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Today I cried at the gym... I felt my chest tightening as I watched a Channel NewsAsia documentary on children who are in KK Hospital's ICU. I told myself I wouldn't look anymore, but each time I repeated in my mind, my eyes were still glued onto the television.
I started bawling at the end. It was about a girl and how her parents hoped for a miracle and they finally decided to remove her life support. The girl was in so much struggle and the doctor injected her with morphine so she could enjoy the last few moments and have family photos taken before she faded away more comfortably... It was the most forced smile in a family photo during what is one of the saddest occassions in their life...
There was another mother who was so relieved when her son got through a risky operation. She burst into tears and spoke about how grateful she was for being given another chance to care for him.
Something along the lines of these, a doctor talked about how when they started out as a doctors, they had envisaged doing their best to cure patients. But along the way, she had learnt that medical and technology is finite. You can't really fight against nature.
I just really cannot understand.... These kids don't deserve these all :( I can only imagine the pain and agony the parent has to go through. Especially when they have to make painful decisions and live with it.