Almost, i almost lost my Grandfather when we visited him in the NUH on 25 Feb '2010.
We weren't close, and had only vague images of our old time together. But seeing him unconscious after a major operation, kept alive by the pumping machines in the ICU; tears flow uncontrollably as i pray, holding him by his cold swollen hands.
"Will you put the plug?"
The question that had always seemed irrelevant to us was on everyone mind. It was easier said than done.
Nobody would have done it if not for the hefty medical bills, nobody honest. It's a sad truth.
Praise God. Today Granddad is recovering.
He is now off most machines, conscious but still in need of more minor operations.
Like any patients, he just wishes to go home.
It's a dilemma for us all: Remove all his machine plugs and he wouldn't even make it home alive; staying in hospital is a torment for him physically, so bad he's always trembling in fear of pain and grabbing hold of us when it's time for us to leave...
Even in such a distressed situation, he could not decide his stay.
Grandfather does not have a Faith that prepares him on life's next journey...
A quote i remembered, "Even if your next destination is Heaven, you wouldn't be hurrying to leave now".
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