Farewell, Ah Yit...
Got a fateful call from the hubby when I juz reached town to do some shopping alone.
Ah yit was pronounced dead at 4.45pm, we zoomed to his bedside by 5.30pm.
There he was lying motionless on the hospital bed, mouth agap, face yellowish and the white blanket all covered up to his neck.
He looked fray, he looked peaceful.
I weeped as I saw him for the last time.
Yesterday when we visited him, he was still very much alive and his BP still read 145.
But by then his both hands had swollen to 2x bigger than usual and toes all blackened cos' lack of blood circulation.
I cried, cos' it wrenched to see him in that helpless state.
We called to him, hoping that he will at least open his eyes to see us once when he yawned, but he didn't.
The hubby was recounting the good times when Ah Yit would take turns to play chess with all the grandchildren...and though he couldn't really speak his language (Shanghainese), Ah Yit was still able to converse a few words of Hokkien to all of them.
My grandparents all passed away when I was a young little gal and couldn't really understand meaning of death.
It was my first time to be so up close to a dead relative, and somehow it really hurts this time to see someone in the family passed away right in front of my eyes.
As I'm typing away, tears juz flow down like a dripping tap.
I know we should be thankful that he didn't die of any sufferings. In fact, he was still a pretty healthy old man, no cancers, no diseases, no other illnesses. He had to go cos' his organs has went on a strike after working for 93 freaking years and dysfunctioned.
Perhaps he has already lost the will to live after the bad fall a couple of months ago.
He was still lamenting why someone upstairs still refuse to take him in as he was busy munching the Polar egg tarts we bought for him.
Now, he's back in the same bed again, but this time with his last breath ended there.
Shitz, my tears seem to be flowing non stop...
I have to stop typing...
Tmr will be a busy day =(
Ah Yit, I wish you well...though you may not be with us now, you will still be very much in our thoughts...
Ah yit was pronounced dead at 4.45pm, we zoomed to his bedside by 5.30pm.
There he was lying motionless on the hospital bed, mouth agap, face yellowish and the white blanket all covered up to his neck.
He looked fray, he looked peaceful.
I weeped as I saw him for the last time.
Yesterday when we visited him, he was still very much alive and his BP still read 145.
But by then his both hands had swollen to 2x bigger than usual and toes all blackened cos' lack of blood circulation.
I cried, cos' it wrenched to see him in that helpless state.
We called to him, hoping that he will at least open his eyes to see us once when he yawned, but he didn't.
The hubby was recounting the good times when Ah Yit would take turns to play chess with all the grandchildren...and though he couldn't really speak his language (Shanghainese), Ah Yit was still able to converse a few words of Hokkien to all of them.
My grandparents all passed away when I was a young little gal and couldn't really understand meaning of death.
It was my first time to be so up close to a dead relative, and somehow it really hurts this time to see someone in the family passed away right in front of my eyes.
As I'm typing away, tears juz flow down like a dripping tap.
I know we should be thankful that he didn't die of any sufferings. In fact, he was still a pretty healthy old man, no cancers, no diseases, no other illnesses. He had to go cos' his organs has went on a strike after working for 93 freaking years and dysfunctioned.
Perhaps he has already lost the will to live after the bad fall a couple of months ago.
He was still lamenting why someone upstairs still refuse to take him in as he was busy munching the Polar egg tarts we bought for him.
Now, he's back in the same bed again, but this time with his last breath ended there.
Shitz, my tears seem to be flowing non stop...
I have to stop typing...
Tmr will be a busy day =(
Ah Yit, I wish you well...though you may not be with us now, you will still be very much in our thoughts...
posted by sengmook @ 11:00:00 PM
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