Jianjie and His Freak Accident!!!

It all started with an sms to Jianjie*** (kk)...

"Hi kk... Are you coming to support the juniors tomorrow morning?" - Ah Liang

"Sorry. I can't. Actually, I'm hospitalized. Got a punctured hole in my left lung aft diving last wk. Recovering, discharging tmr aft'nn". - KK

OH MY GOD... What happen? Is he ok? Was he stung by a sting ray like Steve Irwin? Did he fought with a shark? I don't know. So I asked some of the closer friends of KK to visit him on Sunday (15th April). They are Lijia, Xiuhua, Shuwei, Wenyin, Jianwei and SIQIANG. I was pondering whether to ask Siqiang to tag along. Because I am afraid his jokes will enlarge the hole in KK's left lung and puncture his right lungs as well. So I warned KK first that the jester will be going.

When we reached his house, Siqiang started with all his craps. There were times KK laughed till his wound hurt. OUCH! Imagine you have a pipe poked into your body for 4 days and someone made you laughed like crazy. You think the wound will hurt? OF COURSE.

Anyway, here's the story of KK's freak accident (I might not be very accurate):

KK went to Tioman for diving lessons. When he came out from his last dive, he realised he had difficulty in breathing. He ignored the symptoms and went ahead went back to Singapore and even worked for a day. However, he felt very uncomfortable so he went to see a General Practitioner (GP). His experience with the GP was funny. The GP told him to go take an X-Ray IMMEDIATELY. Wah!!! KK was quite intimidated by the GP's reaction. After showing the X-Ray to the GP, he ironically said that it is nothing life-threatening but yet 'suggest' that he should immediately go to Tan Tock Seng (instead of going back to change clothes). So in his shorts and T-Shirt, he went to TTSH.

Anyway, KK's freak accident led to the shrinking of his left lung. Let me explain: Because his left lung has a punctured hole, the air will leak out of the lung into the enclosed lung cavity. As the air volume increases, his left lung needs to be shrunk to give way to the air. Thus, it gets smaller and smaller. So KK's operation involved a procedure to poke a tube into his lung cavity to release the air. So basically, he was sleeping in TTSH with that pipe for 4 days.

Huiling (Our dear missy) will be interested in this part. There is a box which connect the tube to KK's body. A senior nurse told one male trainee nurse that it is IMPORTANT to keep the box upright. The moment the senior nurse left, the trainee accidentally kicked the box and knocked it over. Another incident happened when a senior nurse suggested to put KK on drip (and that injection is very PAINFUL de). After he got poked again, the doctor told him that it was not necessary. DIAOZ!!! What the hell!!! Finally, when he was on the operation bed, the doctor brought in all the trainee doctors from NUS to see KK's condition. Wah Liew! HOW UNETHICAL!!! The doctor didn't even ask for his permission.

Anyway, now KK needs to live with a 'life-supporting device'!!! (See Picture below) SOB!!! HOW SAD!!! HAHAHA. Just joking. That is a device used for exercising KK's lungs (I don't think there is a need for him to exercise for days because of the laughters we had with Siqiang around.) Anyway, When Siqiang saw that 'device', his first question was "Is that a new 乐器？" (DIAOZ) With Siqiang's jokes, KK was even grapping his wound when he laughed too hard and we had to stop Siqiang from continuing. :

KK's 'Life Saving' Device (Top)

KK holding on to his wound. It hurts to laugh! (Top)

NOOOO! Jianwei forcing KK to play his new 'musical instrument' (Top)

Anyway, with 14 bottles of Brands Essence of Chicken, I believe KK will have a speedy recovery. =)

Take Care KK,

AH LIANG

*** Kian Kiat is our first president of AJCAACO. He plays the double bass in the 14th Batch AJCO.