Sherilyn took the 8.47 am ETS train to Ipoh today. It’s the first time that she made a trip to Ipoh without her parents and sisters. Her grandaunt followed her back but she’ll be alone when she takes the return trip back to KL. It’s also the first time in 2 years 7 months that she’s gone back to Ipoh to visit her grandparents, no thanks to Covid.
Cass and I are unable to make this trip back to Ipoh as Cass has an MRU (Magnetic Resonance Urography) procedure at HKL on Thursday. MRU is a type of MRI exam that uses contrast material to evaluate and detect blood in the urine, kidney or bladder stones, and cancer in the urinary tract. It’s her third time going through an MRU as the previous two scans didn’t yield 100% crystal clear images. The previous two reports state that there’s likely an ectopic ureter but images of where the said ureter exits to cannot be seen clearly, most likely caused by adhesions from her previous two abdomen surgeries performed when she was a 13-month old baby.
Cass and I went to HKL yesterday to have a pre-admission Covid swab test. It was Cass’ third time going through this unpleasant test and my first experience. I thought that the swab test was only for Cass as she’ll be going into the imaging room but when the staff told me that I had to get the swab test done too since I was accompanying Cass into the ward, I panicked! Oh no no no! I thought I could avoid doing the nasty swab test (since we now have self-test kits) but I couldn’t escape it.
So no choice, do lor 🥶.
The throat swab wasn’t that bad (as the swab wasn’t very deep into my throat) but the nose swab was slightly uncomfortable as the male nurse shoved that long swab deeply into my nostrils, almost making me sneeze.
Cass kept telling me that I don’t have to accompany her at the ward and told me not to do the swab test. These days she prefers to do things alone (without me helping her) to exercise her independence… which makes me feel unwanted but am glad that she can be left alone in the hospital. In fact, she told me that she’s happier without me accompanying her at the ward 😞. Maybe it’s because she doesn’t want her paparazzi mum to snap pix of her. She gets chafed whenever I take her pix and would warn me not to post them on my socials and blogs.
I may go home after Cass is checked into the ward on Thursday. She said that she’ll call me after she’s all done.
Cass commented that the nose swab is worst than a jab and would rather get a jab than do a nose swab 😳
After an entire day in school to attend an SPM camp, she came home and baked a fudgy brownies for her loved ones in Ipoh.
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