But I do believe that it is grace and lots of God's grace and mercy on her for her to be strong and well again. Mom wishes that she is able to walk again and the nurse said that this is a very good sign because it gives her the determination to be heal and reason to look forward to live. I really thank God that He has given Mom joy even in her situation, she is generally quite cheerful and smiles a lot.
I remember one day, after a tough time taking care of her .... I gave her glucose to drink because she complained that she was very hot. That set her on a hyper active mode and suddenly energized. But I was weary. So, I told her to sing to me to entertain me since I am still tired. So, she really sang songs to me ... in Foochow and Mandarin .. she sang "I've got joy joy, joy deep down in my heart" (and she say that the Sunday School teacher sings and does the actions very well). She also sang a Mandarin song that has the chorus that goes something like : "where is your brother [ the word in Mandarin is younger brother ] ..." when she comes to this sentence, she skips it cos she says she cannot sing it ... sekali her late brother "come looking for her" .... betul2 pengsan!! :) .. so, she will sing the entire song and skip this sentence ... we ended up laughing. After singing for a while ... she said ... "ooo my voice is dry ... is all cos u ask me to sing ... now u have to go get a drink for me ..." .... faint! Macam2 pattern my Mom ...
Now, with her condition, the doctor recommended a new drug to "combat" (the word he use) osteoporosis ....
Aclasta .... which is given by infusion. Mom took that yesterday ... and the doctor said, every drop is money ... hahha ... off cos when 5mg is RM1800. Its suppose to last up to one year and within the one year, if anything happens to the bone, eg .... a fracture, the drug company will reimburse us back RM3000. Not that we want the RM3000 but its interesting how confident the company is of their product to offer this. For further info, you can read : http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/22699.php
So, by God's grace and mercy Mom's bones will be strengthen and pray that God will grace her with few more years for us to enjoy her and for her to enjoy the sunset of her journey.
dear, thks for sharing about your struggles and ur mommy's journey. :) I'm always so encouraged by your strength in God... u know the pass 2 weeks God has also been speaking to me about storms... and I shared this with the worship team...from Streams in the Desert.. “the sufferings of life are God’s winds. Sometimes they blow against us and are very strong. They are His hurricanes, taking our lives to higher levels, towards His heavens. Human life works exactly on the same principle. When the storms of life appear, the atmosphere is changed, purified, filled with new life, and part of heaven is brought down to earth.” I believe God is bringing u through the storms and allowing u to come out more courageous and strengthened for greater things. :) Love ya loads and oh ya! I still got two Ï love hongkong!" T-shirts for u la! will pass u when we meet again k? :) tc ya? I pray He will give u grace to count the hardest spot the sweetest place. :) hugs :)
ReplyDeletehahahha ... thanks for the tshirts .... hope to see u sometime March .. let's wait for Ah Yi to come back ... thanks for ur prayers and encouragement
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