We came back to Medan and told my
sponsor about this. If you read my previous posts, I told you that I met a very
kind family who wanted to help my surgery fund. However, the cost was much
greater than expected. It was not enough for one party to cover it. I was
waiting until August. I kept doing my yoga and the exercises Prof. Kwan asked
to do. It was August and I still did not progress anything in raising my fund.
I was worried whether I would not get a chance to have surgery. Coincidentally,
I had a small chat with one of my schoolmates. I forgot what we started talking
about. I just end up sharing about my worry regarding this surgery fund. It was
big battle in my mind. My negative thought said that maybe I didn’t deserve to
get surgery. There are a lot of people struggled more than me and they might
need treatment more than me. The other part of me tried to calm and told myself
to keep believing. I am worthy and I would get the chance at the right time. I
kept doing all exercises to strenghten my back. I got everything ready as I
would have surgery although I still didn’t have enough money. I didn’t care
what was going to happen. I just wanted to keep moving, keep trying, and keep
believing. I wanted to do my part. What I can’t control, I believe that God
will set the best for me.
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| Those are the exercises I did before my surgery. I did it as many times as possible. |
The next day, another of my
schoolmate sent me a messages that her father wanted to help me raising funds.
My scoliosis story was broadcasted through social media. In short time, my case
became the talk of the city. Everyone was wondered what scoliosis is, what the
cause is, and so on. I got a lot of calls the whole day asking me the same
questions. Some of the kind people visited my house to check my condition. Some
people said a bit hurtful things and I had to learn to understand others’ point
of view. To be honest, I was exhausted physically and mentally. I kept telling
myself I would go through this and everything would be alright. Thanks to my
Mom. She was as exhausted as I was but she never complained and still worried
about me.
At that time, I also met some
fellow scoliosers and the parents. They said that they thought it was ok to
ignore the scoliosis until they saw my severe case. They just knew it could
worsen like that and asked me the treatment choice available. Some even did not
realize that they had scoliosis until they read my case and checked their own
body. I willingly told them the details of my story and suggested them to take
action as soon as possible for their scoliosis. There are also parents of
fellow scoliosers whom children had gone under surgery. They gave support to me
and my mom.
Everyone took part to help me. I
really mean it, everyone. From my childhood friends, my schoolmates, my uni
friends, my lecturers, my students’ parents, my relatives and so many many many
else that I couldn’t mention. I was very touched. I shed tears silently as I
never thought that they care about me this much. Everyone supported me, telling
me that I would make it. Some friends told me that they would mentioned my name
in their pray. I could not describe well how heartwarming it was. I was
undescribable grateful for everything happened in my life. It was the mid of
August. I sent messages to ci Susan and ci Shierly (Prof. Kwan’s PA) that I
still could not set the surgery date since I hadn’t had enough for the surgery
fund.
In a week, I didn’t believe that
the fund is completely collected. “I REALLY CAN HAVE SURGERY!!!! IT WAS NOT A
DREAM” I shouted happily in my mind. My gratitude was really really
undescribable. Everyone has worked so hard to accomplish it. I told ci Shierly
that miracle happened and I could set the date for my surgery. After some
discussion, my surgery date was set on 24th August. It was just a week away. I
had to take care of my students and hand it to sub teacher. My mom who
accompanied me also had to finish all her work. She is a tailor. We also had
our closet raised to sitting one as I would not be able to squad for weeks
after surgery. My bed was also raised as I used to sleep with the bed just on
the floor. Shower was installed as I would had difficulty bending my back
lifting water. I went to bank to transfer the hospital deposit. Our country
rules does not allow us to bring cash more than 100 million rupiah abroad. I
had my hair cut short so my long hair would not touch my back scar. We did all
of that in one week while mom and I were still working. Ci Susan helped me to
book a room at Anjung Penyayang for my pre-admission hotel.
On 22nd August, my Mom and I flew
to KL. We were nervous, excited and exhausted at the same time. “Everything
will be alright, Fera”, I told myself.
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| Plus, I also took Bye-bye Fever with me just in case I got fever. A friend told me that she got a fever after surgery. However, I didnt have fever post-op. |
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| Yes I was very very sensitive to every bump after surgery. |
