And so, Gran's in hospital.

She's been complaining about feeling bloated and generally discomfort for a month now. And I guess pain must have set in on Thursday night/Friday morning, so she gave my yi a call and got admitted into NUH.

There was, apparently, an ulcer/growth in her stomach that ruptured, causing internal bleeding and all. So they took a sample of the growth for testing, stopped the bleeding, and topped her up with one satchel of blood (not neccesarily in that order).

I had to get Yoko to cover for me for last night's school exhibition so I could rush to the hospital to visit Grandma. Visiting hours are strictly over at 8pm for High Dependancy Ward patients..

I guess they sloshed Grandma with drugs, she could barely talk and could just manage to shake/nod her head/mumble. So I just held her hand and talked nonsense until it was time to go.

The test results will be out on Tuesday and they'll schedule an op to remove that growth. We can only hope it's not cancerous.

I'll be visiting her again tomorrow morning. and likely every evening after work until she's discharged.. and.. she may be staying there until CNY is over. She's not pleased about that, but nothing much can be done. I bought bird's nest for her to enjoy after her impending operation so there's that at least.

Speaking of which, I FEEL POOR. Bird's nest for 2 grandmas (bought another box for Ama since I was shopping, ya'know?), haircut, Bak kwa (It's like the price of gold. $48 for 1kg!!)... total damage > $200.. in... one.. afternoon..

Between worrying for grandma, worrying about me getting broke, and worrying about work, and worrying about Melvin's jobless state - no wonder I'm stressed and pimples are popping up all over my face.

Sigh!

Genie went for her grooming session at Vivocity over the weekend. She currently doesn't look like my dog. We decided to head to Vivo because the last groomer she had gave her nicks and cut her nails till they bled. And vivo looked quite popular.. so we gave it a shot. I really need to look for a groomer who knows how to do the westie cut. Correction. I need to look for one that operates in the EAST. All the recommended groomers seem to located in the west side of SG. Holland.. CCK.. the like. Same for vets btw. Which is why we had to drive Genie all the way to Jalan Kayu for her spay op.

Genie and the groomer didn't get off to a very good start. When he knelt down and called her, she ignored him. And when he reached to carry her, she shrunk into a corner..
Melvin and I took a peek at the grooming process from a discreet corner at one point and I admit, Genie isn't the most cooperative of dogs. Everytime the groomer, Derrick, tried to adjust her head a lil to cut her fur, she'll use her kung-fu paws to try and push his hands away.

When we picked her up, the groomer was like 'this one, very naughty'. Dear me.

I can't wait for Glenn to get his vet degree. Free consult for Genie, yay! Provided he comes back to SG, that is. He'll complete his degree when Genie turns 4 or 5 years old. Get 1 or 2 years of exp, then just nice. Genie would be a Senior Doggizen by then and will need vet care.

See? it all works out :)