Hi, it's me again. I have come to make my blog lively. Thanks Yan Jun and Sherlyn for flooding my tagboard. I encourage more people to do so. Sherlyn spread her abit abit disease to me and people are starting to get irritated. LOL

Went for a talk with Miss Ling in some air-conditioned room with Sherlyn and we were like all laughing, haha. Did not go for choir, oops as I got got tuition that day. Wan Si said that it was not official so I don't have to take leave form.

Yesterday, I went to National University Hospital to select a date for my operation. It was a bit fun you know. When I first reached the hospital, I was brought to a scoliosis consultant room and the doctor was telling me about the risk of my surgery and bla bla bla. He then measured my spine by asking me to bend down and recorded my measurements.

I had a 43 degree curve on my thoracic spine and a 34 degree curve on my lower back spine. The doctor then said lots of stuffs about puberty but then I was not really listening and was like looking round the room and playing with my sister.

He then asked me if I would like to donate blood and I told him that I am underage and underweight. He told me that weight was not important and to donate blood, you just need to be heavier than 25kg. When I heard that, I was like...... not knowing what to say.

I thought I just went to the bloodbank a week before and learnt that you must be at least 16 years old and weigh at 45kg to donate blood? When did the requirement change? I asked the doctor about it and he insisted that his answer was correct. I was really too confused to probe further.

I know what you all must be thinking. Why am I donating blood? The reason is because the doctor said that if I take blood from the bloodbank, I might get some type of disease or my body would reject the blood and it may be fatal. The diseases are HIV, hepatitis B and C and a very long name which I had forgotten.

No doubt that the blood had already been screened but there is still a window period and just to be on the save side, I decided to donate my own blood. Quite cool right?

Then, I was brought to another room where 2 nurses helped to choose the date for my operation. The date is on 27th of May which means that I will be skipping choir camp. I also have to go to NUH on 20th May to take the bending x ray test to determine if I am the suitable candidate for the keyhole surgery so I will not be going to school on that day.

After that, the nurses told me to choose my ward class. I wanted a C class ward but in the end, we chose a B2 ward. The estimated total fee added up to about $11 000. HELP! The nurses there arranged me to be in a children's ward so that one of my parents can stay over in the hospital for the night. I will also get more care from the nurses than if I stayed in the children's ward. I think I really needed that.

Counting the days to my operation, approximately 4 more months. Time flies indeed! Blog till here now.

Will update soon :)

Joanna