went to the Hospital Tengku Afuan Afzan (i have no idea how the last two words suppose to spelled out) or known as HTAA for a quick trip on about dialysis.
i remember the last time i stepped onto a dialysis center was for an Interact project on visiting Good Samaritan home and the nearby Rotary club's dialysis center for painting and cleaning.
it was suppose for a biomaterial subjects regarding the materials used in those dialysis machine and tubes that's compatible for blood without giving any complications. boring much? lol
but we ended up learning more to medical and patient's conditions.
seeing those patients coming in for their regular 3 times treatment in a week and having their neck, arms or thighs got injected with tubes really makes you wanna think more about your kidney.
worse, i saw 2 women who came for their treatment on the afternoon shift had 2 tubes labeled with red and blue attached to their neck protruding out only to have it covered with rolls of gauze in order to hide and keep it clean. imagine going everywhere, doing everything with that tubes protruding out. scary. not to mention disturbing too.
and most had those big 'growth' thing on their arms because they tend to want to have the needles poked in on the same spot at every treatment as the pain will decrease in every insertion. that's why there's this big 'growth' on their arms.
one man had it on his biceps and i seriously thought he had such big muscle, and thinking why would someone with muscle and healthy would need a dialysis treatment. lol
i even witness a blood spurting moment when the nurse injected the needle into a woman's arm. the blood flow was to fast and it spurt out quite a few loads of drops of blood.
take care of your kidney.
night =)
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