Mummy pain

Last Sunday, Mummy went suffered from severe abdominal pain out of suddenly and went to consult the doctor. She could not sleep due to the intense pain and actually asked me to call up the clinic(24hr- clinic) at around 0130hrs to check if she could take another dose of the medicine. As advised by the staff, she bear the pain for another 30-45minutes(dosage of the medicines was once every 6-8hrs) before the taking the second dose of medicine.

After she took the medicine and I went to bed. Two hours later, my mobile phone rang. It was daddy, he told me that mum was feeling very uncomfortable and need seek medical attention again. Kinda of disturbed at that short instance due to the lack of sleep. My bro, bao kun, was awake too and bought mum to the clinic first while I wash up and changed.

We went into the room with mum and was SHOCK!!! The doctor diagnosed that if a normal indigestion, the pain would have wear off and left with only 2 possibilities now, (1) hole in the intestine (2) infection of the ovaries. The next course of action was to send mum to hospital for a more in depth diagnosis.

Mum was warded at TTSH, Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Monday morning. The doctor took her urine samples for analysis, Urinalysis (took them about 4hrs to get the result) and suspecting appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix) that caused the pain and discomfort.

What is the appendix?

The appendix is a closed-ended, narrow tube that attaches to the cecum (the first part of the colon) like a worm.

What are the symptoms of appendicitis?

The main symptom of appendicitis is abdominal pain. The pain is at first diffuse and poorly localized, that is, not confined to one spot. The pain is so difficult to pinpoint that when asked to point to the area of the pain, most people indicate the location of the pain with a circular motion of their hand around the central part of their abdomen.

Patients often have an elevated temperature, and there usually will be moderate to severe tenderness in the right lower abdomen when the doctor pushes there.

I was so worried yesterday afternoon as mum's temperature was floating between the range of 39.1 to 39.5 Degree Celsius. I became agitated with the nurses reply "doctor says to keep the patient under observation" Based on my common knowledge prolong high fever could be very dangerous. I kept approaching the nurses to check on the next course of action ? But they can't do anything. I understand they were merely following the doctor's instructions. Thus I request to see the doctor but it only after a long 2hrs wait before the doctor came at 1500hrs. (After looking around in the evening while mum was in the operation theater, there's a schedule of daily activities in wards, eg meal hours, medication, doctor visit which is at 1500hrs. arghhh). I only felt a little relieved after the doctor told me that the fever is related to the appendicitis. Mum went for the operation yesterday, wish her speedy recovery.

Reference from medicine.net