How many of us can do this? Stay by
the side of a parent, a spouse or a friend who has fallen ill, and help out at
the hospital. If it is for a day or two, maybe it will be all right but if it
is any longer it will be very taxing, indeed, after that, don't you think so?
What do you think of someone who
stays by a spouse who has undergone a 21-hour brain operation, coming out of it
in a semi-vegetable stage - totally helpless - and
needing months of rehabilitation and care to be able to do the simple things
like talking and to stand up and then walk?
My sister, Liz underwent a major operation on the brain in Toronto a few years ago and came out of it literally in a semi-vegetable state, unable to talk and walk. She had to go into a rehabilitating centre to learn to walk and talk again. She is now able to talk and walk. However, she has lost her sense of balance after the operation and now still needs a support to walk.
I would like to share with you what my sister, Liz, has to say about her husband, Eddie, who has cared for her all this while…
“While I was in hospital in Toronto, Eddie would make a two-hour commute everyday to come and stay all day with me till one of the kids relieved him at 8.00 pm.
My sister, Liz underwent a major operation on the brain in Toronto a few years ago and came out of it literally in a semi-vegetable state, unable to talk and walk. She had to go into a rehabilitating centre to learn to walk and talk again. She is now able to talk and walk. However, she has lost her sense of balance after the operation and now still needs a support to walk.
I would like to share with you what my sister, Liz, has to say about her husband, Eddie, who has cared for her all this while…
“While I was in hospital in Toronto, Eddie would make a two-hour commute everyday to come and stay all day with me till one of the kids relieved him at 8.00 pm.
Then when I was transferred to a
hospital in Mississauga for rehabilitation and weaned to solid food, he would
cycle to the hospital to look after me all day and then go home at night to
cook so I could have lunch the next day as I could not stand the hospital food.
After I was home, he did everything
from laundry to cooking, and bringing food upstairs for me.
Till today, he does everything.”
Till today, he does everything.”
ltbs
Love
and marriage, love and marriage
Go
together like a horse and carriage
Sammy Cahn
Dedicated
with much love to Liz & Eddie.
