This is my story. My mom is 46 years old this year. A very tough women. She survived a lot of things in life which I won't tell here but believe me you can never imagine what she went through. On 30th of April I went back to my hometown and terus ke hospital. Masuk je ward OMG my mom buat perangai. Tak duduk diam pun. She's making friends there and jalan sana sini. Oh yes, my mom sangat peramah and type yang tak boleh duduk diam. But bila she talked to me, I could feel somewhere in her heart actually she's too afraid akan dibedah the next day. What I can do that time was to comfort her and say everything will be alright. Believe me I did. She's my only mom.
The surgery was supposed to be done in the morning tapi disebabkan ada banyak kes kecemasan, my mom terpaksa tunggu sampai malam untuk dibedah. Poor her sebab dia sudah puasa ( the doc asked her not to eat anything till the surgery ) since malam sebelumnya. Almost 24 jam tak makan my mom yang memang sudah sakit ni terus menggeletar and keep telling me dia rasa nak pengsan. Luckily the doc gave her glucose.
On 1st of April 2011, mama dibedah di sebelah malam. Only God knows risaunya hati. Looking at my siblings yang still kecil-kecil lagi, I can't imagine if God takes her away. I keep telling myself, takpe ni operation kecil je. My lil bros and sis masing-masing tak buat perangai but waited patiently there. I asked them whether they eat something already or not and knowing dorang lapar, hati kakak mana tak sedih. Mama dalam dewan bedah and adik-adik tak terurus. Luckily my brother datang juga and he brought adik-adik makan. I nak bawa but I'm afraid mama akan keluar dari dewan bedah anytime. Grandpa and grandma ada but they're too old untuk disusahkan. Oh I forgot to tell, adik-beradik yang lain datang dari rumah while I memang stay dengan mama all the time. Nasib baik juga my auntie datang juga after that.
Mama keluar dari dewan bedah and disorong ke ward. 3 botol kecil digantung pada leher to drain the bloods from the surgery. Mama nampak terlalu lemah so I decided untuk jaga mama that night. The first night wasn't hard since mama still mamai kesan ubat bius. But the second night, something happenned. Mama suddenly cramp seluruh badan dan she couldn't breath. I was panicked for sure sebab kalau rasa sakit sahaja boleh tahan lagi tapi kalau tak boleh bernafas, that's too bad. Luckily the doc managed to do something.
The third day after her surgery mama tak boleh bernafas lagi. Sangat menghampakan bila the doc on duty lambat bertindak unlike the doc sebelum ni sehinggakan I have to scold them baru cepat buat kerja. Kalau patient tak boleh bernafas dan dorang lambat, the patient could die! No one boleh tahan tak boleh breath for long! So disappointing. Bila dimarah baru terhegeh-hegeh datang. I won't risk my mom's life disebabkan any doc lembab buat kerja!
Mama gets better after that. Selepas dimarah, the docs there stanby alat bantuan pernafasan beside mama and keep giving her few pills untuk elakkan mama tak boleh bernafas lagi. But most of the time mama terpaksa pakai je alat bantuan pernafasan tu. I want to say this, bukan sesuatu yang I nak to lecture any doc yang bertugas, tapi kalau teguran tu boleh ketuk dorang buat kerja cepat, that's better for sure.
Menjaga seorang pesakit bukan sesuatu yang mudah especially kalau jaga orang tua. Bila sakit susah anyone nak jaga amarah thus timbul la macam-macam kerenah yang kadang-kadang menguji kesabaran kita. Semasa jaga mama, I don't have a place to sleep properly. Mama ada juga suruh tidur tapi siapa la boleh tidur atas kerusi. I didn't sleep for days. Dalam seminggu juga rasanya. Cuma bila ada pelawat lain datang I will take a nap di sofa. Malu memang terpaksa letak tepi. Eventhough di sofa tu ramai pelawat lain, pedulikan jela dorang yang penting I need to rest for few minutes sementara mama ada orang temankan. Bukan apa, pernah sekali I was too exhausted tak rehat sampai kena demam panas. Bila I went to take a nap while the nurse tukarkan cadar mama since I pening sangat that time, mama turun dari katil dan searched for me. So untuk elakkan mama bergerak dalam keadaan lemah, I couldn't sleep at all.
Alhamdulillah mama gets better day by day. The last time I called mama sounded happy participating larian amal. As her daughter, I want her to be healthy and happy. I akan sentiasa doakan my mom. Love u mom!
p/s: Thanks to saudara-mara yang datang lawat mama. Ramai juga my relatives rupanya.


