It was two o'clock in the morning sometime in 1992. I was awakened by my wife. She was worried about the condition of our two years old son, Munif. His face was pale and slightly bluish in color. For several days before, Munif had the tendency to vomit out foods and drinks that was given to him although there were no signs of fever, cough, dehydration or stomach-ache.
We decided to bring Munif to the Emergency Ward of Mentakab Hospital. Without disturbing Munif's older sister, Aimi, who was still sleeping, we called on our neighbour's help (Thank you Mak Lang and Pak Lang for being there for us in time of our needs) to baby sits her while we took care of Munif. The observation made by the Medical Officer was that Munif had extra large tonsilitis. This causes Munif to vomit out foods and drinks. The doctor recommended that the tonsils be removed, either in Kuantan Hospital or GHKL. We chose GHKL for the fact that it has better facilities and we have relatives living in and around KL.
Munif successfully recovered from the operation. It was ICE CREAM that made Munif gladly cooperated to undergo the operation. Why? When he was checked-in into the ENT Ward of GHKL, he saw every patients, coming out from post-tonsillectomy, was treated with a cup of sundae ice-cream (his favourite food). While in the Recovery Room, I burst into laughter when the first question blurted through Munif's mouth immediately after he was conscious enough to speak was, "Abah, where's my ice cream?". At that moment, all my fears, tensions and scepticism disappeared.
We decided to bring Munif to the Emergency Ward of Mentakab Hospital. Without disturbing Munif's older sister, Aimi, who was still sleeping, we called on our neighbour's help (Thank you Mak Lang and Pak Lang for being there for us in time of our needs) to baby sits her while we took care of Munif. The observation made by the Medical Officer was that Munif had extra large tonsilitis. This causes Munif to vomit out foods and drinks. The doctor recommended that the tonsils be removed, either in Kuantan Hospital or GHKL. We chose GHKL for the fact that it has better facilities and we have relatives living in and around KL.
Munif successfully recovered from the operation. It was ICE CREAM that made Munif gladly cooperated to undergo the operation. Why? When he was checked-in into the ENT Ward of GHKL, he saw every patients, coming out from post-tonsillectomy, was treated with a cup of sundae ice-cream (his favourite food). While in the Recovery Room, I burst into laughter when the first question blurted through Munif's mouth immediately after he was conscious enough to speak was, "Abah, where's my ice cream?". At that moment, all my fears, tensions and scepticism disappeared.
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