Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Mutton Satay

On Tuesday 9.jan.2024, 6.30 am, he ate breakfast MYR 8.40 nett of hot coffee, toasts margerine kaya, two half boiled eggs at Sepetang Coffee shop before going with the elderly to the hospital for a physiotherapy session. I didn't eat breakfast.

*** Sing Kee Kitchen Taman Desa ***

12.08 noon - lunch - two chapfan no rice, one soup and one takeaway siew yuk roast chicken thigh rice for the elderly. Tuck Tuck Tei is having a rest day.

I chose 3 vege dishes for my chapfan no rice because when I got home, I ate the remaining 1.5 pieces of KFC chicken breast meat from yesterday to clear it.

*** Fatty Mok eatery ***

5.32 pm - after delivering medications to the care center, we ate early dinner of:
1. 4 ytf which are deep fried beancurd sheet, deep fried sui gao, ytf brinjal and ytf okra at MYR 2 a piece with a glass of cold pat ji cou MYR 2.50, total MYR 10.50 nett.
2. Satay 5 chicken satay, 5 beef satay and 2 mutton satay total MYR 19 nett.

*** Status ***

Reading before breakfast 7 mmol/l

9.30 am - waiting for the physiotherapy session at 10 am. No strength because didn't practise in the care center.

Noticed the elderly's eyes have a layer of translucent jelly substance on top of the eyeballs. Could it be chemosis?

The elderly's face also looks puffy, facial edema so could it be SVC obstruction?

Kid1 met up with us at the hospital at 9.33 am. Kid1 accompanied the elderly in the 10 am physiotherapy session and reported on the status as below:

The elderly in kid1 own words:

 "declined all the physio exercises after one or two tries today, citing tired and difficult to breathe.. therapist immediately checked"
the elderly's "vitals, oxygen, BP, pulse rate all are good. Therapist commented" the elderly "still has strength but muscles getting weaker due to inactivity"

So the question is to continue with the physiotherapy sessions or not since nothing seemed to be gained from it. No one wants to decide so they set up a date for the next physiotherapy session.

6 comments:

  1. your dinner of ytf and satay would be my mom's favorite coz she likes both! we prefer chicken satay which has tender meat (compared to beef/mutton).

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    1. Ah, your mom knows how to enjoy tasty food. Very true, the chicken satay is tender when compared to beef and mutton. Mutton is the most firm.

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  2. My mouth waters at the thought of mutton satay! The elderly's mobility issue is common among the aged. My dad is the same, lost a lot of muscle mass and no strength.

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    1. But the therapist says the elderly still has strength but because didn't want to exercise, is gradually losing all muscle mass.

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  3. To heal the body is tough when the mind is not up to it.

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