It has been awhile since I accompanied by mom for her usual dialysis sessions at the hospital. She has been on dialysis for almost three years now and normally it would be my lil sis who would be with her. So, I decided to take one day off work yesterday and followed my mom to her Wednesday session. The normal routine for her would be three days in a week and for each day her dialysis treatment would take 4 hours. All she has to do is sit in a lazy chair and the nurses will attach the necessary tubes and equipments. I can’t stand to see the big needle they use to ensure the blood flows out to the machine, pretty scary and painful!
Normally when you are forced to sit quietly in a spot for 4 hours, it can be rather tiring, physically and mentally. My mom’s first few months were bad as she was not able to accept the fact that her life depended more on the dialysis machine. But now, Alhamdulillah she is coping quite okay. Although there are times when she feels sad and helpless. Patients with kidney/renal failure normally would have to go through the dialysis sessions so as to get rid of all those toxic stuff they have in their body, as we normally do so by ‘urinating’ etc. Fortunately with regular dialysis, dialysis patients and my mom could lead normal lives like the rest. The only setback is having to attend the dialysis sessions 3 times a week.
So there I was, yesterday in the hospital observing the other dialysis patients. Latest statistics shows that the number of people diagnosed with kidney/renal failure increases by the year, thus the demand for dialysis machines grows as well. Causes of kidney/renal failures could be due to many reasons ie hypertension, diabetic and so forth.
I have seen a boy at the age of seven undergoing dialysis, he spends most of his time in the hospital. Imagine kids his age would be at home running around and playing with friends. If I am not wrong, he was born with some kidney defect. Have also seen a 20 plus year old girl undergoing dialysis. Her mom told me that she was diagnosed as a diabetic when she was 12 years old.
What touched me most was when I saw a devoted husband who without fail would be taking care of his wife when she goes for her sessions. She is in her early stage and from the look in her eyes, she is probably feeling depressed about her condition. It seems when she was 18, she had to remove her pancreas. Without a pancreas, one would subsequently in the long run develop renal failure. I was moved to see how sweet her husband is, he would carry her whenever she couldn’t walk and would always utter sweet motivating words to her. That really moved me.
Watching and observing all these makes me realized how blessed I am of having a family that cares for me and most importantly I am still "alive and kicking". All those tiny winy things that I always think is such a nag in my life does not even come close to what the dialysis patients have to go through every day. That is why I cherish all those time I have spent in the hospital as not only do I get to appreciate my mom more but it also teaches me to learn to count my blessings every single day!
Normally when you are forced to sit quietly in a spot for 4 hours, it can be rather tiring, physically and mentally. My mom’s first few months were bad as she was not able to accept the fact that her life depended more on the dialysis machine. But now, Alhamdulillah she is coping quite okay. Although there are times when she feels sad and helpless. Patients with kidney/renal failure normally would have to go through the dialysis sessions so as to get rid of all those toxic stuff they have in their body, as we normally do so by ‘urinating’ etc. Fortunately with regular dialysis, dialysis patients and my mom could lead normal lives like the rest. The only setback is having to attend the dialysis sessions 3 times a week.
So there I was, yesterday in the hospital observing the other dialysis patients. Latest statistics shows that the number of people diagnosed with kidney/renal failure increases by the year, thus the demand for dialysis machines grows as well. Causes of kidney/renal failures could be due to many reasons ie hypertension, diabetic and so forth.
I have seen a boy at the age of seven undergoing dialysis, he spends most of his time in the hospital. Imagine kids his age would be at home running around and playing with friends. If I am not wrong, he was born with some kidney defect. Have also seen a 20 plus year old girl undergoing dialysis. Her mom told me that she was diagnosed as a diabetic when she was 12 years old.
What touched me most was when I saw a devoted husband who without fail would be taking care of his wife when she goes for her sessions. She is in her early stage and from the look in her eyes, she is probably feeling depressed about her condition. It seems when she was 18, she had to remove her pancreas. Without a pancreas, one would subsequently in the long run develop renal failure. I was moved to see how sweet her husband is, he would carry her whenever she couldn’t walk and would always utter sweet motivating words to her. That really moved me.
Watching and observing all these makes me realized how blessed I am of having a family that cares for me and most importantly I am still "alive and kicking". All those tiny winy things that I always think is such a nag in my life does not even come close to what the dialysis patients have to go through every day. That is why I cherish all those time I have spent in the hospital as not only do I get to appreciate my mom more but it also teaches me to learn to count my blessings every single day!
5 comments:
You're such a darling daughter my dear!
Hope that your mom is doing well now... take care pls
*hugs*
Angel,
Thank you gurl. You are such a sweetie..:)
You too, take care.
Nour..always be by yr mother's side coz I know that whoever is good to their parents will be blessed..and you are a gd person..
Alhamdulillah...
Sometimes it takes the hard times for us to appreciate the good times :)
Feline,
Hmmm...can't take too much credit there..hhehehe..Just try to be myself..and life is always full of challenges.
Thanks for the encouragement! It is always good to have cool and nice friends around.
SS,
That is so true...Back to reality..that is when one will realised how kecik one is berbanding dgn kebesaran Allah.
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