Friday, 13 July 2012

18 years and counting

Today is 14.07.2012 , something very tragic happen to my dad's family exactly 18 years ago .




That fateful day was 14.07.1998. My father has 4siblings . So total his family has 7 people . 1 father , 1 mother , my father (eldest child) , followed by 2younger brothers and 2younger sisters . The third brother of this family was selected for scholarship as his results was amazing . So from Johor Bahru his family had to travel to Penang to make him join into the university . So as the family was big they went there in 2 cars . The first car consits of my grandparents and my father . My father was driving , and the other car was driven by the second brother and consists of the 3other siblings 


. And they were travelling in the night time . And as you know Malaysia in the past wasn't as developed as now , and even now there are areas in Malaysia yet to be developed . So the were no street lights and it was very very dark . And they continue travelling , while continue driving my father was getting sleepy and sleepy. 


However he continued driving and than slowly as he fell asleep h accidentally hit the bumpers and th speed was so fast that the car flipped around 8 times . Both my grandparents were thrown out of the car , my grandfather tragically died on the spot . My father and his mother was taken to the hospital . My grandmother was in hospital but her injuries were not as severe . But for my father he was unconscious and doctor soon said that my father had 3rd degree Spinal cord injury , and doctor said it was a miracle for him to survive . He also said that he will never recover from that . The doctor said walking would be a miracle , and my father was paralysed from head to toe . My grandmother couldn't bear the pain of losing the husband and soon after 5 months she left this world . Now my father as the eldest sibling had to look after all his other siblings .. But how ? Recovering would be hard and chances are as low as Zero . How is it possible ? But in life they say miracles do happen and what happen next would surely be a miracle . As all of th relatives visited my father they would say things like " look what he's done , he has killed his parents " and other negative things to him . What they didn't know is that my father couldn't move , couldn't talk , couldn't open his eyes but he could hear . Each day he heard words which would hurt him. A normal person would just give up and just stay with that situation forever . But my father knew he had responsibilities , he had 4other siblings to take care of , he is the new leader of the family . With this in mind he believed he could recover . 


Each day he would visualise himself walking again . Everyday the doctors said he won't walk he started believing more and more that he will be able to walk . And after some 3 Months the doctor saw that my father leg had slight movement . Very slight , but he could feel it . Doctor was starting to give hope. My father could start to open his eyes , but he couldn't talk and ate liquid food . Slowly each day he was motivated and after 9months in the hospital and many different surgeries and operations . After inserting many metal plates in his hand and back which are still there he managed to stand back up an walk . Doctors couldn't believe it . They Said it was impossible . But from this story we can understand the power of believe.


. If you believe that you can don something you will be able . It may take time , people will always talk bad about you and curse you and scold you , but you gotta ignore all of it and be positive . Now my 2 ND uncle is working at Money Changer , my 3rd uncle is a doctor , both my aunties are educated and work in food industry and office . My father strived to his best to make out what his best for his siblings . From this story we should know that we should always believe and hav hope in ourselves . What we think will happen will happen , that is the power of believing. Thanks for reading , hope you will take some benefits from this story.



Cheers :)

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