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

 

Seeking New Hope

For the past 2 weeks, i've been communicating with a doctor from Bangkok regarding wafiy's case. Her name is Dr.Amnuay Jirasirikul and he is a certified Ponseti method to treat clubfoot. I got his email from a blog (clubfootmalaysia.blogspot.com). The author, Ina has a daughter with unilateral clubfoot (means only one foot is affected) and received treatment from Dr.Amnuay and the result sounds promising.

So, I thought why don't I just give it a try. Moreover, I intend to seek for a second opinion regarding wafiy's condition, so why not asking the right person. Therefore, I sent an email, expain in details wafiy's foot condition, his treatment and surgical history, photos of his foot.. and how much we need his expert opinion and how much we hope to see wafiy's foot to be normal but not through another agonizing and depressing surgery.

To my surprised, after few hours, he replied my email and asking for a video of wafiy's walking.. okay.. that's a good sign.. he shows some interest.. So right away, I sent the video clip.. The next day, he came out with a plan on how he would take care of wafiy.

ding!ding!ding!.. it's a new hope for us.. :)

From his email, he wants us to meet him in Bangkok. We are sooooo excited.. However, I have my own concern.. nothing else than $$$$$$$$$$..
First, there's the flight tickets (at least 4 round trip tickets for 3 of us since both of his feet need to be recast biweekly).
Second, the accomodation (need to sleep somewhere for sure).
Third, the medical fees.

So, I mentioned to Dr.Amnuay regarding my concern. Rasa terharu sangat2 bila dia reply suruh we all just book flight tickets and he will take care of the rest.. memula sounds macam fishy, sebab tak pernah jumpa doktor akan cakap macam ni, but later i realize.. this doctor actually has a pure heart and sangat caring to help his patient. He even invited us to stay at his condo for free of charge.. alahai!.. adeker org lain nak buat macam ni.. dahla kita nih dikira sbg strangers kan.. sebab tak pernah jumpa pun lagi.. tapi dia sungguh baik hati nak offer tempat tinggal dia.. tp we all just book hotel room sebab since sekrg cuti sekolah.. bolela ronda2 bangkok.. nxt time, bolela jimat2 stay kt rumah dia sahaja.. 

Lepas discuss dengan husband, we decided to fly to Bangkok this Sunday, Dec 5th. And our appointment will be on Tuesday, Dec 7th at Bumrungrad Hospital. Because of that, I have to cut short my initial plan to take care of my mother for another week. hari isnin petang dah drive balik semula ke manjung ditemankan heroku ini, wafiy. Haritu tuk dan wan (belah papa dia) ambil dia dari manjung dan bawak balik kl. So terpaksa la angkut dia semula balik manjung to prepare the papers.

So we are all set. Can't wait to see Dr.Amnuay soon. Hope for the best. Pray for our safe trip.

MMS Family Day dan Idea Gile

Owhh.. ini cerita weekend lepas lepas. My husband's section (mill maintenance section) organized family day at Taman Rekreasi Allagar, Trong. Setelah bertahun-tahun secara rasmi menjadi isteri seorang staf tnb... inilah first time dapat join family day... kalau last year, mereka buat hari sabtu. kebetulan sekolah ganti. tak dapat nk ikut.. the year before, tengah kursus di jb.. lagila x bole nak ikut. the year before that.. ada di kl.. pun x bole join jugak...

                                        

taman rekreasi allagar nih kalau dari seri manjung adalah dalam 45 minit drive nak ke tempat tu. memula tuh cam suspen la jugak sebab dahla takde signboard, pastuh kena masuk dalam estet kelapa sawit. Tapi bila sampai tempat rekreasi tuh, kami macam waaaahhhhhhh..... syok jugak tempat nih. tempat nak mandi manda pun sesuai untuk pelbagai lapisan umur. tebing nyer pun luas.. senang nak parking dan dekat je dengan air sungai. tempatnye pun agak bersih.. mungkin sebab tak ramai sangat pengunjung since tempat tu agak outback.. memang bole masuk list tempat beristirehat kami di hari minggu.. hehe

So i took this opportunity to know anak-anak buah my husband and the wifeys. ye lah.. tak semua slalu jumpa.. On that day, aktiviti makan-makan adalah perkara wajib.. barbeque lagik.. acara sukaneka.. dan semestinya acara mandi manda.. kesian all the wifeys.. terpaksa berusaha memujuk anak-anak yang sudah tidak sabar nak terjun ke dalam sungai sementara menunggu acara sukaneka tamat.. including me.. dahla wafiy dah siap pakai swimming suit dari rumah tuu.. selang 5 min.. dia cakap.. "mama.. nak swimming". haha.. fenin dibuatnye.

We start early in the morning and habis dlm around 2.30 pm. we didn't come back empty handed. I won first place for acara masukkan benang ke dalam jarum.. haha.. dah agak memang bole menang.. mane taknye.. hari-hari mengajar budak jahit cross-stitch. my husband felt little bit disappointed. his favorite acara lari mengundur tidak dipertandingkan.. it's ok honey.. maybe next year k.

Since Trong memang dah dekat sangat dengan Taiping, on the way back.. we decided to head up to Taiping.. maybe bole pegi makan-makan yong tau fu kat bomba. but when we almost reached tol changkat jering, my husband asked " nak pegi Taiping ke Penang?".. i was like "huh?gi penang pun best jugak nih!" "So, nak pegi Penang ke Taiping?" "Kita toss coin lah. haha. Tapi aza rasa cam nak gi penang lah." hahahaha... so instead of we going straight to Taiping, my husband turn left.. right into the toll house... and wallaa... we are on our way to Penang with only our wet clothes in our bag.. tak ke kerja gile namenye.. hahahahhaha! but.. that's us!

Finally, we reached Penang sehelai sepinggang due to our crazy idea.. and we decided to spend the night there. So malam tu.. kami shopping spree baju luar dan dalam untuk dipakai esoknya... kekeke.. tapi kesian wafiy.. dalam kereta dia cakap " mama beli baju ye.. papa pun beli baju.. baju wafiy?".. opppsss... kami syok sangat beli baju sendiri sampai terlupa baju anak.. hahaha.. baju wafiy esok jelah ye.. lagipun mama bawa baju wafiy lebih.

Esoknya, kami beli jeruk dan pusing satu pulau.. dah lama tak ronda-ronda kat penang.. asyik pegi shopping mall je.. so this time, kami tak pegi shopping mall.. tapi pusing satu pulau.. dari georgetown ke batu feringgi ke balik pulau ke bayan lepas.. dan singgah la jugak ke BJ mall sebab nak cuci mata hilangkan ngantuk.

Well, ini bukan kali pertama buat idea gila-gila macam nih.. setiap kali weekend.. i always need to be prepared.. kang adela tuh.. yang jom pegi sana.. jom pegi sini.. walaupun penat.. tapi berbaloi-baloi.. sebab dapat spend quality time with my husband and wafiy. Moreover, we both love to travel.. so pegi mana-mana pun.. ON ajer.. hehe

Weekend Getaway - Copthorne Orchid Hotel

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Peace!! wafiy and mama aza swimming. lupa nak bawak swimming cap.. terpaksalah pakai tudung je.

The pool is shaded by the hotel building. Nice! kurang sket sunburn. Kalau tengok bebetul gambar tu ada mat dan minah saleh kat blakang tu tgh berjemur.

wafiy and mama Aza on ferry. wafiy tgh senyum colgate.

Wafiy and papa awin on ferry. Masing-masing membesar bagai johan.

 Last weekend, my dear husband ajak pergi berilek-rilek di Penang. Sape x nak kan.. sure on! So we decided to stay one night at Copthorne Orchid Hotel at Tanjung Bungah. memang syiokkk! sampai-sampai je.. rehat kejap dan terus bersantai-santai dan berenang di swimming pool. Hotel tu pun ada private beach yg bersih. Banyak foreigners stay kt situ.

Hotel Copthorne Orchid nih memang highly recommended lah. The price is reasonable and the facilities are good. Next time, kalau kami pergi Penang lagi, dah x payah pening2 cari hotel, memang kami akan pilih hotel nih. 

Thanks to my dear husband yg bawak kami jalan-jalan. I guess he wants to make up to us since he had to work on the weekend before. Kami memang rasa seronok bangat!