What an achievement !!

Salam to all ~

It was an achievement !! For 6 of us.. yeay !!! We travelled to Cardiff Bay from Cathays station by train for PERCUMA !! FREE !!! (The best word ever)

It was my 4th SSC visit.. Ari ni ktorg berenam g BUTETOWN.. There's this one medical centre kat Butetown yang specilised in Sickle Cell and Thal.. Their main priority is tu support the patients.. Plus for counselling.. So, we decided to meet at Cathays train station around 1 pm coz we have to be in Butetown b4 2pm.. I tot that i'll be the 1st person to get to the station.. Tgk2 Nick smpai lg awal.. haha..

We planned to get the 1315 train to Queen Street then tukar kat Queen Street to Cardiff Bay... Unfortunately, Fran didn't make it before 1315.. So, Nick decided to wait for her at the station.. haha.. Dia smpai station dulu, tp dia kena tinggal.. haha.. So, 4 of us pun naik tren tu.. Journey to Queen Street dlm 5 min je.. or less.. We didnt buy the tickets b4 boarding the train because the counter was closed sbb lunch time.. But still, ade je org jual ticket atas tren.. Tp, conductor tu tak sempat smpai tmpt ktorg before smpai Queen Street.. And then, from QS to Bay from conductor tu tak sempat gak.. Yeay !!! And then 5-10 mins walk to Butetown.. heh..

And we enjoyed our 2 hours session in the community centre... It was very informative and lots of FUN !!! Then we headed back to the train at around 4pm.. We decided to sit dekat hujung2 tren.. To avoid the conductor.. haha.. But, byk la plak org duduk dekat situ... So, berdebar2 sume tunggu conductor tu.. sebab tak nak bayar punya pasal.. hehe.. Dia dah dekat2 nak smpai, ktorg nmpk QS station.. Trus ktorg 6 bgn and jln g pintu tren.. Wakakakak.. That was the closest... Fiuh.. Then, we boarded the next train to Cathays.. Train agak penuh but Rob said we got into the wrong end of the train coz he said he saw the conductor at our end.... Fran and Nick trus jalan g coach depan.. Tukar coach coz tak nak bayar... and the rest of us decided to stay.. But we made it again !! yeay !!! satu sen pun tak belanja hari ni.. hahaha.. Kedekut tul ktorg ni.. haha...

Next week is gonna be my last SSC week.. No more Sickle Cell and Thal.. But i'm glad that i got this SSC.. Sgt2 best.. very organised and the staffs are helpful.. I think it's because diaorg sgt2 smgt nak ajar.. And the good thing is, we have a really good relationship with the staffs... They even know my name !! haha.. And diaorg pronounce my name betul ok !!!! Sgt2 happy... Because, kalo g Heath and jumpa diaorg tgh jalan pun diaorg leh tegur and sembang.. Haha.. Esp Dr. Alison and Dr. Bashi... And today, we got a vey special e-mail from Dr. Alison about a patient that we met last week :

Dear everyone,

I have pasted below an email from Dr Connor that he was anxious you receive. See you next week for
your presentations. Hope you're all well and you've enjoyed your time with us so far and this week
at the sickle cell & thalassaemia centre of course.

best wishes from Alison

"XXX was very dehydrated when we saw him. His admission weight
was 12.1 Kg and on 29/1/9 in OPD he had weighed 15.1Kg.

Soon after he was given a 20ml/kg bolus of normal saline he started to
be able to produce tears. When we saw him he was lethargic and had a
depressed consciousness level. Not being able to produce tears because
of dehydration represents a loss of >15% total body water. This is
reflected in his weight loss.

He was given a further 20ml/kg bolus, after which his heart rate fell
from >160bpm to 150bpm and continuous fluids at a rate of 150%
maintenance were commenced. Cultures had been taken and antibiotics were
started. His mum turned up and the history was of frequent D&V over the
proceeding 3 days on a background of primary VZV infection

To my immense surprise he made an uneventful recovery and did not
overtly "sickle", being sent home 2 days later."

XXX is the patient's name..
Dr. Connor was soo excited about this and dia nak ktorg tau this news jugak.. haha..

That's all for today.. I was really upset about my SSC when i first got it.. But now, I'm glad I got this..

:)
-niyah-