My brother's heart by-pass

I have many friends who have successfully done their heart by-pass after detecting blockage in their arteries. Today, my brother did his by-pass operation and I visited him in the evening about one hour after his operation at the hospital. He was woken up by our visit after heavy sedation during the operation which lasted for about 4 hours.

Looking at him been hooked on to so many monitors and with tubes and pipes running into his mouth and other parts of his body, he looks well but he seem to abit daze. The nurse told us not to let him talk and just asked him to listen to what we are speaking. He notched his head as we talk indicating that he is aware of what we are talking. Looking at him drifting in and out of his senses. I told him to rest and we left after 30 minutes with him. He will have to rest in the intensive care for a few days before going to the normal wards.

Heart by-pass is to replace the block heart arteries with the veins from your thigh or your leg. In the past, it is a major operation but in recent times, it is quite a simple operation and the success rate is very high. It is the after operation care that is important. There is a fear of infections and a return to the past life style and eating habits. With a new heart, there is a second spring and the patient must really cherished this second chance to life and make good use of it.

I have been to the hospital several times. My father was in coma at the hospital before we transport him home to die in his own house and that happens for about 20 years now. My father-in-law was treated for cancer at the hospital before he passed away last September. He was hospitalized for about 14 days.

I have visited my brother when he was hospitalized after diagnosed with heart blockage before the CNY. There are few friends who have been hospitalized there and I visited them. Nobody likes to visit a hospital and this is very normal. This is place where the sickly or less perfect people frequent. But, if you look at it in a different light, you will notice that this is a place for people to rest and recover. It is just like a motor repair shop. If the parts are damaged, you need a good mechanic to fix it before the vehicle can operate again. There is life in a motor vehicle as well. So, the same thing, this is a place for recovery of our health if there is some thing wrong with us.

We should keep an open mind and not to be supersitious. Many people could have died in a hospital and there could be many restless spirit there as the story goes. For some superstitious freaks, this is a place to avoid contact with the third or fourth kind. You have to be righteous and focus in your mind to remain calm and peaceful.

All this thinking is only in your mind. If you believe there is than it will be and if you tell yourself there is no such things, it will never be. You are the maker and creator of such thoughts.It is all up to you.

My brother's name is Choong Weng. Lets all pray for his speedy recovery.

Namaste