.Saturday, September 8, 2007 ' 1:25 PM Y
TRINITY MEGAN
Last night was one of my funniest night ever...An old lady who we thought is confused turns out to be how should I say, alert and very rational.
First, she keep pressing the call bell say she wants to wipe her face and gargle her mouth. So I told her it is now 1.30 am and told her to not think so much and go to bed. Not long after, she press the call bell again. This time asking for her clothes to be changed and bed sheet and everything. I told her we will do it tomorrow morning only and now she needs to sleep. She doesn't seem to understand and is very stubborn. We even hid her call bell under her pillow, put back in the slot so she can't find it but she still did! Amazing old lady...LOL! At around 2.30 am, we gave in to her and changed everything for her - clothes, bed sheet and even put powder for her so she smells nice. During that time, we chatted for quite a bit and she told me in Hokkien and Malay,
"I'm the type who's very pantang dengan kotor. Vomit lah, berak lah and kencing. I tak boleh tidur macam itu.Eh, moi, letak sikit powder kat muka."
So I put some powder on her face and also her buttocks. Now she smell nice already. One of the staffnurse asked her, "Ah poh, cucu adakah?"
The old lady answered, "Cicik pun sudah ada arh...."
What really make me laugh until like mad is when the staffnurse asked this, "Ada available punya kah?"
The old lady answered, "Ada tapi semua kecik-kecik lagi. Yang besar semua perempuan."
LOL!
We laughed so loud until the patient next bed complained saying, "Misi, mau tidur lah. Bising-bising tak boleh tidur."
Really cannot control my laughter even till now I'm blogging about this incident. LOL!
Around 4 am, another old woman started her wayang. She keep shouting and calling us, asking for water. She had a stroke and has Dementia (nyanyuk) and cannot be given anything through mouth because we are afraid that she may choke. But she keep pestering us to give her some water, saying she's thirsty and this and that. So, in the end I gave her some water. Not satisfied
with that, she keep shouting and kicking the bed, shaking the side rails like it's going to be broken anytime soon. The shouting got so bad when she shouted, "Ya Allah, TOLONG, TOLONG!"
We don't know who's coming to "tolong" her when she has nothing wrong and is fine. This old woman is certainly not alert at all compared to the first Chinese old woman. Tonight I'm going to put up with all the ruckus again. Please give me strength to do so. LOL!
NOTE: The granny I blog about yesterday has been given a stronger sedation, this time an anti-psychotic drug. She slept really well last night and didn't make noise. Good job there, doc for ordering this drug for her. Somehow, I hope the Malay granny will be given a stronger sedation. The sleeping pill she's on certainly has no effect on her...