Home Sweet Home
With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.
Ps 18:29
It was a real challenge to be able to get in and out of the hospital bed with ease and without undue stress - trying to get out on the right side of the bed meant that I had to lie on the wound and trying to get out on the left side meant that I had to strain the muscles on the right. Whichever way it was, I just didn’t want to get out of bed which meant that I couldn’t go home.
Finally, after getting certificates of commendation for bravery (awarded by the family, of course) for being able to get out of the hospital bed and being able to move around more, I was ready to be discharged on 9 June.
The familiar sight of my apartment and my bed was comforting. It was great to be home!
Phoebe and Asher came to visit me that first evening at home. When Phoebe first saw me, she ran and hugged my legs to my astonishment. Later on I learnt that she was told not to hug me in the usual fashion and she requested to hug me by the legs like Pinggu the Penguin. So cute…What she did next was even more heart-warming - she snuggled next to me on the sofa and said in all innocence, “I am so glad you are back, Yiyi!”. 2½-year-old Asher just did his usual little dance in front of me. I guess that’s his way of saying he was glad too.
A cosy home and children are such joy-bearers.
With joy in my heart and the strength the Lord gave, I recovered well, further fattened by nourishing food cooked with tender loving care. Gradually I could venture a few steps out of the house into the fresh air.
Ps 18:29
It was a real challenge to be able to get in and out of the hospital bed with ease and without undue stress - trying to get out on the right side of the bed meant that I had to lie on the wound and trying to get out on the left side meant that I had to strain the muscles on the right. Whichever way it was, I just didn’t want to get out of bed which meant that I couldn’t go home.
Finally, after getting certificates of commendation for bravery (awarded by the family, of course) for being able to get out of the hospital bed and being able to move around more, I was ready to be discharged on 9 June.
The familiar sight of my apartment and my bed was comforting. It was great to be home!
Phoebe and Asher came to visit me that first evening at home. When Phoebe first saw me, she ran and hugged my legs to my astonishment. Later on I learnt that she was told not to hug me in the usual fashion and she requested to hug me by the legs like Pinggu the Penguin. So cute…What she did next was even more heart-warming - she snuggled next to me on the sofa and said in all innocence, “I am so glad you are back, Yiyi!”. 2½-year-old Asher just did his usual little dance in front of me. I guess that’s his way of saying he was glad too.
A cosy home and children are such joy-bearers.
With joy in my heart and the strength the Lord gave, I recovered well, further fattened by nourishing food cooked with tender loving care. Gradually I could venture a few steps out of the house into the fresh air.
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