Father Cancer Fight

14 Days Prayers

Today is the 2nd series of the prayers for my late Father. There is a feeder bus near our home which will bring us to Admiralty Street.
The master conduct the praying ritual for my late father. Everyone at the temple are busy as it is schedule to open next week. There will be a slight adjustment to the prayers next week due to the offical opening next week. The master will made arrangement with us after sorting the schedule.
We have made $50 of donation to 善莲堂 building funds on the behalf of my late Father. 善莲堂 will be offically open next week and lots of activities has been planned for all worshippers.

Father Seven Day Death Praying

We went to 善连堂南海观音佛祖 in the morning to pay respect and pray for my Father Seven Day. A priest will perform a ritual for our Father. The temple will prepare vegetarian food and drinks daily until the 49 Days for my deceased Father.
I and my wife will attend the 2nd and 3rd seven day and the final 49 day praying for my deceased father.

Funeral 3rd Day

Thanks many friends and relatives for visiting the funeral. Special thanks for all those who have help in the preparations for the funeral.
There were smelly water flowing out from the bottom of the toilet and we activate the contractor. The contractor inform us it was due to the man hole got stuck and have to inform the Town Council. Response was fast today as they know a wake was taking place.

Change of condition

My father condition has taken a change over the last 2 days. He is feeling more breathless and the doctor has increase the medication to relieve his pain and breathless.
Early this morning he complain difficulty in breathing, the nurse increase the oxygen level from 2 litres to 4 litres. They also ask him to calm down so that he can feel the air is entering into his lungs.
It really pain us seeing him trying to breath to keep life going. Morphine has been administered to let him not feel any pain.

Thanks for your Concern

I would like to thanks all friends and relatives who have visited my father. Thanks for all your gifts and foods that you have bought. You do not need to bring anything when visiting my father as he will not have the appetite to consume. Your visit is very important already as it helps to boast his morale.
Currently my father is getting weaker some time. He has also been disturb as some of his room mates had left for the other world. Only our encouragement helps to appease his mind and emotions.
I was unable to visit this weekend as my wife and son have fall sick at the same time. They have now all recovered and I will be able to visit my father tomorrow again.
The staffs and volunteers at Dover Park Hospice are great as they help to made my dad to have a wonderful time. Thanks a million.

Hospice Stay Update

I have realized that even with modern medicine and technology, doctors are still helpless against Cancer. Two weeks ago, a new patient who sleep beside my father with nose cancer was admitted. He complaint of pain last week and the doctors just gather feedback regarding his pain and apply the necessary medication.I visited my father today and found out that he has passed away.
My father condition is still good. He nows look older than previously and getting thinner. He love lunch time as he get to enjoy a small tub of cold ice-cream.
The volunteer has help to cut his hair. There are volunteers working to help the nurses to feed the patients during their meal times. They also spent time talking to them. Volunteers help patient families as most of them need to work during week days.