{"id":2640,"date":"2019-07-17T20:47:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T12:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2019-07-17T21:31:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T13:31:09","slug":"caregiving-is-never-be-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/caregiving-is-never-be-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Caregiving is never easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went to Kluang last Monday (15 July 2019) to visit my aunt, my dad’s sister.\u00a0 The only one left (another three had passed away few years ago).\u00a0 But, she is in comatose state now.\u00a0 No reaction.\u00a0 Nothing.\u00a0 It is due to blood clot in her brain.\u00a0 All started when she fell down when taking wudu’ before maghrib prayer.\u00a0 She was alone at that time.\u00a0 Her son went to the mosque for jama’ah prayer.\u00a0 \u00a0This was a week after Eid Fitr.<\/span><\/p>\n

When she was warded, the doctors told her children that there is nothing can be done to remove the blood clot due to her age.\u00a0 She is 85 years old.\u00a0 \u00a0When I saw her lying in her bed, looking so serene, I could not help from thinking about my dad who was in similar condition 10 years ago.\u00a0 It is never easy to deal with that situation as a caregiver.\u00a0 \u00a0My eldest sister and I did not bring anything with us as a gift except adult pampers.\u00a0 Seeing the pampers that we brought as a gift, my cousin said “Only those who have been there as a caregiver would bring this kind of gift.\u00a0 If you bring food, I don’t think my mom will be able to eat and you know that as a caregiver, you lose appetite.\u00a0 Thank you for being thoughtful<\/em>“.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I still vividly remember when I was a caregiver for my mom before her passing nearly two years ago.\u00a0 It is not easy.\u00a0 More often than not, I didn’t have time to go shopping.\u00a0 Shopping was a luxury at that time.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 The thought of leaving her even for a while was killing me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When I browsed my FB today, I came across a post by my former lecturer, Dr Hariyati Shahrima Abdul Majid<\/a>.\u00a0 She is the caregiver of her father who is inflicted with Alzheimer.\u00a0 May Allah ease everything for her.\u00a0 Dr Hariyati, I still remember the day I had my viva 7 years ago.\u00a0 When I posted the news that I had my viva on that day, you said that you remembered me and prayed for my success after Asr’ prayer.\u00a0 Thank you, Dr Hariyati.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today is 17 July 2019.\u00a0 7 years ago I had my viva<\/span><\/p>\n

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I went to Kluang last Monday (15 July 2019) to visit my aunt, my dad’s sister.\u00a0 The only one left (another three had passed away few years ago).\u00a0 But, she is in comatose state now.\u00a0 No reaction.\u00a0 Nothing.\u00a0 It is due to blood clot in her brain.\u00a0 All started when she fell down when taking … Continue reading Caregiving is never easy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":851,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2647,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/2647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/hadijahjaffri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}