She was in coma for nearly three weeks. I visited her with my eldest sister two weeks ago. I took a leave on a weekday and off we went to visit her. She was immobile. Unmoved. As I hold her hand, she did not make any reaction. At that time, it reminds me of my late dad. He was in similar situation. The only difference was he was at the hospital and my aunt is at her home. Both suffered brain hemorrhage due to a fall. With such an advanced age (my dad was 75 years old and my aunt was 85 years old), they were physically fragile. A mere bump and fall could lead to catastrophic consequences.
As caregivers, it is not easy to provide the best care especially if we are not medically trained. One of my cousins, my aunt’s daughter is a retired nurse. She is trained medically to provide medical care to people yet when it comes to caring her own parents, she finds it difficult to care for them. It is not due to lack of training, but due to emotional burden that she feels every time seeing her mom or dad whimpering when they were in pain. Indeed. It is never easy to care for our ailing parents.
On 30 July 2019 at around 10pm, my aunt passed away. May Allah bless her soul.