His time was up...

It's been a not so good day for me. My maternal grandfather passed away this afternoon at 1.30pm. I'm glad that I was there to see him breathe for the last time. I was at TTSH at 11.15am cause the doctor wanted to see his representative to explain certain things to us. n a nutshell, his body wasn't functioning anymore. Doctor said that he would go "anytime". Kidney failure, intestinal infection, pneumonia and allergy. That pretty much sums it all up. He peacefully left us at about 1.30pm. In a way, I'm glad that he didn't have to suffer anymore. He's 85 and his body isn't functioning much so....I didn't want to see him suffer. The doctor felt the same way and didn't actually do much to prolong his suffering....of course upon permission and instructions from us (to not put him in ICU).

There was a bit hoo-haa in the later part of the day. Well, as far as the local law is concerned, my grandfather had to be brought to the coroner for post-mortem. Only problem is, my family do not want to see him being "cut up" for post mortem. Of course, as a Muslim, it's better that we return to the Almighty one in one piece. I'm not saying that once you're cut up, you won't return in one piece but it's better to return in "perfect" condition. Another reason was that Muslims do keep the body for long. We attend to the funeral as soon as possible. So by keeping him in the mortuary, it's gonna take a day or two before we can take the body home and attend to his funeral. The issue was that my uncle (an in-law) was adamant that the body not sent to coroner. But of course, the doctor was also adamant that the body be sent to the coroner. From my point of view, I don't see any other options. Since the doctors were adamant about it, what else can we do. After all, it is the law. i mean, it's also not necessary that just because the body is sent to a coroner, that it will be cut up. The coroner might just take a look and sign the papers. A big hoo-haa and in the end.....I was right. The body still had to be sent to the coroner. We just wasted time...I mean the body could have ended up in SGH earlier on and be collected tomorrow morning. But now, the body had to be left in the mortuary at TTSH as it was after office hours. Now the body will only be brought to SGH tomorrow morning thus delaying the time to attend to his funeral ASAP. But hey, who am I to speak up. I'm only his grandchild and according to hierarchy, I'm way off the pecking order. Oh well, at least everything's ok now. It's all been good.

On a sepaprate occasion, I have the soccer carnival tomorrow 2.30pm to 6pm. I'm a bit disappointed that I can't play (attending to the funeral). I mean, I was looking forward to this carnival and dinner with my classmates at Tandoor. Then again, I guess there are things that's more important to attend to. No worries, there's always a next time. I guess it's time for me to take a rest now. Laterz.

PS: I'm alright. I had prepared for this day for sometime now upon seeing him in hospitalized. I'll miss him....

Regards,
RuDy