Wednesday, January 27, 2010: My Grandma
My Grandma
the woman who played a special and important role in my life. In my childhood, my grandma play the biggest and most significant role in my growing up. I realized that most parts of my memory is filled with her. My grandmother is not only my pillar of support but is also the entire family's beloved grandma. My grandma married to my grandfather at a young age 16
The age I am now
She took up the role of a mother at a young age and then later a grandmother to me.
Never once, she failed to fulfill her duities. She took care of me and my younger brother unconditionally. She is well loved by the entire family and every one love her. My grandmother never had a good life. She have a very complicated family. Being pushed around and adopted by many when she was younger. Even after marrying my grandfather, she never had a good life. My grandfather who is considered a miser,{But I love him very much} never really allowed my grandma live in luxury.
In 1998, one night suddenly my grandmother's eye got disoreinted. We immediately send her to the hospital and then she was officialy diagnose with her very first stroke. However, my grandma is lucky and she was still able to walk.
In 2000, my grandma was hit with her second stroke. She can no longer walk without a walking stick. Just then my grandma who loves sweet stuff was diagnose with diabetes.
The worse have not come
In 2003, she was hit with the third stroke.
she became wheel chair bound.
My grandma was still very positive about life !
Being in the wheelchair did not stop her from being positive about life.
In 2009, she was suddenly sent to the hospital one day.
The doctor say she had a heart attack and was placed into the ICU ward. The doctor told us to be prepared as she might just go anytime. That time, all my family members from overseas return. My aunts and uncle who stayed in Hong Kong return. My aunt who stayed in the US return. All of us were heavy hearted. None of us dared to leave the hospital and we took shifts to stayed in the hospital. I remembered sitting in the hospital, drowning myself with coffee just to keep myself awake.
I don't want to sleep.
I was afraid once I sleep and I wake up. The worse had come.
Every thing was back to normal when my grandmother was miraculousy healed.
She got saved !
We spend more time with her after that.
However, in the earlier part of the year. We noticed that something was not right with my grandmother. Her tummy was bloated up and was as hard as a car tire. We was afraid and we send her into the hospital. It was then she was found out to have cancer.
I was speechless at can't express myself.
Nothing that I can do...
Since we can't give my grandma quantity time, we can just give her quality time.
It was a painful period for me.
I find it hard to express myself.
The grandmother who took care of me since young.
The jovial and healthy grandmother who always encouraged me to follow my dreams is now lying on the hospital bed. I realized I don't even have a proper picture with her and my most recent picture of her is taken three chinese new ythat moment.

Germaine blogged on 10:15 PM
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