Lina gets warded

Some time in the middle of last month,a bunch of mumps carrying virus were floating in the air looking for a victim.They spotted a 14 going on 15 year old girl.She would be their victim. So this girl was afflicted with the mumps virus.The medical term for it is epidemic paratitis.The word `mumps' was actually coined from the word 'chipmunk'.You know,the cheeks and jawls look puffy like a chipmunk with his mouth full of nuts. The doctor prescribed antibiotics to destroy the virus.The antibiotics did their job well.No more mumps.Something else happened. Our body has several glandular lumps,like near the ears,armpits and elsewhere. These lumps are called lymph nodes. After doing their task,the antibiotics decided to hang around.They camped in the lymph node below the girl's ears,near her neck.It turned into a big lump,just like a bisul (boil).The local doc said the girl has to go to the hospital to remove that lump. So,that girl,my daughter Lina skipped school on Friday the 13th and presented herself to the Seberang Jaya hospital and was immediately warded.She was so scared of the `surgery' that she would have to experience. All that the hospital doc did was prick a tiny hole and pump out the liquid to reduce the swelling.She was discharged yesterday and she has to go to a specialist in BM Hospital for further treatment.The lump is still there but feels a bit hard,because the liquid has been drained out. I don't know what treatment they intend to give.Wait till tomorrow and see.