Today is one of those days. A strange celebration of life and death. I will be attending a baby shower, a baby full moon, and a wake.
My grandmother passed away last night. I didn't get to see her since Chinese New Year, and even then, she was fine and alert, though weak and tired.
Popo has been relatively inactive for the past ten years. But most of us attributed it to the fact that she became quite lazy to walk around, preferring to rely on the domestic helpers to push her in a wheelchair, or help her to the living room where she sat the whole day watching TV. She did, however, suffer from arthiritis for nearly 40 years and that was perhaps the worst discomfort. A few years ago, she had a ballooning done on her heart artery. Besides that, and her arthiritis, she had few other problems.
In the last two weeks, her blood pressure and heartbeat dropped drastically. I guess she was just too tired to go on. It's sad for me as she could have become a great-grandma in a month's time or so. Alas, this is not to be.
I shall cherish the memories I have of her, her kindness and love.
1 comments:
I shall miss her beautiful fair skin, her smiles and her voice. She suffered since the age of 42.
One beautiful Sunday morning in 1970's,she was having breakfast when she felt dizzy. She consulted family Dr across the street of her lodging pre-war house.She was referred to hospital and was diagnosed as anaemic.
"She was given 3 bags of blood from unclean, unknown person."
6-9 months later, she complained of joints pain. Medical Science was not so advanced in those days.
Unfortunately, she fell into this painful, deteriorating disease...Rheumatoid Arthritis.
She survived till that night where she was called to the Lord. All her pains and aches to the slightest touch were gone.
Memories
Post a Comment