What a National Day!

It started with a phone call Ian received late last night. One of his team member was in hospital going through an emergency brain operation after fainting in a restaurant. There was a blood clot in his brain and the sobbing wife told Ian he may not make it through the operation. They have two young kids in K1 and P1. It was like deja vu for me! After praying for him and his family, I went to bed with a heavy heart. I even had a nightmare that I had to have to CT scan to check for a blood clot in my brain!

Fast forward to today. The operation went well but he is still heavily sedated. The doctor are still trying to investigate whether the blood clot was caused by the fall or did the blood vessel rapture before the fall. Ian suspect it could be the latter as this guy tend to have dizzy spells quite often. The wife is stronger today but his elderly parents are not taking the news well. We can only pray and hope for the best.

While sharing this story with my friends, I came to learn of a few other bad news that took place yesterday

- a 24 year old friend of my ex-colleague committed suicide. She jumped to her death from the 6th floor after suffering from depression for only a week.

- A friend of Ian's colleague was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer.

- The mum of another colleague passed away yesterday.

What a national day! This is again a solemn reminder for us to treasure our loved ones and to always count our blessings.