On wednesday, 17 August 2001... my grandpa went to be with the Lord (:
Just wanna talk abt this because I see how throughout the whole process, starting when he first suffered from stroke, got hospitalised till he passed away, I see God's unfailing love not just for me but also for my entire family, and it's something that I really want to testify.
So what happened was that my grandpa suffered a stroke attack when eating out with my grandma quite a few months ago and my grandma was traumatised, running to my house crying saying that grandpa fainted and got sent to the hospital. Initially non of us in the family thought that it would be stroke, but later on when my family went to the hospital, the doctor said that my grandpa suffered from a stroke attack and could not articulate because both sides of his brain were paralysed. With heavily burdened heart, my family prepared ourselves for the days to come because we knew that most probably his condition will get worse and not better, well, not to say that we were faithless, but knowing that it's the third time he suffered from stroke, and a serious one too.
Later on, the doctor called my father at late midnight saying that my grandpa went into ICU because he had a breathing problem so I accompanied my father to the hospital and saw my grandpa looking really pale and painful. At that juncture, we were forced to make a painful decision to whether let him undergo a surgery so to help his breathing for a longer lifespan or to just leave it as it is. Yes, it was really painful, and I had to think about it almost everyday and I just can't help but to feel horribly stressed and upset, neither one can help him to regain the ability to communicate with us. I guess that was the hardest period throughout this process.
Finally we prayed and decided to let him undergo the surgery, so that we can walk through the last few months of his life with him. As often as we could, we would visit him in the hospital, massage him, talk to him... I guess he knew we were there, he held my hand like really really tight such that i couldn't withdraw my hand.
Initially he could look into our eyes, but later he got weaker and weaker, closing his eyes more often than before. We knew that it must be really hard for him, and he will one day leave us. From time to time he got transferred to many different hospitals and I just tell myself that I NEED to visit him at the hospital in Hougang in which he stayed for the last few days of his life and in fact, that was the last time I held his hand and talked to him.
I received my father's call on Wednesday when I was on my way home that he told me to tell mummy that grandpa passed away. I asked if he needs my accompany to the hospital and he said that as a family we will go together. We went to the hospital and take a last look at our beloved grandpa.
I'm thankful because even though life was really hard for him and my family, God gives us strength to carry on and even after he passed away, God give us comfort by sending wonderful angels into our lives, both christians and non christians too :') Daddy made a speech before grandpa's cremation and we were all crying because we were reminded of the thing God bless us with, from big to small but all is powerful. Wanna thank esp all the churchies, because of all their unfailing care and concern for my grandpa and my family that we know that even though we did not visit grandpa at times, they were there to keep him accompanied; that we know that even though my father is the only child, we can count on them to share the burden.
God opened up my eyes to show me the truest friends in my life and my family's and I'm awed by His power to touched even the non believers' hearts through my grandpa's wake services and all that. He can even used the last part of my grandpa's life to do great things, I'm so thankful and amazed.
God also place people into my life to comfort and encourage my family and I. I'm esp thankful because it is through Him I know where my grandpa is going and eternally staying (:
I see it as something worth rejoicing and be thankful of!
In all glory I give God for great is thy faithfulness!
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