Medical tests were carried out throughout dad's 4 day stay at the hospital and we could finally breath a sigh of relieve when the doctor assured us that it's not the worst that we all were expecting - CANCER!..just a more chronic case of lung infection and suspected pneumonia....
The "C" word seems to like giving me a wholesome of scare this year....what's with my own worry and stress two months back..and then another bombshell early last week....
Dont think I can take another of this stress anymore...I might just go crazy with all those worries and 1001 negative thoughts running through my mind while waiting for those medical test results....
TWO super huge scare and emotional turbulence in TWO months!!!
Well, at least something DID come out of the second incident....Dad vowed to QUIT smoking totally! not gradually, like how other seasoned smokers always vow to do when they intend to quit....but Dad is doing it in ONE shot! and he was indeed persistent and adamant in doing so when he did not take even a single puff throughout his one week stay at the hospital...and still staying away from it after he's discharged 2 days ago....not an easy task for someone who's been smoking his entire life (45 yrs to be exact)!
Dad: It's God's warning to me and I shall take Him seriously this time.....
...funny how it takes such a huge blow for him to realise what damage the nicotine can bring to his health when we have been telling and advising him against smoking all these years, not to mention the warnings given by all media, doctors, death of friends and family members...
Guess one has to experience the bitterness in his own tongue to KNOW the exact taste of it....
*u better keep your promise, Dad, or we'll all come after you with non-stop lectures!*
...God has answered yet another of our prayer...
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