We Will be Brave!

When I heard what the Paediatric surgeon said at KKH, my heart sank. Brayden needs to go surgery at such a tender age? Braving a heavy heart, I tried holding back my tears of worries and sat quietly in the car. Looking at his chubby face, my heart was stabbed by a thousand blades and it was bleeding.

Hubby was least bit sensitive. He saw me sobbing and asked in the most insensitive tone, “What are you doing?” I need a pat on the shoulder more at that point of time.

I ignored him, wipe my tears and sat there quietly.

My colleagues were nice. They advised me to seek second opinion. Well, I will and had made an appointment with Dr Chui Chan Hon at Mount E after stepping out of KKH. The surgeon at KKH didn’t even look at other possibilities and decided on a surgery just by a touch on that bump. I am sorry; I do not trust his professional advise at all!

Dr Chui’s appointment was on Saturday. He is very nice and friendly. We discussed about Brayden’s condition and his insights made me feel more at ease. However, he advised we go to a paediatric neurosurgeon, Dr Tang Kok Kee.

Dr Chui even made a call himself and we managed to slot in right after our appointment with Dr Chui. Dr Chui didn’t want to charge us consultation for this.

Dr Tang is a friendly doctor. He explained to us Brayden’s conditions and made recommendations. He knew we are very worried, and told us the possibilities. He advised on a MRI to be done for Brayden. Brayden will need to be sedated while doing this scan.

I am thanksful for Dr Chui to recommend Dr Tang to us. He himself is a father to 2 young kids and he assures us that he will make the best arrangements for Brayden during the scan. He will arrange an anaesthetician that specialises in kids and make good arrangements for us. He even gave us his mobile phone number to contact him when in doubt.

This week Hubby is away for reservist. He wanted me to go for the MRI together when he is back. He is worried. We shall see if there can be any appointment made this week, else we’ll schedule for next week.