Twinkle Star...

It's been a long time since I updated my blog... I'm not here to evalute why and how. Anyways I'm going to update this very moment.

I injured my hand during YF camp 2005.. I know this is the N times I've injured myself BUT hey... I don't want it to happen either. It's so not fun can. So many things I can't do... all the things that I enjoyed doing very much... except sleeping and eating I think.

Everything happened so suddenly... we were all playing tug of war in camp and my group - JOHN was on a winning strike. I was ready to give my all to win that for my team... Out of determination to win, I twined the rope around my hand and competed against the last team in the finals. I did that too in previous matches and it worked well... that caused us to win. The last team was really strong siah.. we had an advantage initially and josh who is a pessimist said, "we're winning!" I was really pulling the rope with all my might but something very unfortunate happened... somehow someone in my team lost his foothold and we were pulled forward by a little. It was then when we were losing... and hey. rememeber I twined the rope around my hand? It was pulled along with the rope forward when we lost... I thought I was going to lose my hand at that point of time man. Then I took off my gloves and see my red and swollen hand. It was so painful that I don't feel much pain.. so ironic. It was just beyond... agrh. don't how to say. People who know me will know that my threshold of pain is quite low... I would scream and cry when i'm hurt... I just can't tahan pain. But this time, weirdly, I didn't.

I thought it was okay so I didn't ask for help immediately... after that I playfully showed someone my 'pig trotters' and then i was called to receive medical attention... hah. They had no ice so they gave me cold milo to cool it... got to drink it after that! : )

I seriously thought it was just a sprain... at least because it wasn't as painful when i broke my ankle... then i went on to play the games (supreme captainball, extreme foosball and operation: beseige) with JOHN. Yes, i know i shouldn't do this... I'm sooooo going to be nagged at. However, I really need to be there for my team. My team is one with very low self-efficacy. They need to be pushed and encouraged constantly. It was just the first day... I can't leave them on their own.

And so... it was swollen for the next few days... sometimes it gets better, sometimes worse. By evening on that very day, bruises started surfacing... then it was bandaged up. Next morning, my fingers were... brownish, greenish and purplish. EEEEK. and i had to go to school for audio test... thank God, my lecturer gave me extra time to set up the equipments! hee.

On the 3rd day, we had to go out for amazing race.. so it was no bandage and no sling... managed to survive the whole thing! woohoo. (will update about the exciting camp in a separate entry... quite confusing. I shall just concentrate on my hand here...) When we went back to YISS, viv put me in a sling... it's kinda funny cos the sling is all the way up as it's holding my hand up on my shoulders.. but it helped. It was less swollen at the end of the day.

On that very night, with my less-swollen hand, we played ultimate frisbee!!! It was super fun siah. I cooped well with my other hand. (thank God i hurt my left hand, not my right!) I'm so tempted to say what happened on the last night... but i hafta save it for the camp entry!!! haha.

Alright, and so i survived so many days without seeing the doc... don't ask me why. BUT anyhoosies, i finally went to see the doc after so many ppl started calling me up and asking me to go see the doc... scaring me with the gangrene stuff and about losing my whole hand! Ok lah, i was very worried at that point of time. Can't imagine myself with one hand. eeek.

SO WHAT DID THE DOC SAY?

She suspects that there are no broken bones but can't be 100% sure... At least she didn't feel any of my bones shifting around but there's a possiibilty that there might be a hairline fracture or something along that line... After examining the bruises, she concluded that it's caused by busted soft tissues/cells after my hand was squeezed by the rope. Then i asked her about the bruises at my fingers joints... (it's kinda scary.. the joints are brown and the other side of the fingers are green). She said it's because there's serious internal bleeding and it apparently affected several places... wrist, plam, fingers etc. Advised me to elevate my hand in a sling for these few days... and if the swelling doesn't subside within these few days, i'll have to go for an x-ray.

Really hope that it won't be anything too serious... I want my Christmas this year! can't miss 2 Christmases in a row!

Do pray for me... thank you all who have been praying for me, asking after me, caring for me!

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