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Day 38 since discovery
Date: 4-May-2009 Monday

Today, he went back to the university at 11:00AM. I thought that this is a good opportunity to test out his endurance as the day was short.

However, at noon, he called me and told me that he couldn't stand it anymore and the pain was too much to bear due to the walking. He needed a wheelchair to move around.

Church friend told me yesterday that we could borrow wheelchair. So I called up the organisation but was told that they normally serve those registered people who need wheelchair. Since I only need it temporarily, she asked me to try the Red Crescent (Red Cross).

At 2:30PM, we decided to go to the university and spoken to the head of department to find out how do we deal with such a case as he may be on-and-off and may break for sometime toward the end of the year for transplant. So, he will discuss and call back.

At 3:50PM we reached the Red Crescent and met Miss Ling (I knew her for a longtime already as I am a regular blood donor). She gave me a form to fill in, sign and we got our wheelchair on loan!

So, Ah Jon should be on wheelchair tomorrow and should be able to last for more hours. Anyway, we shall see.

Tonight, he took some calcium D supplement and pain killer - I think it is called Panadine. This morning he took one oral dehydrating salt.

He appetite was quite good tonight. I cooked green bean with rock sugar for him. I also boiled an egg, some chicken, veg and rice.

Post note: We insisted that he drank lots of water, ie, >2L a day to flush out the protein from the dead white blood cell. Failing to drink lots of water can cause his kidney to be overloaded and thus kidey failure.