My father, my child


It’s devastating to see the once-strong parent reduced to a helpless child in the face of old age and disease.

NEVER have I felt so helpless and yet so needed. This was last week when my father was suddenly hospitalised.

As some readers may know, Dad is a retired police officer and in frail health. Two Mondays ago, he was in agony from extreme pain radiating from his right hip down to the leg. We rushed him to the nearest hospital, a private one.

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