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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

A few days ago, I went to Gleneagles Hospital to check up on my condition after it hadn't improved in 5 days. By then, my mom was at her wits' end, so she brought me to a doctor which was my dad's friend. He was really friendly. He took some of my blood using a needle with one rather big hole. But it didn't hurt that much, then we brought my blood, now contained in a tube, to another block of the hospital to let the personnel give a test on my blood. When I put the blood-tube on the table, I noticed it had a sticker pasted on it and there was a large red "URGENT" written on it. Maybe the doctor was helping me by making sure the personnel attended to it with priority =D

I then had a chest X-ray in the same place. I thought it would be one complicated procedure but it turned out all simple, short and sweet. Then, I went to have lunch with my mom and she killed some time by looking around the pharmacy. I tagged along.

Next, we collected the X-ray results and the blood test report in one huge brown envelope and paid for them.The three-digit numbers on the bill was not at all pleasing to my eyes. We then brought the envelope to the doctor and he opened it and showed the X-ray report to us which wrote 'NO ABNORMALITIES'. He also told us that the basic components of my blood(like the percentage of white blood cells and a lot of other stuff I don't understand)were all within normal range. Phew. I let out a sigh of relief. My mom was still jittery though. But the doctor reassured her that I just had some minor infection and simply prescribed stronger antibiotics for me. I also tried my best to put my mom's mind at ease.

Now that I know how it feels like to be sick, I learned that health is vital for daily activities indeed. By now, I have already finished the whole course of my antibiotics and am happy and healthy =) I hope my condition will remain as it is now from now on and I'll try to take better care of myself.

written| 8:13 PM
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