace.. hoho.. rasa nak tercabut kaki jalan dalam grand palace nih.. wafiy je relax.. sebab dia sentiasa atas stroller.. maklumlah.. kaki sebelah bersimen.. but it didn't stop us to enjoy our time in Bangkok.
    Kat grand palace.. wafiy yang ambil gambar :)

    Happy Wafiy