Last week Aliyah undergone a surgery to repair her palate. Its her second one in a series of procedures (including attending speech therapy sessions) that she has to undergo until she reaches 18 years of age.
She was admitted to HUKM on Tuesday, 27th Nov for two days' observation. The surgery was conducted on 29th Nov and her case was the first for the day. I carried her into the Operating Theatre. She was given the "gas" by the anesthetist and felt into the state of unconsciousness soon after. I kissed her good bye and whispered the best of luck for her. I later joined Tai-tai in the waiting area, where we both dozed off.
It must have been almost two hours later when we were woken up by the staff nurse informing that Aliyah's surgery was already completed. I was ushered into the recovery area where I found Aliyah, in the state of semi-consciousness, crying out with traces of fresh blood running down from her left nostril and around her mouth. I could sense that the nurses were panicked a bit as they could not calm her down. Plus, they were very worried on the bleeding part.
I hold Aliyah in my arms and managed to calm her down. She felt asleep with her head resting on my shoulder. After about an hour or so, Aliyah was transferred to the normal ward where she was given sedative every six hours to make her sleep and rest. Knowing that she would unable to suck on her pacifier post the surgery, Tai-tai and myself had already prepared ourselves for the upcoming challenges.
Aliyah made wonderful recovery process and she was discharged from HUKM two days later (Saturday 31 October).
In the absence of her pacifier, plus the uncomfortable feeling post surgery, Aliyah was restless most of the time. Putting her to sleep proved to be a big challenge for both of us but after a week, things have started to come back on track.
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