Friday, December 24, 2021

Mother Dearest | Human-Animal Conflict

Mom was 'attacked' by an alpha monkey nearly 2 months ago. It bit her thigh and behind her ankle. A minor operation was made to clean her wounds & stich back the ankle tendon. She was initially bedridden and my younger sis came from Kuantan to take care of mom. Now mom is able to walk using the walker. In fact, today she walked to the car by herself for her hospital appointment. 

She had initially felt guilty for getting injured > she shouldn't have left the house when the monkeys were outside, she said > she felt uncomfortable asking the children do things for her. She was also fearful that she will not be able to walk again, which the doctor negated & she was reassured very convincingly that one day she WILL walk again.

Actually this injury brought us siblings together. We rallied and did every part possible to make mom comfortable. We supported where we can. I suppose we may feel that we could have done more, myself included, however together we did a whole lot.

My sis and brothers and for a short period, me, have learnt to be a carer for her. We probably wouldn't have volunteered at a care centre otherwise, but caring for mom made it meaningful. She took care of 8 of us, what's with all of us taking care of 1 mom, right?

In every hardship, there is a hidden blessing (in our case, many!). I hope and pray that mom will be around for as long as Allah wills, so that we can be kind and decent children to her. Love u lots mom 💖


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