Saturday, September 19, 2009

"Those burgers look good! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE FROM!"

Answer: Chili's.

We were driving to the doctor's for our monthly check-up when she spotted an ad on the bus. She was drinking her drink but suddenly screamed "Those burgers look good! I NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE FROM!" Apparently, they were from Chili's. They just opened a branch in Tanglin Mall (AKA White People's Paradise).

The doctor had the OSCAR test (for physical and genetical abnormality) done for her. We saw the fetus and everything looked okay. Head, Heart, Limbs, neck thickness, etc... The lab test who did the ultrasound was as chatty as BabyMama. I guess birds of a feather...

The doctor wanted to do some other tests because of her Blood Pressure and possibility of diabetes during pregnancy. We were able to use the blood from the labwork (done that morning) so all we needed was some pee. BabyMama was unable to pee so we decided to go eat lunch first then return with the pee sample.

Lunch was good for her. I have pics to prove it. No pee yet. Then we shopped for CDs and some groceries. Still no pee. We went home to rest a little, hoping that she would soon be able to send the sample to the doctor. But nope, we slept until 6pm. She could feel that her bladder was full but there was no pee. She was also in pain... Well, you guessed it. It is probably a Kidney Stone. We finally when to the doctor at around 2:30 am.

We went to KK Hospital first (we were there the last time). However, the triage nurse told use that their clinic was not equipped to deal with Alaina's problem. They suggested we go to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Their full service hospital would be better. So we went... I took the "local" route because I couldn't find the highway entrance... then there was a police stop on the road just outside the hospital... Maybe there are looking for some fugitives. Anyway,she immediately go to see a doctor after getting her physio readings done. I waited in the waiting area... playing Soccer on my ipod.

The doctor later came out and told me that she is fine, couldn't see the stones (no xray done bec of pregnancy), the fetus was very active. Will need to run some test but she should be fine after a jab. (They found a painkiller that was safe for the fetus). She was wheeled into a Observation room after the administration of the drug. Stayed there for a couple hours. We got home about 6am. While we were there, there were some interesting characters. A chinese-looking lady with blonde hair... probably ODed. A guy with long slightly curly blond hair and a full handlebar mustache. I think he looked like an Australian Hulk Hogan. Oh, he was in police custody. The ER doctor later told use the test results looked good. The levels of the elements in her blood was normal. But he made us an appointment for an urologist visit. I think BabyMama has a crush on him because he was able to get the needle into her vein on the first try.
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She has been drinking lots of Cranberry and Grape juice. Finally passed the stone in the last few hours.

1 comment:

  1. The burger was great! The kidney stone not so great. We did get to see the baby in very clear detail with the OSCAR ultrasound- we saw limbs not limps! I do not have a crush on the er doc, just happy bec he caused me less pain than the last doc who tried to insert an iv needle into me!

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