The Reason For The Long Weekend



Mom's been having this problem with high blood pressure and being the very stubborn her, refused to get the medications from the doctor after hers finished.

So when a blood vessel burst in her nasal passage, we had no idea what went wrong.

It all began on Monday night, when she woke up with a nosebleed. She didn't tell us about it immediately, because lucky for her, Monday nights was the night Dad came home to spend time with Mom (don't ask me about it, I don't want to talk about why the weird arrangement).

Apparently there was a LOT of blood. We were puzzled when she told us about it the next day, but dismissed it because we all get nosebleeds now and then. However, when she had nosebleeding again the next night which refused to be stopped, we rushed her to the hospital, where the doctor diagnosed it as a burst blood vessel in the nasal passage due to high blood pressure.

She was allowed to return home then to wait for appointments to specialists. But even after a visit to a specialist where they supposedly patched her up, it kept bleeding, increasing in volume and frequency, and she finally couldn't stand it.

She was admitted to hospital on Friday night. The first night was the worst, where she bleed out of her nose and mouth constantly, and the doctor and nurses attending turned her ward into mini ER. Grandmama, God-mum and Leeling jiejie was there to visit on the first night (about an hour after I informed them, that was fast), and Grandmama was shocked to see Mom in that condition.



She was lethargic and neuseated the whole afternoon the next day. So while she slept, we turned her ward into a mini family gathering.

First in the afternoon was the Tan clan.





There were more, I just couldn't get their feet in the picture. Grandmama stayed as long as she could until she herself got tired and had to go home.

Then it was the Lim clan (from my mother's side) in the evening, which was noisier than the afternoon gathering.

After they left, Anthony and CS came. I was touched that they cared. Anthony even brought a little balloon to cheer my mom up.



Lazy brought nothing,



.. but his laptop. And on Friday where I was most stressed, he went eating and drinking with his colleagues.

Lazy doesn't care :(

Mom's been discharged since Sunday and (hopefully) has been taking her medications on time.

Let's hope that there won't be any more episodes like this in future.