Day 36 since discovery
Date: 2-May-2009 Saturday
This morning, I accompanied Ah Jon to Kuching using the 8:40AM flight. His muscles on his left calf is causing him much problem. He is experiencing frequent cramp of the muscle on his lower left leg. He has problem walking unaided and hence, I requested for a wheelchair at the airport.

I have to thanks MAS for the wheelchair. Actually, only in situation like this, you realise the kind of fantastic services that MAS is providing. The attendant helped to push Ah Jon everywhere... loo, into the plane, etc.
While purchasing taxi ticket, a certain Mr. Richard was also going to Normah. So I offered him a seat in the taxi!
On arrival at Normah, Richard helped us to alert the nurse for a wheelchair. We went to the normal 2nd level to look for our specialist, Dr. Lau. Today, his door was locked and we just realised that his nurse, Susana, just gave birth to a baby girl 2 days earlier. Congratulation, Susana! So, a nurse brough us to the oncology department on the forth floor.

10:40AM: When entering the waiting room, Ah Jon suddenly felt very cold and he was shivering. Some of the patients there immediately came to our aid and showed us an adjacent room where we can control the room temperature. I went opposite and saw Dr. Lau and informed him that Ah Jon is feeling very cold. Immediately he came over and offered Ah Jon a bed and blanket to wrap himself. He also got the nurse to take his blood sample, BP (120/65), temperature (37.6) and an ECG test (I think it was normal). Thanks for all their fast action! I really appreciated it.
The blood result was released in an hour.
Liver function:
Lactate Dehydrogenase: 560 u/L [normal: 230-460] Previous: 1441!
The rest of the liver function test are normal.
Renal Function:
Sodium: 128 mmol/L [normal: 135-150] Previous: 138
Chloride: 90 mmol/L [normal: 97-110] Previous:100
The rest are normal. The above two gave rise to muscle cramps. So, he needs to take more sodium chloride, ie, common salt!
Haemoglobin: 10.5 g/dl [13-18] (10.7)
Total Red Cells: 3.5 x10^12/L [4.5-6.5] (3.6)
PCV: 0.32 L/L [0.40-0.54] (0.34)
Total white cells: 34.5 x10^9/L [4.8-10.8] (74.8)
Differential counts:
Neutrophils: 89% [34-64] (60)
Lymphocytes: 4% [20-45] (3)
Monocytes: 4% [2-10] (0)
Eosinophils: 0% [1-6] (1)
Basophils: 3% [0-2] (4)
Platelet count: 541 x10^9/L [150-400] (725)
Note: []bracket are normal acceptable reading
() bracket were previous reading on 18/4/2009
From the above result, there is a substantial improvement after 10 days of Glivec treatment.