You can’t read your own hand-writings?
When I wrote “I write, I type, I swype“, it reminds me of some doctors’ infamous scribblings on patients’ notes. It was dangerously amazing how some nurses could make out what the orders or prescriptions were!
Worse still, if the writer oneself could not read one’s own hand-writings! Tell that in a court case! Will it be a liability? Bless you!
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To let a daughter/son be a nurse
Once, nursing was
synonymous with women.
But not anymore
Today there are male
as well as female nurses.
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Once, they used
to wear caps.
But not anymore.
They used to say even ghosts
would make way for the cap
along hospital corridors at nights.
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Once, they said
“are you letting your girl
go dress rotten (diabetic) leg sores”?
Not knowing, there are even bigger wounds to care for.
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Today, parents may ask,
“are you letting your girl/ boy
be a nurse; a noble profession…
but, knowing the risks of COVID-19?”
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Winter Sonata
I am happy to be able to sing this lovely Malay song ( listen to my solo Musim Sonata Salju) as I remember the Korean drama, Winter Sonata. It was such a heartfelt drama, the chemistry between Bae Yon-joon and Choi Ji-woo was beautiful to watch, but so sad.
Overview
After losing Joon Sang in an accident, Yoo Jin decides to marry her childhood friend. However, she meets someone looking exactly like her lost love, putting her in a bind. (The ending story here)
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Happiness is the highest form of health.
I can not stand a certain group chat culture. So, I chose to withdraw from that group twice but got reinserted. Some say, ” Oh, just ignore some of them!”
Could we? Should we?
“Happiness is the highest form of health.” — Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama captures the essence of well-being in this quote. True health encompasses not just the absence of illness, but a state of happiness and contentment. When the mind is at peace and joyful, the body naturally follows suit.
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Raising a different ability…
Watching this blind person
playing musical instruments
with such lovely voice,
I can’t help
but admire the patience
of his parents or guardians
for successfully, turning him into
such a beautifully abled person!
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One too heartbreaking to arrest!
I read about a theft at the grocery store, where a woman stole 5 eggs to feed her hungry kids at home when questioned by a police officer. The latter took her to the grocery store to buy some items instead of arresting her!
Sometimes, one has to apply humanity instead of the law. Such compassion!
Here is a police officer who used his brain instead of arresting and putting behind the bar, the thief who needs help; … the thief whom societal safety net and politicians have failed.
Beautiful people do not just happen!
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Quote:-
“I’m not the kind of person who likes to shout out my personal issues from the rooftops, but with my bipolar becoming public, I hope fellow sufferers will know it’s completely controllable. I hope I can help remove any stigma attached to it, and that those who don’t have it under control will seek help with all that is available to treat it.” — Catherine Zeta-Jones
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Remember to turn on the light! (Senyru)
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When darkness consumes,
remember, turn on a light!
it’ s a switch away
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Quote:-
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore
An irretrievable click!
An arrow released,
cannot be retrieved.
A harsh word said,
cannot be forgotten.
A button pressed,
or even autocorrected,
is irretrievable!
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Leaking stoma bags and ‘the window’
Anecdote 1- Mr. Ahmed
“Nurse B, my bag leaks again! The other nurse A applied the bag just thirty minutes ago!” called Mr. Ahmed, a bed-ridden patient.
“Sigh! Look at the mess! Now I have to change a new bag again, the bed linens and your hospital clothes!” Nurse B grumbled as she changed the linens and the stoma bag…
Nurse Chen saw the patient tearing silently. She went toward him.
“Nurse Chen, see that window? If only I can walk! I would jump out of it!” he cried sadly.
“What is the point of ‘saving my life from cancer of the large intestine’, if my life is such a mess everyday!” he lamented the poor quality of life after operation.
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That happened in the late 1980s. A small pioneering team of surgeons and nurses were tasked to look into the care of patients who were operated and had a stoma (<—see the images here) on their abdomen or ‘tummy’.
Those days stoma bags were a basic bag with zinc oxide adhesive (below). Very often it leaked and the fecal effluent spilled all over their clothes and bed linens. The skin around the stoma became excoriated or burned by the frequent contact with the excrements. It became inflamed and excruciatingly painful.
It was very depressing for the patients, and frustrating for the patient, home-carer and healthcare staff, too.
Upon discharge, some patients used cloth, new-papers, coconut shell, empty tins over their stoma to collect the effluents. Some created their own stoma bags (see below).
Chen Song Ping 