Scoliosis

Scoliosis?? apa benda nya ni?? I pun tak tahu sebelum ni.... tapi sekarang dah tahulah serba sedikit... ianya bukanlah penyakit tapi medical term untuk spinal deformity.

kisahnya begini...

On last Saturday, my second daughter, Sarah had an appointment dengan orthopaedic specialist kat KPJ specialist hospital kat Seremban. I managed to slot in the appointment for her on that day.. sebabnya ialah beberapa minggu sebelum tu my hubby and me, we noticed that Sarah posture makin tak berapa tegak dan lurus. Even since last year pun Sarah ni kalau duduk ke, berdiri ke, berjalan ke mesti macam tak nak tegak-tegak .. macam malas-malas je... yang paling obvious is belakang dia, kat tulang belikat tu tak seimbang, sebelah kedalam dan sebelah lagi tu terkeluar...

Mula-mula I fikir dia macam nak hide herself sebab among her friends.. dia ni memang tinggi.. for her age yang baru nak masuk 13 tahun. Nampak macam she's taller than me now! I am 5' 2" and her height must be taller than that.

I bawak dia jumpa Dr Wan Hazmy and after explaning to him pasal Sarah the doctor suruh dia buat forward bend test... bahu dia masih seimbang antara kiri dan kanan... then the doctor mention that ini adalah symptom SCOLIOSIS. First time dengar perkataan ni... after that kena buat X-Ray. After seeing the X-ray, the curve of the spine is then measured, and roughly kecondongan tulang tu cuma 3 degree sahaja buat masa ni. tak severe lagi. Alhamdulillah...

This is not Sarah's X-Ray, but her one is exactly like this. Notice tak the spine curvature macam huruf 'S'. Image from www.iscoliosis.com

Next appointment lagi 3 bulan. Doctor nak measure lagi her spinal curv. Tengoklah nanti macam mana. I doakan the abnormality wouldn't get worse. The doctor assured her that she still can continue her atheletic and recommended her to continue with the swimming class. Bagus jugak sebab sekarang kat secondary school ada swimming pool and tak payah lah I bawak dia gi public pool selalu.

Anyone outside there ada tak experience dengan Scoliosis? Bolehlah share experience dengan I if you don't mind.





Alahai Sarah....

This morning I got a phone call from a cikgu sekolah. She introduced herself but I dah macam tak dengar dah sebab jantung terus berdebar-debar bila dengar cikgu called (tak ingat nama apa) dari sekolah (tak sure sekolah rendah ke sekolah menengah) macam berhati-hati menyusun kata nak inform I something ... ini mesti kes kecemasan ni.... (note : I ni cepat panik/fobia kalau dpt phone call from school)

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teacher : "anak puan jatuh....bla ...bla sebab kawan-kawan gurau tarik kerusi...bla ...bla"

mama : "eh kan dia tengah exam... masa bila pulak jatuh kerusi... dia dah habis exam ke belum?"

(note : I was refering to Nadia, kan tengah PMR ni.. at that moment she is sitting for Geography paper)

teacher : "exam? dia belum exam lagi...." (the teacher sounded soooo... confused)

mama : "eh ni sekolah menengah ke rendah ni? minta maaf cikgu sebab tak perasan cikgu cakap anak yang mana"

teacher : "anak puan Sarah Aisyah kan.. tahun 5 delima"

mama : "ya... sarah ...maaf saya ingatkan kakak dia nadia..." (malunya.. I... tulah lain kali dengar baik-baik apa orang nak beritahu)

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.... and the conversation continued a couple of minutes after that, which later ended by the teacher suggesting that I bawak sarah for an X-ray.. I thanked the teacher and hung the phone. I immediately called my husband and my husband promised to fetch her from school. tak yah balik naik bas sekolah. Babah dia pulak bila dengar ada orang buat anak dara dia jatuh, terus naik angin tanya sapa nama budak2 tu... I cakap sabarlah... takkan you nak marah anak orang tanpa usul periksa dulu cerita sebenar .... hai... cepatnya nak naik angin....

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Just now I called home.. and Sarah sounded o.k cuma sakit punggung je... ingat ada yang patah ke... buat suspen je... the two boys yang tarik kerusi dia bagi dia jatuh tu masing-masing kena rotan tangan 5x dgn cikgu... La... tak pasal-pasal kena pukul....

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Tomorrow, sarah would joint the 2-day rombongan Puteri Islam sekolah to Cameron Highlands. She's so excited and looking forward for the school trip...Dah siap ajak malam ni shopping kudap-kudapan untuk dibawa sepanjang perjalanan...

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Alahai Sarah.....

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Sarah.... paru-paru berair

Sarah was transfered from the ICU to normal ward yesterday evening but this morning upon chest X-ray she was warded back to the ICU... sebab paru-paru dia berair kata doctor.

I was so worried... penat jugak dah 1 week duduk hospital. Hajar kat ward tingkat 4 and Sarah kat ICU tingkat 2. Lepas suap makan Hajar turun suapkan makan untuk Sarah pulak... kalau tak suap dua-dua tak lalu makan...

Babah would come over later in the afternoon. I would spent the night at the hospital at Hajar's room, while Babah would go home later at night. This have been going on over 1 week dah... penak ...tok sah cakap... tapi demi anak...anak... any mothers would do the same even more... I believe..

Sarah and Hajar... and Dengue!

Sarah was warded and was forced to eat... dia tak selera makan ...

Mama... and her beads.... while Sarah sleeps ... I buat gelang for Hajar....

Here comes the visitors.... nak roboh katil....

It was Sarah's 11th Birthday on the 26th June 2009. We watched Transformers over the weekend and planning for a makan-kat-luar the coming weekend..

But... unfortunately on the evening of 30th June, she had high fever with 40 degrees. The very next morning we brought her to Seremban Specialist Hosp. for blood test and immediately the paedeatrician confirmed it's dengue. I was so shocked on hearing the bad news and she was immediately warded (above photos). On the third day she was transfered to the ICU (no photo) due the drastic drop of her platelet to the lowest of 16! She was in the ICU for 4 days and today her platelet had increased to 92. Alhamdulillah..

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After this I am going to the hospital... right now Babah is there..

Another bad new is.... Hajar also warded on Sunday night because of high fever and the blood test proved that she also had dengue! Now she and Sarah are both at Angkasa Ward.

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Sama-sama kita doakan kesihatan Sarah and Hajar ya.... and please take care of your children ... beware of Aedes....