Where are they?

My mother has 7 siblings.
When my mother’s business started to take off, everyone wanted to “help”. Everyone has a share, even their spouse, their children.
Now that my mother is sick…..
No one bothers to visit her at home. No one bothers to visit her at the hospital. No one even calls!! Where are they now? Have [...]

Being At Home

How often have we heard about a patient in a hospital wanting to go home?
This is one part that the Ministry of Health has been working on.
This morning, I received an email from my close friend that his father, who suffers of cancer and is in his last days, request to be discharged and to go home. [...]

A Passing Thought

When my mother had a broken elbow and went for a reconstructino surgery, doctors had advised on the risks of putting General Anaesthsia (GA).
Mother has not been able to respond. When you call out her name, her eyes were shut. When you tell her who you are, she stares at you, without a single blink. [...]

Discharged

After a 4 days 3 nights stay,  Mother was finally discharged from Raffles Hospital today.
I finally saw her eyes opened when I told her she is going home. I didn’t have Jane in the hospital today because I had arranged an ambulance for the discharge and they only allow 1 passenger. So, I’m the passenger.
When [...]

My Philippino Maid

In my previous post, I mentioned about my Philippino maid. To us Singaporean, we know who she is. For the benefit of others, I’ll try to explain my Philippino maid here.
In Singapore, it is common to have a maid. She is typically from neigbouring countries like Indonesia, Philippines or Myanmar. Legally, they are referred to [...]

Another broken elbow

7 missed calls and 3 voicemails.
After celebrating my 33rd birthday with a wonderful finger-licking good buffalo wings, baby back ribs and ice cold beer, I woke up the next morning with the above message on my mobile phone.
Caller? Home.
Before even bothering to check my voicemails, I called Home.
As soon as Jane recognises my voice on [...]