as the nation welcomed The Rat, i know of 2 families who will not join in the festivities.
a 27-yr-old insurance agent was admitted in coma. apparently he had woken up that morning feeling faint, then had breakfast & suddenly lost consciousness. a brain scan revealed a massive blood clot, probably caused by a ruptured abnormal blood vessel, called an arterio-venous malformation, or AVM for short.
although surgery to remove the clot was successful, the initial damage caused by the clot had been substantial. he did not regain consciousness & was pronounced brain dead 10 days later.
in a surprising twist of event, his father consented for both his eyes to be donated for corneal transplant. that the deceased had an unquenchable thirst for life was undeniable - even after vital support had been withdrawn, his heart resiliently pumped on for a good 20 mins...
....before giving up.....
....as if defiantly declaring that his time should not have ended at his prime.
i pray that through his eyes, the two recipients will see that kindness, goodness & mercy still abound in this depraved world.
the other family will mourn the passing of their 21-yr-old daughter, involved in a head-on collision on new year's eve with another car allegedly driven a drunken driver. the latter died at the scene of the accident but the girl was admitted to hospital with severe head & abdominal injuries. she underwent emergency surgery but succumbed 4 days later.
2 tragedies,
2 young lives snatched away,
not of their own doing,
but yet others gamble frivolously with theirs.
1 comment:
don't bother replying to my comments, cos i most probably can't remember which post i commented on and won't come back to see your reply. i just wanted to say:
reading your blog thus far, i don't know how you can do it, face all these senseless death, all these young souls taken away at the prime of their time. i know i definitely would not have been able to. so, with the most sincere of heart, i thank you because you ARE doing it and that you find the strength to continue doing it. rest often, recharge every once in a while, so that you may continue to do what you do for all of us :-)
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