The taxi pulled up at the hospital and once explaining to reception that a doctor was expecting me I was promptly rushed onto a hospital bed.
Suddenly I had a nurse putting needles into me and I was on a drip. After sweating quite a bit it was decided that I needed to be put on another drip to get my fluids back up. The doctor came and saw me and wanted to scan my stomach which was fairly bloated.
I had no problems with that but he then explained the cost of private hospitals in Singapore. I recall him saying that if I have to stay for a week it could cost up to $20,000 SGD. Wow that is crazy, so I decided to have some tests done at that hospital and if I needed to stay we would transfer to a public hospital.
So I got wheeled away to get my stomach scanned, this is when things suddenly became real. The person doing the scanning name was Paul which made me feel more confident. He told me that for the scan he needed to wipe some liquid on my bum. That didn't sound to bad so I agreed until I realised that he meant inside my bum. This was the first of many times I would have a mans finger up a part of my body I didn't want.
The scan happened pretty quickly and I was sent back to a room. I then heard the doctor say we needed to insert a catheter. Panic set in, after working in the medical industry I know what that is. Even though our company gives it a cute name like "Cathy" it's still something that no one wants to hear.
Needless to say the next 30 seconds will possibly the the worst in my life. But after a few minutes surprisingly your body forgets about it and you don't feel anything.
When the scan results came back it was good to see my appendix were in tact so no need to operate. However my spleen, kidney and liver were all very swollen. At that stage we made the decision to transfer me to a public hospital for further tests. I thought we would take a taxi but the doctor insisted on an Ambulance.
Fantastic, at least I get an ambulance ride to tick off the things I have done. So we loaded into the ambulance and then I was admitted into hospital number 2.
Suddenly I had a nurse putting needles into me and I was on a drip. After sweating quite a bit it was decided that I needed to be put on another drip to get my fluids back up. The doctor came and saw me and wanted to scan my stomach which was fairly bloated.
I had no problems with that but he then explained the cost of private hospitals in Singapore. I recall him saying that if I have to stay for a week it could cost up to $20,000 SGD. Wow that is crazy, so I decided to have some tests done at that hospital and if I needed to stay we would transfer to a public hospital.
So I got wheeled away to get my stomach scanned, this is when things suddenly became real. The person doing the scanning name was Paul which made me feel more confident. He told me that for the scan he needed to wipe some liquid on my bum. That didn't sound to bad so I agreed until I realised that he meant inside my bum. This was the first of many times I would have a mans finger up a part of my body I didn't want.
The scan happened pretty quickly and I was sent back to a room. I then heard the doctor say we needed to insert a catheter. Panic set in, after working in the medical industry I know what that is. Even though our company gives it a cute name like "Cathy" it's still something that no one wants to hear.
Needless to say the next 30 seconds will possibly the the worst in my life. But after a few minutes surprisingly your body forgets about it and you don't feel anything.
When the scan results came back it was good to see my appendix were in tact so no need to operate. However my spleen, kidney and liver were all very swollen. At that stage we made the decision to transfer me to a public hospital for further tests. I thought we would take a taxi but the doctor insisted on an Ambulance.
Fantastic, at least I get an ambulance ride to tick off the things I have done. So we loaded into the ambulance and then I was admitted into hospital number 2.
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