Yesterday my son is finally discharged from SJMC, Alhamdulillah like finally. I swear, if I stay another night there, I'm going to bring my own mattress, blanket, pillows.. Today, I am taking another compassionate leave just to monitor my son and isolate him from his cousins, for precautions.
The reasons why I chosed SJMC at the first place is because it's nearer and well, established, and so I thought. I am glad it's very near to my parents' house in Bandar Sunway (5 minutes drive) and they've been an angel sending dinner everyday for us and visiting us twice a day. Just because the food expenses here is expensive like crazy and I am blessed they're here. No they have no nasi campur here. Thank you emak, abah.
It's great to have a room to ourselves, we could do freely what we wanted, praying, taking a bath in that tiny room. They served porridge for Hanif Aiden everyday, sometimes there is mashed potato where we both liked it. Hanif Aiden not used to eat porridge on its own, so he never finished it. Well, sorry to say, it's quite salty! I never put salt nor sugar in his food, so, I was quite dissappointed with this hospital's food especially for baby could be that salty. Aren't hospital food supposed to be bland, ermm...healthier? But, what choices do I have, I still fed him that. Maybe they thought my baby is old enough and has full set of teeth to chew. Sometimes, I do feel guilty to the food delivery man whenever he collect unfinished/untouched food.
About the room, it is okay. I'm more than thankful to have a single room, so so thankful. So, we can freely do whatever we wanted. This is the basic single room, if I'm not mistaken, the charges is RM230/night. Although it doesn't have microwave and fridge, but, the nurses' pantry is very near to my room (not that we often use the facility, well, I used the microwave twice, it is lousy, a very old one).
For hot water and mineral water, do not worry, they will replenish everyday for you. The air-conditioner here is
Everyday, my mother would cook dinner for us and had abah to deliver them. Syukur..
I've read many reviews which mostly quite bad ones on SJMC and maybe I have some points to agree and disagree. About lengthen the stay and changes of diagnoses, that one is quite true, maybe. The doctor kept on changing the prescription every different day whenever we see her. But I tried to keep positive thinking, well, doctor is no God, she can't tell what diseases anyone's have just by looking at them. There is always try and error, test after test. I don't quite blame her although some infos seemed funny to digest, for instance, a blood test result for certain disease took 3 days? Erm..I am not expert in this, but yeah, I found it quite hard to believe. But, the updates are very slow, and I found there's some miscommunication between the nurses. Like for example, my son has no fever no more and doctor said no need to take the fever syrup anymore, but then, in the evening one of the nurses came bringing together with her the fever syrup (-__-). So, as parents, you have to be alert what the doctor have prescribed and what action does the nurse took. Comparatively with PPUM, the doctor there are efficient in prescribing you the symptoms accurately, and giving updates everyday, day and night. Unlike here, you gotta ask and ask and they will answer only what you've asked.
Some people claimed that the nurses there aren't helpful, just leaving the medicine on table expecting the parents to give it to their own children. Well, I am lucky to have been attended by quite a helpful nurses, they are all helping giving medicine to my baby while I hold him, willing to wait my son finish his milk rather than just leave the medicine on the table. Well, they can do that, but they don't and I really appreciate it. I don't mind giving the medicine myself actually, but they really are helpful. I am not a fussy one to begin with, so I guess the rule is simple, if you ease someone, they will help you back.
But after all, although it is quite "slow", but for me, I put them all away. As long as my baby is ok back again, everything else doesn't matter.
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