Entries from June 2008

June 23, 2008

Home Care – Part 1

Mother has been sick for 6 years. Over these 6 years, there had been modifications to the home, change of caregivers, different caring techniques, change of hospital providers, change of primary healthcare provider, consulting different specialists, use of alternatives medicine, tried TCM, consulted a geomancer, engagement of a spirit cleanser, praying to the Gods and the “confrontation” with my [...]

June 8, 2008

The Savages

 
 
 
 
 
 
Ever since I heard about the show “The Savages”, I had been eagerly waiting for the DVD release. Not that I’m one of those who complains on the costly movies in the thetres now, but I know I will be with bucket of tears and didn’t want to embarrased myself in the theatre. A box of [...]

June 5, 2008

Raffles Hospital

Mum had recovered from the fever. And as suspected, she had an infection. In fact, 2 infections were detected.
One was the urinary tract infection. A very common problem among the bedridden. The onus lies with the caregiver doing a religiously impeccable cleaning up job after every pee, after every poo.
The other was an infection commonly found in [...]