Since it was school holiday, I insisted that Durrah accompanied me to my 2nd facial electrotherapy. I wanted her to get involved & de-mystify the whole Bell's Palsy episode.
Suami sent Aiman for tuition then picked us up at home to UMMC.
I registered & then we waited a while along the hallway. I was making small talks with Durrah about others that we saw... people accompanying parents, grandparents, etc, i.e. she was doing the right thing to be there with me.
When my name was called, Durrah came in with me & sat across me at the table.
She saw my face being 'set up' for the session (3 sites: forehead aread, cheek area & mouth area). I could not talk much & so she read a book she brought.
Half way through the treatment, more people started to come in. Horror... Durrah was asked to go out of the room. Aiyya... That was more scary for me than for her, maybe!
Did I make the wrong decision of bringing her along? I could not possibly walk out to accompany me & get her settled at the hallway.
Durrah is already in standard 5, a prefect in both schools she goes to... but she's only a baby in my heart! Was she going to be traumatized having to wait for me with strangers many of which showing physical ill health conditions? I tried not to show the panick in me & instead gave her the re-assuring *"both thumbs up"!
(*I'm still learning to do this with my kids. Better late than never! I picked this up in December 2008 from Pak Hasmi, my Bandung 3rd cousin, during a trip up the Mountain of Perahu Tangkupan. To me the tortuous road was DANGEROUS but they were groups of motorcycle riding kids speeding up & down. Meeting each group, Pak Hasmi without fail gave them the both thumbs up & shouted 'HATI-HATI YA!!!'. He explained to us that as concerned adults we should not discourage youngsters from demonstrating their bravery. It should be commended & accompanied with a reminder to be careful. For whatever reason, I had this vision of 'never say die' Indonesian badminton players fighting it out with the roaring of Sendayan Auditorium rooting for them.)
We took a taxi home & I could tell Durrah was not comfortable. I think she had read too many e mails with scary taxi ride stories! When Aiman came back after his tuition at 11am Pak Mat Des sent us to LRT Taman Jaya. Told them we're going to KLCC. It was school holidays... looked like we're not going to Terengganu for cuti-cuti Msia!
Aiman was sort of in charge for the trip. Not only my right eye could not blink, it was also getting blurry.
We went straight to lunch at the food court, bought tickets to buy 3D movie of "Monsters vs Aliens" (Adoi, mahalnya tiket 3D movie!) then solat zohor before the movie. It was Aiman's & Durrah's kind of movie but I fell asleep every now & then... in between sms communications with Yati @ the Pemangku & Kamila who was asked to go on trip. When? Ha... Ha... Ha...
We went back after kids chose some food to take home, supposedly, for their Ipoh Mali cousins that we're expecting that night. When we reached home, I 'pengsan' on the sofa.
It was late when Osh-Azmi & kids arrived after sending Dani to France (Yeay, he's doing Chemical Engineering!).This was Osh's first time to see me. Syifaa' said, "Ibu nangis masa dia dapat tahu pasal *Mama..."
(*I'm also Mama to them because Hanan, their eldest sister is my anak susu)
By the time we exchanged stories, etc it was early morning. It's OK with me because I was avoiding sleep anyway (I think)!
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