Date: Friday, 04/01/08

I register myself to Ward 63 at SGH in the morning; the ward I will be staying for my post-surgery treatment. And the ward staff was expecting my arrival. I found out from them that my surgery is due later today, not immediate.

I expected my surgery to be the 1st case, as arranged before my admission today. Usually 1st cases are expected to begin surgery at 8.00. But the night before my admission, I received a call from the ward nurse that my surgery is being ‘pushed’ to a later time.

That call calmed the nerves, even if it was just a little. I was to register to the ward at 8.00, Friday morning.

Back in my room, I was approached by the ward doctor. He briefed me about my surgery, and requested me to sign a consent form agreeing to the surgery.

I signed it, hoping for the best in the surgery and post-surgery treatment. The clock showed 8.20.

Soon after the doctor had left me, a few nurses came by to introduce themselves and inform me of my surgery. Tentatively, my surgery is at 11.00.

10.20.