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Limitation

We are the man of limitation, define by quantifiable space and time, so is our ability and capacity. Mum admitted into hospital after a week long of fever. A long process of investigation hence began, involving multidisciplinary team of specialist, there were HO, MO, rheumatologist, orthopedic surgeon, ID specialist, and etc. Certainly with multiple means of investigation too, X-ray, daily blood test monitoring, ultrasound and etc. I am truly grateful for the medical team, especially the HO, though they were exhausted with the workload and numerous on-call, yet they are credible and thoughtful in the investigation process, make me feel so warm and so touched. 15 days of hospitalisation, 15 days of persistent effort from the doctors, nurses, and family, yet the cause and the source of illness were failed to be identified. She discharged after normal body temperature resume, and the discharge note diagnosis is nasocomial infection... I was not satisfied with the diagnosis, the