生日不快樂 / Not A Happy Birthday

二零零八年二月十七日，人生進入了第二十七個年頭，二十七歲了。我沒把這天記住，直到有人傳短訊祝我生日快樂時，我才記得。沒特地的把它記住和慶祝，只因我想簡單地度過，沒想到要簡單度過也簡單不了，早上一個晴天霹靂，考驗降在母親的身上。天剛亮，我準備載雙親到市場買菜時，媽經過樓下雜貨店前的走廊時因貨物擺放得太多，路太窄，就一個不小心踢到貨物跌在地上，當時我心裡有種不好的感覺。扶起媽後，看她走路的樣子是多麼的辛苦，醫院是唯一的選擇。

到醫院檢查時，我以平常心去看待這件事，結果不是我想像那麼簡單。Ｘ－光顯示右上腳的髖關節骨折，唯一的方法是開刀植入假的骨，那是不是晴天霹靂呢？沒辦法，手術排到星期三才進行，手術前幾天唯有住院因為根本就不能走動。

這一個星期裡，家人都輪流的陪在她身旁。動手術那天，我從早上陪媽聊天聊到下午五點半。媽一直說怕，我說以前我也有被推進手術室的經驗啊，麻醉藥打在手上後，不到五秒鐘眼睛立刻閉上，繼續下來醫生做甚麼我也不知道。講著講著，媽才放松了許多。手術進行大約兩個小時，從手術室推出來後她還半昏迷，嘴巴不停的喊痛，我心很酸。據護士說，手術進行時醫生已幫媽打了十次止痛藥，不能過量，所以手術完成後不能再打因為怕有生命危險，她能做的就只有忍。小妹陪媽在醫院過夜，第二天媽醒來後感覺比較舒服。整個星期我都處在低落的狀態，直到星期六醫生允許她出院後我才感覺放松點。

現在媽在家裡休息，需要一段時間才能完全康復，在此祝她早日康復，身體健康。媽，愿您快點好回噢！我視這次的事件為上天給媽、我以及家人的一個考驗，為我二十七歲的生日寫下洗不去的故事。

17th February 2008 is my 27th Birthday, I didn’t purposely remember it till someone sent sms to me wishing me Happy Birthday then only I remember is my birthday. I didn’t purposely remember it and do any celebrations because I want it pass like normal day, but everything out my expectation. A “challenge” has thrown to my mom in the morning when I prepared to fetch my parent to market. When we passed by one of the shops at the ground floor of my apartment, there are a lot of goods stacking on the corridor & the walkway became narrow. One of the goods was hit by my mom & she fell down, some bad thought came to my mind on that moment. She cannot walk well; the only way is to send her to hospital.

I calmed down myself; I hope it was just a minor problem. But when the result was out, it was out of my expectation. The x-ray shows that there is a fracture on the right hip, the only thing they can do is to make a hip replacement operation. It’s so sudden and we got no choice, the operation was scheduled on Wednesday, and she need to stay at ward caused totally cannot walk.

For the whole week, we took rotation to take care of mom. On the operation day, I was chatted with her since morning till 5:30pm. Mom told me she was scared, I told her I have operation experience before. When the injection of anesthetise was given, it just took around 5 seconds to unconscious, and we will do not know what going on later. She felt relax after listened my advised. The operation took around 2 hours, she was half-unconscious when came out from the operating room. She told me very pain, I felt sad. The nurse told me the doctor had given 10 painkiller injections to mom during operation, cannot over injection else it might be dangerous for her, what she can do is be patient. My sister was over night with her in the hospital, mom look better when she woke up in the next day morning. My mood was down the whole week, I feel better when doctor said my mom can discharge from hospital on the Saturday morning.

She is resting at home now; need to take some time to recover. I’m here to wish her having a speedy recover, and also healthy all the way. I look upon this incident as a “challenge” from God to mom, family members and me, it can consider as an unforgettable story for my 27th year old birthday in my life.