turning 26

Turned 26 last Wednesday, had a simple dinner at home with Dad, Mom, C and JJ. It wasn't really a celebration as it was also a sad day for our family. My aunt passed away that morning due to pneumonia which she caught at the hospital during radiation treatments. We were hoping for a miracle for the past few weeks before the pneumonia. Hospitals should really make steps to make sure that patients who are being treated for other things are not exposed to other viruses. Although, true, even with constant washing and cleaning, its hard to guarantee that an are will be 100% clean and bacteria-free.

It was so unexpected, my aunt has never been sick, there were no symptoms. We wouldn't even have found out about the cancer if she hadn't fallen down and had to undergo an operation. Actually, the doctor who did the operation didn't even know. It was only after a few months after the operation and she still couldn't walk and my cousin brought her to the hospital for a CT scan that we found out that she had cancer. That was only less than 3 weeks ago.

The turn of events has been extremely fast. As JJ put it, "Kung time na niya talaga, la tayo magagawa."

Cherish everything we have, while we still have them, so as we don't have regrets when that time comes.