I feel the need to express my feelings publicly towards a man to whom I bare the same affection and respect I bare to my grandfather. I walked into the hospital room today and I instantly felt shivers down my spine, I didnt recognise him. That old man lying in bed didnt look anything like the giant that I knew. So thin, so frail, opening his mouth in agony every time he tries to adjust disposition. Yes sickness got the best of him. I look at this man that once was a rock and my heart palpitates and I feel scared. His nieces and nephews were and always will be around him but there was no sign of his children and probably there will not be. When lying on a bed like this you are expected to put the past behind and just give the sick a little reassurance You are not alone and yet that man is completely alone. He collapsed in his empty house alone and only by chance did his sister call him to know that hes down and have him transported to the hospital. I looked at him and I said Chedd 7alak 3ammo badna na3mol ghada sawa his smile was the only response and its only after a while that he said 3am salleh ta okhlas. Hes half the man that I came to know and love throughout these years from 104 kilos to 50. I held his hand in reassurance but kept myself from crying in his presence. He did beat the odds, and survived much more than the doctors predicted, a giant inside nonetheless. I sit here on my laptop now, thinking that hes sleeping in his bed alone and I feel pain of not being able to do anything but pray just for him to be in peace be it in this life or the other thats Gods decision. I just ask of you to pray with me for this man to whom I bare a lot of affection even though I never really knew him enough. You will always be a giant in my eyes, and you will not be alone.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 20:02:56 +0000
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