Vale Leong Wai Sing
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morslaNovember 10th, 1951 - September 24th, 2008
Dad passed away at 9:50am on Wednesday. He went into the palliative care unit on Monday, as his pain relief medication stopped working over the weekend. When I visited again on Tuesday afternoon he was still able to walk, but lost consciousness around 3pm. Mum, Bethany and I stayed by his side throughout the night, finally returning home around midday.
The hospital stay was originally intended as a short visit, to get him started on a new course of medication. I think that he knew, though. Six years ago, his sister had made the same journey. On Tuesday morning he told my cousin that he had "about 24 hours left", and stayed awake until after Bethany and I arrived. That night was the first he'd spent free of pain since falling sick.
He fought it right until the end, holding out for a week longer than either his sister or his mother. I hope that he has found them again, wherever he has gone.
Goodbye Dad. Be at peace.
Dad passed away at 9:50am on Wednesday. He went into the palliative care unit on Monday, as his pain relief medication stopped working over the weekend. When I visited again on Tuesday afternoon he was still able to walk, but lost consciousness around 3pm. Mum, Bethany and I stayed by his side throughout the night, finally returning home around midday.
The hospital stay was originally intended as a short visit, to get him started on a new course of medication. I think that he knew, though. Six years ago, his sister had made the same journey. On Tuesday morning he told my cousin that he had "about 24 hours left", and stayed awake until after Bethany and I arrived. That night was the first he'd spent free of pain since falling sick.
He fought it right until the end, holding out for a week longer than either his sister or his mother. I hope that he has found them again, wherever he has gone.
Goodbye Dad. Be at peace.
