Now . Future

1 week after Paeds posting, I'm HOME!! ^.^

For the past 1 week, spent around 9 and a half hours in Paeds Oncology ward everyday.
Dr Shanti wants us to follow rounds, clerking patients and trains us to be future HO.
Time schedule is 7.30am to 1pm--> lunch break--> 2pm to 6pm.
This not include our oncall time from 8pm to 12am on certain days.
Paeds is really tough job..I knew this since Phase IIIA in Klang Hosp.
Take children's life SSSeriouSSS!!!

Those kids in Onco ward all diagnosed with leukaemia, osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma and other malignancies since early life.
Receiving chemotherapy and suffering under NUMEROUS complications of it.
Looking at the mothers... No one can understand their feelings deep inside.
Their tears have been dried up X n times.
How many times they have been blaimed by other family members because of giving birth to sick childs?? (some are Down's syndrome)
How many times they have been stigmatised?


The children staring at you blankly when u near them.
They just want to lead a normal child's life!! Yet it sounds so FAR from them.
Hair drop, mouth ulcer, pricking pain, vomiting, diarrhoea, dry skin....and etc etc...
They couldn't get rid of all these!!!

So, what have we learnt from them??