... when I walk thru the dark valley of death, I will not be afraid ...

CC went for her op this evening .. the procedure was suppose to take 3hrs but it took her 4.5hrs ... reflecting how George and Walter may felt brings to mind how God was faithful to us .. and to Mom .. when we went through a similar experience.

I remembered ... about 7yrs ago .. Mom went for her major op .. it was suppose to be 4-5hrs of procedure but at the end ... it took her 12hrs! I remember that morning when we wheeled Mom into the operating theater .. it was not a pleasant experience which am sure all of us would not like to go thru .... we prayed for Mom and told her that we cannot be in with her but God can, Jesus is holding her hands and she is surrounded by His angels. Thank God that the surgeon is a Christian and she was much comforted when he actually prayed for her before they started the procedure for her.

Then, SM, KC, Ong and I waited outside the operating theater for Mom to be wheeled out. There were a few other families in the waiting area as well ... we waited and waited ... non of us had any appetite to eat .... we just waited ... and prayed in our hearts ... non of us had any mood for anything else cos it was a very tensed situation cos we knew that Mom was on the operating table .... we were not in control .... anything can happen ... even if the op is successful.

We waited from morning till evening ... and Mom is till not out ... all other families already had their member out of the operating theater .. its really very tensed when you see another family leaving that area knowing that the member who went in came out well ...

We started to panic as dusk sets in .. as clock kept ticking and no sign of Mom .... and there was no other people in the waiting area except SM, KC,Ong and I .... the silence is deafening .. non of us spoke any word but panic, fear and anxiety was written all over our face ... in fact, we dare not speak, least speak our fear and set us all of a panic mode ... in our hearts, we were praying very hard ... crying out to God for His mercy ... in our hearts, we could hear the sound of the clock ticking ... Ong commented that the situation was so tensed that it was almost like what we watch in the movies ... we had life experience of it ....

Then, suddenly .... we saw the doctor coming out! He gave us news .... and we waited for while.... we saw Mom wheeled out .. SM and I was so relieved and SM just ran to Mom .... initially the Dr did not want us to see Mom yet and asked us to wait cos Mom was weak due to the lost of blood .... but eventually we saw Mom ....

The burden of fear and anxiety was lifted .... God was faithful to us ... God answered our cries and saw us thru a situation of battling with life ... indeed He was faithful and true to His promise (Psalms 23 : 4) : to God be the glory!