Assalamualaikum Ayah,
Ibu wants to let you know that we are okay despite her being admitted into the O&G ward last Friday. For the past few weeks her morning sickness had turned into all-day sickness. From vomiting exclusively during the early part of the day, she had been vomiting all day long lately, up until the wee hours in the morning. She had been feeling extra weary and had missed work for a day before feeling well enough to follow Nenek to see Dr Siti, the GP recommended by Mak Ngah Sofiah, in Bukit Chedang.
Upon inspection by Dr Siti, Ibu was told that should she went to the hospital, chances were that she would be retained and treated to a bottle or two of IV drips. Ibu was not really surprised to hear that actually, she had been unable to retain any food or fluid for long. – after all, how long can one survive only on fruits and iced Milo? So, after she got her B-complex pills, anti-vomiting medication and a 2-day MC from Dr Siti, she repeated Dr Siti’s comment to Nenek. Nenek was worried upon hearing the drip part and suggested Ibu to go and have a further check-up at the hospital.
So, Ibu and Nenek went to the Seremban health clinic and was met by Atok there. After a long wait and another urine test, Ibu got a recommendation letter by the doctor there to be passed to the Accident and Emergency Unit at Seremban Hospital.
After another long wait and the third urine test for the day, Ibu finally was admitted for hospital treatment to replace nutrients and fluids she had lost. She honestly thought that she would only be given a bottle or two of IV drip and only had to stay back for a while at the observatory ward. The truth was her case was more serious – she was treated with 9 bottles of IV drip right from the moment she entered the Emergency room, until the morning of her third day at the hospital. On the first day itself, she was treated with 5 500cc IV drip bottles.
You see Ayah, the urine test showed that traces of ketones in her urine were very high – it was 4+ upon her admission in the hospital. Which mean that Ibu’s metabolic system is upset due to her eating disorder and severe vomiting, But don’t worry Ayah, I am okay.
Ibu got to see me for the first time at Dr Siti’s clinic. Then later at the hospital, she had another ultrasound scan. I am now a healthy developing fetus about 25mm with a fully formed heart, beating furiously fast compared to the speed of the average adult heart.
All is well now. Ibu has gotten out of the hospital yesterday afternoon. Yes, sometimes she looked around with a pang of jealousy as other ladies in the ward were visited by their respective husbands but you were far away in Terengganu. At other times, she cried herself to sleep, wishing fervently for a back rub or a cuddly hug from you, knowing fully well that all she could have gotten was only unending flow of doa’ from you.
Still, being admitted in the O&G ward meant she got to meet and mingle with many other women with problems in pregnancy. And Ibu thank Allah everyday that she’s being blessed with a healthy fetus – just listening to horror stories of miscarriages and stillbirths make her realized how fortunate and blessed she is only to go through a severe bout of nausea, vomiting and fluid loss and not something even more scarier than those. Yes, Ayah, Ibu does count her blessings and she prays fervently that all will be well until I get to be safely delivered to the world, insya Allah.
Take good care Ayah.
Ibu loves you
And I love you both.
Your baby.
