Sad end

This should have been posted some days back. My colleague
s mom passsed away and I went to the wake last Wednesday. So this was what happened a few days before.

The mother (Mrs) was diagnosed with some eye problem, I'm not sure if it's cateract detachment or what but it needed to be operated else she'll go blind. She went for the op a few weeks before Christmas and as part of the recovery process, she has to look down to allow a vacuum to be formed and had gases being pumped into her eye to aid the recovery of the tissues. she did that faithfully for 2 weeks but there're no results. She even extended for 1 more week but stil nothing seems to be recovering. She called the doctor and it was Christmas season already. The doctor was on vacation and recommended she looked for another doctor. The family got involved and a second doctor was called in. He confirmed that the first operation was a failure and recommeded a 2nd op, this time round, the recovery will require the use of ointment.

On Boxing day, she was operated and she has to let her eyes rest after the op. On Monday she was listening to the news after dinner with her husband (Mr) when she heard something that caught her interest. Intuitively, she turned and opened her eyes. She noticed her right eye's vision was blur as well. So from 1 eye, it became 2 eyes that needed medical attention. She told Mr and Mr said, don't worry, it'll recover. Mrs asked what will happen if I'm totally blind. Mr replied that even if you're blind, I will take leave and take care of you. I can even stop working and push you around in a wheel chair and we can travel around the world. They are pretty well-off btw. Staying in a 3 storey landed property. If i'm blind, I do not want to live Mrs said. Mr assured her and planned to accompany her to visit the doctor tomorrow morning. They both went to bed.

At approx 4am, Mr woke up and noticed Mrs wasn't sleeping beside her. He knew that something was amiss. He searched and went downstairs to find the main gate opened. He instinctively knew that she must have turned right, in the direction of the HDB blocks. He went in that direction and upon reaching the HDB flats, he saw the police tape at the foot of the block. Mrs was only 54 yrs old, leaving behind my colleague, who is 25 and another son who is in uni and another son, who is the youngest at 16. He'll be getting his O'level results this week.