XLIF

90 minutes operation and one hour of recovery later he was up and chatty. That was 8pm on friday night. By noon the next day, he was asked to walk around wearing a lumbar support around his waist. A keyhole surgery on the spine known as XLIF(Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion) has realigned a slip bone that was compressing his nerves, giving him much pain and slowly numbing his ability to walk. Dr Benjamin Tow, spent a year in the states training for this procedure. He assured my dad that though he has only done 3 of this kind since his return beginning of this year, he has confidence that my dad will recover faster then the traditional open surgery. He was right. The wound was only two little holes and the pain minimal. By sunday he was ready to be discharged. Being a sunday, he had to wait until monday for the physiotherapist to certify him fit enought to leave.

Trick or Treat

It's hard to train old dogs new tricks Even harder to train smart dogs clever tricks.

Cathy the Cat

She was forgotten when the owner moved away. Spents her days around the lift landing waiting. All that walk by never fails to give a pat or greet her. She is my Cathy.

MBS

Singapore's changing skyline. Marina Bay Sands icon ship design sky garden taken from the esplanade. 3 years ago it was just another piece of reclaimed land dotted with trees on this plain grassland.