5.15pm today (30/7/2017), I was in the retirement home my
grandparents are now living in, chit chatting away with my grandfather about
the past... I haven't been frequent with my visits for a long time now and
decided to bring them out for a dinner treat today. Before we left for dinner,
Kung Kung wanted to go to the toilet. Since mummy made
some Chinese dessert, she had asked him to have some. As he lifts the spoon we
saw him shivering vigorously, something like Parkinson's. He then
complained it was too cold (believe me it was like 35°c that time). The shiver continued
and he turned yellow. As a chatty person, he still wanted to speak but no one
could understand what he was saying. Later on he was breathing very heavily, as
if he was going to....
At that time his whole body was still shivering. Sean was
holding him tightly and rubbing his palm so he wouldn't feel so cold. All
wrapped up in his thick blanket, he was still shaking. I quickly went to grab
his pair of long pants so he could be warm. I lifted the pants up it was heavy.
I reached out to the pockets and picked out some used tissue paper, some papre,
a plastic cup (omg why?) & the last thing I picked from his pocket was a photo
of me when I was 5. I couldn't hold my tears the moment I saw the photo. I
looked at it while listening to the sound of his heavy breathing and I was
shaken. "I am not ready!", I told God. "Please, Lord don't take
him yet!" "Heal him, comfort him" were the words in my mind the
entire time. Thankfully after close to 20 mins of shiver and heavy breatbkng,
Kung Kung was finally calmed and stable. I refuse to let him sleep. I continued
talking to him until the ambulance came.
I couldn't even explain the intensity of the few moments
when he was shivering, yellow and looked like shutting down. We fed him hot
Milo as he refused to drink. We didn't know what to do but pray..
... The photo I found was me acting on stage in my
kindergarten's annual graduation. Behind the photo were scribbles of what event
that photo was taken at. It was 1995. I was then 5. I was technically brought
up by both my grandparents and I still cannot imagine them not being around
anymore because they really, mean the world to me. Just the thought of losing
them would cause me to tear buckets.
At 9.30pm, we received the best news ever. Kung Kung can
finally go back and only needs to be on antibiotics for a week. Although they
are suspecting a lung infection, I am still thankful that he made it! Thank
you, Jesus!
Thank you for reading!
Love,
Sheryn
Thank you for reading!
Love,
Sheryn