Here are many unfortunate people around us only if you open your heart to see.

Yesterday, was my first time being a Voluntary Worker. I have a very deep feeling inside when I saw it with my eyes.

When I see the handicap, my heart bleeds.

When I see the old folks, I feel the pain.

Where are all their family??

Will they feel lonely?

Will they miss their family?

I learn that I am a lucky person.

I thank God for giving me a healthy body.

I thank God for giving me a lovely family.

I thank God for all the friends that I know.

I am here to help.

To lend out my hand.

I saw the smile in their face.

The appreciation when they shake your hand.

Is just their own way to express "Thank You"

Things that happen. Case ONE

An old man fainted after his dinner while walking towards the bus. His lip turns black, immediately we dashed up and help. Don’t worry, we know alittle of first aid.

 Case TWO

One of the handicap names Ah Gek as the incharge said she will just walk and lost, so someone has to be with her all the time. When other handicap were arranging to get into the bus, I lead her to the front entrance of the bus and asked her to step up. She refused and keeps shaking her head. Whenever I tried again, she just refused, and keeps shaking her head.

I am very down today, bad new strike my mobile this morning. Dad and sis bought mum to AE in NUH yesterday afternoon. By right they got to Q-Up but due to mum condition, emergency case was taken. I wasn't told until 5pm when sis rings my mobile and told me that they are in NUH Hospital. I was shocked and dashed to the Hospital immediately. Mum need to admit in for today, we was told. X-tray was done and everything seems to be ok. It was a relief when we heard that. She was then pushed to her ward. Nurses and doctors came one after another. Until someone came, we predict they are the senior doctors, they checked on mum and without a word to us, they left and Sis saw one of them make an in-house called. She said to me.... I think is something terrible, if not he won’t make a called immediately he attended mum. A nurse then told us that a scan need to be done before anything take place, and they have put up as an urgent case for us. It was getting late, and I believe dad was very tired after a day. We suggested to dad that we go home first, dad was worried and refused. We told him that my second sis would be coming later, so there will be someone around. He gives in to our persuasion and follows us back home. A scanned was immediately taken when second sis arrived. She waited there, for the result and spoke to the doctor-in-charge. A MAIN OPERATION is a must now; one third of her big intestine has to be taken out.... and ...so..on... :(

*tears*

It was a very bad experience. The doctors are very direct in words. Infront of my mum, they said: " Your mum has everything, high blood, diabetes, cholesterol and heart attack. This is going to be a very high-risk operation. Did you inform all your family members to come down and standby? She can die anytime in the theatre, or heart attack during the operation. She can get stroke too….blah …blah…" My dad tears when he heard all these. Lucky mum can’t understand much in English.

All of us waited outside the operation theatre. Hours passed, I asked my brother " Think mum should be ok? If not they will call us immediately right?" Sis said, "She is going to be okay" Hour passed again, my brother mobile then ring, it was from the theatre nurses. They said the operation done and mum is resting now. They will push her to the high intensive care unit. It was a kind of relief; at least we won the first battle. Both my sisters stay over night there, making sure that she is all right. I then drove my dad over the next day morning, taking over my sister’s duty. She looks so much better the next day, but during the evening, she has slight fever. Everyone was worried. All my aunts came and there are so many people around her, so my brother decided to stay over night to watch her.

We managed to talk to one of the team doctor about my mum condition. They will kind of surprise about my mum organs, everything seems to be in good condition, except the affection part and a lump that looks likely a cancer. Instead of 1/3, they cut of 2/3 of her colon and instead of having a bag outside, they decided to join it back. Regardless how professional the doctors are, there are always risk behind. So mum needs to be observe 7 days in intensive care.

On the fourth days, when mum was so much better, out of sudden she said she saw a lot of spider webs all around…At first I thought it was her eye sight problem, until she started to point the web to me. I was shocked and told my sisters about it. I insisted that I wanted her to be transfer out. So that night, mum transfers to the normal ward which approval by the doctors. The next day, she told my sister that she was unable to sleep for the whole night. She saw lesser spider web but a lot of ants are crawling around her, million of ants!!! She was afraid and keeps pressing bell to seek for nurses help. She requested us to bring her "Mother of Jesus, Mary" to her, as we are a Roman Catholic. When I heard this from my sister on the mobile, immediately I went to the Church stone throw away and asked for Holy Water. We clean her eyes and face with holy water, hand her a rosary and a Mary statue from home and place beside her bed. She sleeps very peacefully  after that night.

She got discharge yesterday and back home. =) Now the only thing was, we are waiting for the result of that …. Thing .. that found inside her. Just pray for her and hope she will be better after this.

*心语*