Mom's Home!

There are still many things that I wish I got the time to pen down, but I should write about this one before anything else. :)

Yesterday was a happy day, because mom is finally discharged from hospital after 10 hospitalised days. Officially, she had been sick for 12 days. Here's the story.

Back when I first blogged about her admittance into hospital, the doctor initially suspected it to be a case of dengue fever. The symptoms that showed, including the blood test, apparently pointed the doctors to that suspicion. That night after she was warded, the doctor did a body checkup for her and another possible case was brought up: Urinary Tract Infection.

As the initial days went by, I was still worried because mom's appetite was not showing signs of betterment. Her status written on the board above her bed was "CRIB", which meant "Critically Rest In Bed". Then on Tuesday morning, she had a high fever of 39.7°C and the nurses needed to sponge her to bring her temperature down. From mom's account, the nurses even had to change water because the water became warm. :S

It was getting clear to the doctors by that time that it was neither a case of dengue fever nor urinary tract infection, but was organ inflammation. It was the left kidney, to be specific. Stones jammed up the tract and mom wasn't able to expel the fluid, and that was the primary cause of the condition. With that, Wednesday became the most worrisome day, as a possible operation was mentioned.

Describing the operation made me cringe. It involves injecting a tiny tube into her kidney to allow the fluid to flow out, in order that the swelling might go down. Loss of blood was anticipated and the doctors had to draw her blood again to test for compatibility, just in case.

The following day was utter relief as the doctors said that there was no need for the operation. I was so happy to the point of smiling cheek to cheek. Mom's health began getting back on track, and I was looking forward to her coming home soon.

TADA! Yesterday she was finally home! :D

Now, that's just one part of the story. Here is the other. :)

God once again, showed His love, healing powers, mercy and abundant grace. Throughout this entire ordeal, God's healing for my mom was apparent and I just couldn't give enough thanks to Him that mom did not have to go through the operation.

In my times of weaknesses, His strength held me up to allow me to fight on in keeping my job's deadline, while allowing me to still visit mom in the hospital. I was tempted to worry, but He showed and provided me comfort, assuring that my mom was being well taken care of by Him.

The reason? Because mom means more to God than to me. :)

God works for all good. I had never dared to share my faith openly in the family because of one reason; they did not force their belief on me, so I shouldn't too. However, during this time of distress when I saw everyone worrying, I was greatly encouraged by the Holy Spirit to share more about Jesus Christ our Savior to my family.

I may never know how much they receive into their hearts, but I'm assured the seeds are sown. The time for the seeds to grow is entirely in God's timetable, not mine.

God's love is so vast that we can never comprehend. His compassion is so deep that transcends all understanding. I will continue to pray that one day my family may all bask in the light of His everlasting love.

Romans 8:35,37-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? ... No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

To my dearest siblings-in-Christ and friends, I thank all of you for your love for me and my family. You who prayed relentlessly over the days, you who interceded for us with God against the diseases, you who gave words of comfort and assurance, you who encouraged and provided strength through His Word, thank you. :)

Blogging From Hospital

I'm now in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Accident and Emergency department. Accompanied my mom here because she has been sick for three days (since Thursday) and is yet well.

Initially, it seems to be a case of food poisoning, which included symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea, dint exactly go away after a visit to the family doctor. She still isn't able to eat; if she does, she'll vomit. Her stomach is still feeling the pain, and the pain seems to be crawling upwards to her ribs (which I really don't understand why). Her giddiness is also the part that really worries the family; she can't walk as a result.

Not sure why but this episode seems to be a déjà vu case from last year. :|

For my end, I'm going to miss (both meanings if you know what I mean) practice and serving today at church, but mom's health is definitely a higher call for concern at present.

She's still in the observation ward at the moment, so I'm just waiting for them to call me in. Should I have the time later, I'll update again. If God permits, I may even go back and serve this evening and/or tomorrow morning. :)

To all readers (and lighters), please kindly help to pray for my mom that she'll have a speedy recovery. With God's faith, our prayers can move mountains. Amen. :)

Romans 8:31 (NLT)
If God is for us, who can ever be against us?

To My Brother

Pretty cool that my ministry got a response from my brother (my real brother). Here's the excerpt from his blog:

Brother, if you're reading this, please, for the love of God, remove me from your 'morning sms list'. To quote you, you said that you wouldn't know when I will see the light or when God knocks on my door, so you'll keep sending me those 'Ultra-Christian' smses every morning anyway. I'll tell you now that for sure, I'll never see the light, neither will I open the door when He knocks. I really don't mind supporting you by going down to church with you if you guys have some nice events going on down there say, on Good Fridays or Christmas Day- but that doesn't mean I would like to convert myself to a Christian someday. Even promotional smses and emails have an option to 'opt-out' , so why can't I? It takes me less than 5 seconds to read and delete each of your sms so why waste the money on someone like me? I urge you to reconsider. No hard feelings. :)

I decided to post my replies to him here too, so that if at any chance, it may encourage people to press on for God to reach out to their love ones.
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Hey bro, yup just read it, and thanks for writing it too. :D

1. I'll tell you now that for sure, I'll never see the light, neither will I open the door when He knocks.

   
   loL~ well I used to say that too. God has His way of working in men's hearts. :)



2. Even promotional smses and emails have an option to 'opt-out' , so why can't I?

   
   Mine is not promotional? I do it out of the love I have for you. :)



3. It takes me less than 5 seconds to read and delete each of your sms so why waste the money on someone like me?

   
   You know it's really good for me to know that you read it, even if it's less than 5 seconds. It's never a waste of money, especially for you my dear bro. You _are_ important to me.



4. I urge you to reconsider. No hard feelings. :)

   
   I considered and thought long and hard before I began this ministry for God. I reconsidered your words. As from what I wrote already, you know my answer. No hard feelings taken too. :)

Before I end, I would just want to share this with you.

1 Corinthians 13
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails.

In the same way, I will always protect you, always trust God, always hope for you, and will always persevere on.

You are my only bro. Nothing will bring me greater happiness than to serve you. :)