Preparation

Reg has been able to regain a lot more mobility in the last couple of days. He managed to walk up & downstairs at home without limping and insisted that he can drive. Anita was delighted on his progress, and she was thrilled that she is getting better at doing injection. Last night, Reg responded there was less pain from the needle. Anita prays that she can really minimise the pain by doing it correctly because she has not really worked out why sometimes Reg felt less pain in some occasion and sometimes not.

The family prepared themselves for another chemo section on Thursday with their usual routine. Reg seemed a bit tense and reminded Anita to write down the list of questions that needed to ask the doctor for tomorrow as soon as she came back from grocery shopping. Unfortunately Anita was too tired, so Reg wrote them down at the end.

Everything should be familiar by now, but seeing the accummulative effects seemed to be different each time, the family just prayed that God will give them courage and strength in facing the chemo again. They pray that the nurse can find Reg's vein quickly and that his blood clot will not be getting worse as more chemo is being done. They really ask God that there will not be any delay in the treatment as Reg has only two more to go.

The family remembers the victims and their families in the recent Japan's natural disasters. There is no gurantee how life can end and how fast it can be. We can all be busy and focused on our daily livings, even essentials like our health, our family, our work. But they can vanish and disappear in a split second. But are we ready and prepared to face our Creator if this is our last second in life? Reg and Anita have to be prepared the day before the chemo treatment, but they are also pondering the preparation necessary to see their Creator.