I came back to the hospital early in the morning.
My tests came back. The result showed that there was high level of
autoimmune activity. The Lupus medical
team came to see me. They asked questions as to my sensitivity to the sun and
checked if I had the butterfly imprint on my cheeks. My blood test for Lupus
was negative.
“I got sun burnt just like
any Chinese lady,” I told them.
“It can take 3-5 years to diagnose lupus, meanwhile we have to
classified you as having auto-immuned disease.”
The Chinese elderly lady who had been on oxygen passed away. She
didn’t eat nor open her eyes for ove a week.
Her daughter cried. I felt tears on my cheeks just listening to her
sobbing and the ‘Why are you leaving us?”
Strong love warms my heart.
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Calming the soul when the ashes from cremation are spread to nature. |
She was wrapped with a white cloth. A few hours later, Buddhist
monks came to chant for the departing soul. The family cried softly. Then she
was wheeled away to the mortuary.
A living life was thus gone.
May her soul be blessed for the next life.
Seeing deaths in the ward has made me more circumspect. It is really true that one can’t bring
anything to the other side after one takes the last breath. And when a patient is faced with the
impending arrival of death, what would
she do?
Will seeing angels help one to feel better at such moments?
By Ching Ching
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