As mentioned on previous post my mom was scheduled to get an Intravitreal triamcinolone (IVT) injection on Wednesday afternoon but had to cancel it as my mom was not feeling well. She got stomach ache since Tuesday night and couldn’t sleep because of that. So we called the hospital in the morning to reschedule the appointment. The next appointment would be tomorrow afternoon.

I don’t understand why all of a sudden she got stomach ache that night. She didn’t eat anything unusual during the day. My brother said she probably just nervous for getting the injection the next day. He could be right. Hopefully, she can make it tomorrow.

We went to my mom’s ophthalmologist last Friday to check her eye’s condition. She wasn’t supposed to meet her ophthalmologist until next month but lately she’s been complaining that her vision became blurry again especially when she tried to read so we decided to make an appointment immediately.

The doctor said there was a swelling around my mom’s eye as a sign of Cystoid Macular Edema (CME) so he sent her to CDC room to get an OCT (Optical Coherence Tomography) test to make sure. However, somehow they couldn’t perform the OCT test so the doctor used ultrasound instead. Here’s the result.

His doctor then proposed an Intravitreal triamcinolone (IVT) injection as treatment to reduce the edema. He explained several possible causes of CME and the side effects of IVT. He also recommended some further tests to find out the exact cause of my mom’s macular edema such as hematology and TORCH test, thorax x-ray and dental checkup (in case she has tooth cavity).

The injection is scheduled on Wednesday at 2PM but we have to be there by 1PM as we will have further discussion about the procedure. Hopefully the IVT procedure can help to improve her vision.

I finally got my new laptop this week . Well, it’s not really mine, it’s my office’s. Last month when I was still on leave my boss told me to search for a new laptop since my old HP is already out of date. Later I told her that my choice was either HP Pavilion dv4-1532TX Moonlight White or HP Pavilion dm3-1028TX.

It should have been ready on the first day I came back to work two weeks ago if our new IT guy just approved one of my choices. Instead he told our GA department to hold and waited until I came because he wanted to talk to me first.

Later he told me the specs of those two laptops were too high for legal department. But I said those laptops were within $1,100 budget. He said he had a list of cheaper laptop with the same or lesser specs. WTF! I told him if that was the case, then my boss shouldn’t bother to call me during my leave on the first place. Just bought any laptop they wanted and surprised me later!

My new HP Pavilion dv4-1532TX Moonlight White

Anyway, I insisted. There was a reason why I was called to search for my own laptop which was because my boss trusted my choice. Finally, it was settled. Earlier this week my new toy arrived. It’s an HP Pavilion dv4-1532TX Moonlight White bundled with Windows 7 Home Premium. The HP symbol on the cover will glow when turned on. Beautiful isn’t it? I should be very careful with it though, as it’s in all white including the keyboard so it’s easy to get dirty.

So it’s time to say good bye to my old lappy. It’s not easy though, since I’ve been using that laptop for over five years, so it’s almost like a soul mate to me. She witnessed my up and down mood at work, sometimes I slapped her when I was upset (oops). I’m gonna miss you lappy

My Old Lappy

And welcome new lappy! Hopefully we’re gonna have fun working together for (at least) the next five years

My New Lappy