Netbook Day

Awal minggu lepas Afiq balik dari sekolah dan beritahu dia antara yang terpilih dapat Netbook percuma yang disumbang oleh Kerajaan kepada pelajar-pelajar sekolah menengah seluruh Malaysia.  Ada jugak rezeki Afiq untuk mendapat netbook secara percuma...so di tengahari yang panas Khamis lalu terpaksalah teman dia ke Majlis Penyampaian Netbook Fasa Ketiga Peringkat Parlimen Kota Bharu.....kan dah ada ura-ura PRU 13 tak lama lagi?  

Keadaan di Dewan SMK Putera yang penuh sesak dengan ibubapa di dalam dewan dan pelajar-pelajar di luar  di hari yang panas ...

Sebahagian daripada 1000 pelajar daripada 9 buah sekolah di sekitar Parlimen Kota Bharu yang akan menerima netbook pada hari itu.  

Majlis dirasmikan oleh YABhg Datuk Mohd. Fathmi, Setiausaha Politik kepada YAB Perdana Menteri...

Sudah tentu dalam ucapan beliau menggambarkan kepentingan politik di mana rakyat harus sedar betapa pentingnya sesebuah kerajaan untuk membela nasib rakyat terutamanya di Kelantan yang mana pemberian BRIM baru-baru ini pun 90% daripada bantuan ini diberi kepada rakyat Kelantan.  I didn't know about this fact till now...but what the heck some or most of the  people will still vote for the same political 'party' over and over again...mindless of any changes that is needed here.  

Students lining up to receive their netbooks... 

After hours of waiting in the hot weather the netbook is in his hands

Kecil dan comel netbook 1 Malaysia ni...boleh buat perhiasan dalam almari di ruang tamu kalau tidak mahu menggunanya, itu kata Datuk Fathmi secara jenaka.

Balik ke rumah selepas majlis itu rasa macam nak terjun dalam lautan air batu.......it was that hot!

M.R.I.

I have heard the word MRI and it don't make any difference to me until my youngest son who had some problem with scoliosis had to undergo MRI.  Thanks to technology now being at the tips of our fingers, I gathered some information about MRI .....

An MRI (or magnetic resonance imaging) scan is a radiology technique that uses magnetism, radio waves, and a computer to produce images of body structures. The MRI scanner is a tube surrounded by a giant circular magnet. The patient is placed on a moveable bed that is inserted into the magnet. The magnet creates a strong magnetic field that aligns the protons of hydrogen atoms, which are then exposed to a beam of radio waves. This spins the various protons of the body, and they produce a faint signal that is detected by the receiver portion of the MRI scanner. The receiver information is processed by a computer, and an image is produced.

The image and resolution produced by MRI is quite detailed and can detect tiny changes of structures within the body. For some procedures, contrast agents, such as gadolinium, are used to increase the accuracy of the image....(more info from www.medecinet.com)

So there we were, the three of us (Afiq and parents) at the MRI section of the hospital last Tuesday afternoon waiting for his turn to go inside the MRI.  Prior to this appointment with MRI we had the appointment with the orthopaedic specialist at the very busy Orthopaedic Clinic two weeks before at HRPZ2. I wondered how the doctors and the nurses kept their cool with all the hustle and bustle in the quite cramp clinic treating patients with various orthopaedic problems, some with steel rods poking out from their legs and hands...made me dizzy by just looking!    The specialist who attended Afiq is a Chinese Muslim and the number one boss there.  My own boss at the office who has to undergo physiotherapy twice a month (for his neck problem) at the same hospital told me we will be lucky if we can get Dr. Annuar Hua himself to examine Afiq's problem. On examining Afiq's x-rays which shows a slight  curvature of the spine, he told us Afiq suffers a mild scoliosis but he suspected something amiss with the spinal cord when using the orthopaedic bone hammer on the knees and knuckles Afiq gave swift involuntary jerking motions, thus the MRI to determine what is the real problem that is bothering him.  

The Very Busy Orthopaedic Clinic

Afiq going in here

Afiq had to fast for 6 hours before doing MRI and was advised not to wear anything that will attract the magnet, not even 'minyak rambut'.  In Afiq's case the thoraxic and cervical parts were scanned.  Normally MRI procedures  last around 1 hour to 2 hours with the patient lying still inside it and Alhamdulillah his stint in the MRI took less than 1 hour, it would have been less if  he had kept still but he moved at one point and the procedure had to be started all over again.  Later he told me, he fell asleep while in the MRI.  Being a heavy sleeper I am not at all surprised he did that.  When asked how he felt inside there, he said.... biaso jah! (nothing to shout about!).   Now we are waiting for the MRI results and that will have to wait till the next appointment with the specialist later this month.... another anxious wait.

Gloom... Scoliosis!

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A new word was added to my not that advance vocabulary  last week...SCOLIOSIS! Mood ceria nak update blog pun dah entah kemana.  A visit to one of the office's panel of doctors introduced me to this word...my youngest boy (he is 17) might be suffering from this abnormality (scoliosis) due to his spine curving to one side.

We were first aware of this problem when afiq was squashed beside his abah in the car (four of us crammed in the backseat) during our visit to JB last December.  'Eh bakpo belakae afiq alik kiri ado isi, alik kanae takdok isi kepek jah ni', afiq was always bending his upper body forward and slouches when he sits.  But like any good and loving abah, he said..'gapo-gapo pun abah sayae afiq' while hugging afiq's thin frame and that brought tears to my eyes....huhuhu.  Upon returning home it was on our mind to take him to a clinic that we always frequent if the kids had any health issues but it was not until afiq brought back a form from his school that sped up things a bit.  The form was for an extra-curricular activity in school and he wanted to join the kadet bomba and of course need to have a clean bill of health in order to join. Interestingly enough  while blog-hopping  I read about  a not so straight backbone  here and  had mentioned it to hubby and so we had a certain inkling on what the doctor might tell us. Kebetulan lah pulak doktor  hari tu memang takde mood nak layan our questions on the why and  how this could happen.  Memang pun cos her clinic has the most outpatients in this town everyday and it is normal for patients to grab a number and wait 1 to 3 hours to be attended by her.  After checking afiq's backbone, the doc say  'keno gi jjupo pakar orthopaedik kat hospital pasal ni, saya tok leh nak oyak lebih sebab sayo bukae pakar hal ni, tengok doktor pakar kato gapo dulu'...adush gelabah mok pok ni!   She wrote a referring note for us to make an appointment with the specialist at HRPZ2.  I glanced at her note and saw the word 'scoliosis'.  The doc added that a chinese school in KB always do a screening on Year 1 pupils to see if their spines are ok, must be due to the burden of their heavy school bags.  Thanks to the not so friendly and tak nak senyum cik kerani ke apa di Jabatan Orthopaedik HPRZ2 we had an appointment with the specialist on 9 February 2012.  As for  afiq, I am glad that at the moment he  seem to be unaffected by this problem and is still laughing watching spongebob on tv and happily playing with Cindy, his bundle of fur joy... we will just have to wait and see the outcome  after our visit to the specialist.....sigh.  Semoga dipermudahkan Allah segala urusan...