road trip, interrupted

last weds, the family headed down south for a 4 day road trip. It was the first time we had gone for a holiday this long since our now 7 month old baby came into our lives and i felt so proud of my very efficient packing (i need to get out more).

suddenly, somewhere in negeri sembilan, the husband started getting painful spasms on his side. i kept telling him to pull over so i could take over the driving but stubborn man that he is, he kept on driving in between yelling out in pain. In Ayeh Keroh, Melaka we drove to Pantai Hospital's emergency unit. For the next 5 hours, they shot him twice with painkillers while they did tests and then finally the CT scan results came out, showing there was a stone between his kidney and bladder, too big to go through his system naturally. He needed to be admitted so I drove like the wind back to KL to his usual hospital, making it there just before his last shot of painkillers wore off. The operation was scheduled early the next morning so that night all 4 of us camped out in his room. The kids were very happy and cheerful, a different sort of adventure from the one originally planned but an adventure all the same. And the important thing was that we were all spending time together, way more time, without any distraction whatsoever. Thank God, his procedure went well and we went home that evening. I unpacked our luggage, sigh, all that efficient packing....next time, then.