During my hospitalisation, I saw many types of people (patients)
in the hospital and all of them have different experiences/stories behind. Now
I would like to share some of the incidents/stories that I encountered with
some patients.
There was an aged 38-year-old Malay lady patient admitted into the
hospital and she was next to my bed. She is a lung cancer patient. She is the
lecturer of the UH Lab and can be said as a high management staff. She was
admitted due to she was having mild stroke and fainted, she was having her
chemo at home too. Due to she was having mild stroke and fainted at home, she
was admitted. Her leg was hardly moving because of her mild stroke. Thus, she
had to lie on the bed all the time.
When this patient was next to me on the first day, I saw her
suffered so much. Luckily there was another lady to accompany and taking care
of her very much. This lady is her best friend and also housemate. According to
her, they have become friends for many years. She is a bank officer and she
took leaves from her work to take care of the patient, who is her best friend and
housemate.
This cancer patient was staying at the hospital for about a week
and during those days, I could see that her best friend was really treated the
patient very well. She was really taken care of her very, very much. Eg. When she
was leaving the patient for a moment, like going back to house for wash-up or
went for buying medicines, she would ask my favour to keep an eye of her friend
(the patient). The reason was the patient could not walk and in case she needed
help, I could call the nurse for her. Then she was always rushing back to the
ward. She tried to take the shortest time for her own business. Moreover, she
also washed the body for her friend and helped her for the toilet. At night,
she did not return home and stayed in the hospital to accompany her best
friend. The reason was that she wanted to take care of her best friend by
herself and did not want to depend too much on the nurses.
This cancer patient was having the chemo-therapy at the ward. I noticed
that she had lost her hair in 3 days. When I saw her on the first day, she was
in short hair. Then few days later, her hair had lost, and when she discharged,
she was wearing a hat to cover her hair loss. I heard her doctor advised her to
stay at home due to she is weak for her body, the doctor also advised her to
stay from the crowded areas.
On the day she was discharged, I told her to take care and I wish
she could recover soon. She looked better when she left the hospital and I saw
that her best friend was happier that at least she could take care of her at
home instead at the hospital. I really am touched with such true friendship and both
of them are really close friends and treated each other well. I wish they would
be friends forever and it is not easy to find a true best friend!!!
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