Cass’ final exam for 2022 was finally over yesterday after 2 long weeks. The next day we went to the skating rink at Sunway Pyramid to get her new figure skates. I thought that the skates only cost RM850 but they’re actually RM950 and they’re the cheapest pair. And it didn’t stop at the skates….
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Wednesday, 26 October 2022
It’s the exam season now. This means that I’m not allowed to turn on the radio at home. And I hear someone purging out her memorized lines throughout the day. Cass who sits next to me asked me today if she could turn off my radio, to which I said OK. Minutes later when I…
Friday, 14 Oct 2022 ~ Cassandra’s Appointment With New Urologist @ HKL
Dr S, the urologist at HKL whom Cass has been seeing since she was 6 years old has retired. Dr S was the head of the Urology Department @ HKL. I was really disappointed that Dr S who had been following Cass’ case is no longer around and a younger doctor has been assigned to…
Sunday, 9 October 2022
Today Cass attended her third ice-skating lesson at the Blue Ice Snow Park skating rink @ Pavillion Bukit Jalil. Before the class started, we checked out the new figure skating skates. The skates that she wanted are priced at RM870 and are the cheapest for beginners. Cass has been looking forward to getting these skates…
Cassandra’s First Ice-Skating Lesson @ Blue Ice Snow Park, Pavillion Bukit Jalil
Sunday, 25 Sept 2022 ~ Cass’ wish finally materialized today when her dad sent her to her first ice -skating class at the Blue Ice Snow Park skating rink @ Bukit Jalil. And paid for the lessons too. He told her that she could keep the money that she’s saved for years for the lessons!…
Hospital Tales
On the morning that Cass and I were brought to the ward at the Institute of Urology & Nephrology, there’s this pretty female patient in her mid fifties two beds away from Cass’ bed. Though she was in pain, she tried to make eye contact with me and smiled to me. Several hours later, she…
CASS’ MRU AT HKL (8-10 SEPTEMBER 2022) – PART 3
When Cass went into the MRI room at the MRI Complex @ HKL for an MRU procedure, I sat outside to wait for her. As I had not slept well nor had enough sleep the past few nights, I dozed off on the chair for almost half an hour. I find that I sleep so…
CASS’ MRU AT HKL (8-10 SEPTEMBER 2022) – Part 2
During registration on Thursday (Day 1), the staff at HKL asked me for a letter from Cass’ school to confirm that she’s a student of the high school. But the nurse in charge did not inform me to bring this letter along prior to the appointment! Without this letter, I would have to pay for…
Cass’ MRU At HKL (8-10 September 2022)
From what was supposed to be a one-day procedure at the hospital, Cass ended up spending 3 days at the hospital. Dang Murphy’s Law! Cass seems to attract Murphy’s Law quite a bit in a hospital setting. It was an indeed eventful 3 days at the hospital. First we waited in vain the entire day…
Eventful Day At HKL
Today’s supposed to be Cass’ MRU procedure at HKL but everything went wrong. I am so enervated and having a headache now. Just want to let you guys know that Cass is spending a night at the Institute of Urology & Nephrology @ HKL alone. It’s a long story but I’ll leave that for another…
Monday, 6 September 2022
Sherilyn took the 8.47 am ETS train to Ipoh today. It’s the first time that she made a trip to Ipoh without her parents and sisters. Her grandaunt followed her back but she’ll be alone when she takes the return trip back to KL. It’s also the first time in 2 years 7 months that…
Cassandra’s Blood Test
After more than a year of hiatus from our visits to HKL due to Covid-19 (HKL was a red zone), Cass and I are back at HKL on 20 June 2022. I started to make calls to the head of urologist’s nurse to get the appointment and after months of trying, she finally gave me…
Ipoh Trip (8 – 10 June 2022)
After 2 years 4 months I finally made a trip back to Ipoh with Cass. We took the 8.47 a.m. ETS train from KL Sentral to Ipoh. Traffic was super duper bad and we really thought that we would miss the train. Gawd, I was so so tensed throughout the journey from our house to…
Mother’s Day 2022 – 8 May 2022
As I was typing the title of this post, the date suddenly hit me. It’s the month of May and the anniversary of Cass’ surgery and our 3-week nightmarish stay in Gleneagles Medical Centre (GMC), Penang exactly 13 years ago. The days spent with Cass at GMC were so overwhelming that it’s hard to repress…
Cassandra Is 14!
Our littlest darling turned 14 last Saturday – 9 April 2022. She has definitely come a long way. For those of you who have been following my blogs way before Cass was born would know her medical history. She’s not 100% out of the woods yet and we’re still trudging slowly, but in no real…
Another Drama
Yet another drama happened to Cass on Friday – she with her beloved Haru, which resulted in us at the clinic again. On Friday night Cass put Haru inside a box and played ‘peekaboo’ with her. Cass must have put her face right outside the flaps of the box to “Peekaboo” at Haru. When Haru…

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