Down in Melaka

We received news on Monday night that my MIL was admitted into hospital, so we made our way down the very next day at about 12pm.

Packed for a 2days 1 night trip, booked a last minute hotel room and we were on our way in the faithful little monster ... reached about 2hrs later.

Dropped Hubby off at the hospital while Jaden and I went ahead and checked into the hotel first, with me trying to find some 'allowed-edible' lunch for Jaden.

Little monster's blow motor decided to blow on us, and that ripped me RM100 getting a new one fixed. Well, all in the name of comfort.

One night turned into two nights unexpectedly as MIL's condition was worse than reported and of course, its only right that Hubby stays by his mother's side until at least she is discharged and he finds somebody that he could trust to take care of MIL as she refuses to come down to KL with us.

The whole of SimonYap clan ran out of clean clothes and even Jaden's supplements by the third day and since the hotel rooms were already fully-booked which means we had to check out even if we wanted to stay on another day, we were left with no choice.

So I drove back with Jaden on Thursday after lunch, reached KL and quickly went online to search for available hotel rooms for Hubby that night until Sunday at least.

We repacked, restocked and drove down again to Melaka the next day and here we are, nicely placed in a budget hotel which is quite ok in terms of cleanliness and comfort.

MIL had been in ICU for the past two days and today afternoon, she was wheeled in for her surgery.. Just got news that she has seen got out from OT and is half awake, half sedated.

Popped over to the hospital while Jaden was taken care by his trusty ABA therapist for about 2 hours, who happened to be back in Melaka for the weekend. He sure had fun with her, more fun with her than with his own mother.. and he even got to score a shirt from the therapist's mother. How sweet right?

So here we are, confined to the hotel room as its jam everywhere during weekends, packed with tourists and cars from all over and eateries looked as if they are giving out free food, with that long beeline that all these people make.

Am not so sure when Jaden and I will be coming down to Melaka again but this time, we will just let Hubby do the care-taking job as Jaden has lots of his therapies to do and is not advisable to miss them that frequent. He already had his one week break the whole of this week... and the coming blood test I need to get it done again on him.

Just praying hard that MIL will have a fast smooth recovery and get discharged from the hospital. If only she will agree to come and stay with us, then Hubby will have a peaceful doing his work knowing that his mother is well taken care of in terms of food and health and safety.. alas, the old woman prefers Melaka to KL.