Tonite's entry on my blog is dedicated to all the unsung heroes at our Intensive Care Unit especially for my school friend of the yesteryears saiful 'karau'. Well, Saiful or si karau as we fondly called him likes to don a short spikey hair and that's where he got his nickname from. You wont actually miss him as he looks exactly like a GI Joe who just got out of a military boot camp. I have known him since we were kids in Singapore. He was actually a year my senior at boarding for Brunei students in Singapore which we called AKBS (Asrama Kerajaan Brunei di Singapura). This was the hostel where at the tender age of 11 I first started to get my first taste of a foreign land. Si karau like many of us had always been good at sports. He took up football, sepak takraw and badminton. He excelled in all of them. I on the other hand was the reluctant sportman. I wouldnt say I was good in sports. But I actually owed it to him. He with the other seniors would drag us juniors to play the games or sports they got us to play. Si Karau was never a bully but because he was so damned good in the sports, we became so determined to outdo him. So he became our iconic mentor of sort.
When mum was admitted at the ICU, he was one of the first person I saw. I had not seen him in ages but I immidiately recognised him by his short spikey hair. Saiful like many male and female nurses there are the frontline staff at the ICU. In fact he is more than just a nurse. He is a qualified APN (I think it means Assistant Practitioner Nurse). If the doctor were a captain of an airplane, he would be like his first officer. Thats how important he is. These are the real heroes as they work tirelessly to keep everyone's hopes for their loved ones like ours alive. Today, si karau called to inform me that my mum was taken off the artificial respiratory.she could now breathe on her own and she was so 'nyanyah' so I was told. That is my mum alright! And now whilst I am waiting to see my mum, I can see these unsung heroes at work. There are oblivious of the countless hopes that have been kept alive by their true dedication and love in their everyday work. Tonite I celebrate you my friend. Thank you karau and the rest of your crew. May Allah bless all of you for all of your good deeds. Amin
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2 comments:
A'kum kasmirhan,
I prayed for your mom speedy recovery, insyallah. Btw, i'm one of your classmates from new town secondary E3/5 and E4/6. :)
w'kum salam mona,
thank you and alhamdulillah, she is recovering very well. I do remember you vaguely. it is more than 25 years ago. I really wonder what the others are doing now.
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