Being Thankful Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha

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October 2012 didn't just bring the Aidil Adha Celebrations and Halloween but it also brought a horrific incident to my family.

On 9 October 2012 I received a phone call from my sister asking if I was sitting down? Then she proceeded to tell me that Mr Ababe had just fell off the scaffolding at home, he's OK, but he has gone to the clinic to do an x-ray.

I couldn't contact him after that so the whole journey back was a total nightmare... Until I saw him for myself and he looks OK, aside from the broken wrist and a few minor wounds.. Syukur Alhamdullillah...

To make a long story short, went to the hospital, had the hand put in a cast, and went back home. The wrist needs an operation for a metal plate to be inserted so he was admitted into the hospital 2 days later. That's when the nightmare continues. His blood pressure was skyhigh and the operation was postponed to stabilize it.

After 10 WHOLE DAYS of being admitted into the hospital, the doctor decided to push for his operation on a SUNDAY afternoon. He was wheeled into the operation theater at 3.00pm... I sat alone in the waiting room surrounded by other families, some crying some not... and my tears kept pouring and pouring.. I was that scared...
Four hours later (with a splitting headache) he was wheeled out of the Operation Theater all smiling... He wasn't even on General Anasthetics... Syukur Alhamdullillah again... That night we had a light dinner and he rested after that. I promised to get him breakfast the next morning.. The next morning when I arrived he said that feels like blacking out I quickly fed him breakfast. After that he ate his medicines (which was a lot)! The ward's floors were being polished that day so he was wheeled into another room which was shared with 5 other patients. Thus it was a bit chaotic. Then again he felt funny. I called the nurse and they checked his blood pressure. It had gone down to 80/60! So they asked him to rest, have some more food and checked the reading again.. Thankfully it gradually went back to normal.. phewwwwww another scare for me... and again.. Syukur Alhamdullillah..
Now he is back at home recuperating... thus we have a lot of things to be thankful for this raya..
To all, let's be thankful for all the small things and big things Allah has bestowed upon us.. Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha...
~ Mrs Ababe ~
25 October 2012

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