I'm in the "eatery" industry with a history of 50yrs, from dad to mom and then to me. Ever since mom "got sick" l had to "close my shop" for 5wks and only re- started on the 8th oct, to my suprise bussiness is doing just as good as before,and although short handed I am still able to cope with the busy business......... of course....... with the help of hubby and an extra partimer. What kind of food l m selling..........? l must say is nice and tasty food!... haha....., the main dish is our popular "Braise Duck" followed by a few home cook dishes for customer's choices which l change the menu routinly for 6days, basically it is chicken and pork trotter but cooked differently, also different kind of soup everyday,......... we use charcoal to boil it for about 4 to 6hrs.......that way it brings out the flavour and taste good!! It's an old fashion eatery with a small outlet,and a glass stainless steel cabinet to show off our braise duck and all the other dishes laid out. Our speciality "Duck Noodle"that comes in soup or dry... and "Duck Rice". Mom is improving well, this morning , when we brought her out to use the foot messager she was able to control and move her head and rolled her eyes to the left and right for a while, that's good sign............we are still praying for a miracle.......and hoping she will be able to swallow soon.......

Thankyou for your "THOUGHTS N PRAYERS"

The nurse from the hospital came to our house to change mom's feeding tube, she was nice and professional, it seems they only come to service for 6months after that we'll be on our own, ......... either bring mom to the out- patient clinic or to a private hospital, lets hope mom will be able to eat and swallow by then. Things has been giving us a good turn, mom is getting a little bit better, maid's 'burn' is also much better, l have started working(that means money coming in hehe) and......oh yes......did l tell you that even Dollar(mini picher) was not spared from those bad "OMEN". She had a swell at her backside that looked like a growth, and l can see it is very painful though, thought is going to be something bad again, brought her to the family doctor, why familly doctor?, because there is only a lousy vet in our town which l don't trust, anyway, antibiotics and antiswell was given, after a day on the medication the "swell" busted with puss and blood which Daddy pressed it all out leaving a awaful hole, put some antiseptic cream on it, now is all well,and Dollar is running all over again, pheww... so no worrys!!). Now in hind-sight I think a "bumble bee" must have stung her. "Thankyou for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers"

18stalks of orchids from me, to the nurses who have been very nice, helpful and patient while mom was in hospital ....... a big thank you with the greatest appreciation from our family ...................................................................................................

We have been going through a very rough and unstable situation for almost one and a half months now, mom's condition at the moment, is like 5days with signs of improvement and the 6th day bad , as the doctor told me this morning, "there is nothing much l can do except monitor her sugar level, if it's low, give her glucose if it's high give her insulin", that means is kind of under control.........but the worse is yet to come, my "super maid' who is taking care of my mom acidentaly spilled hot oil onto her both feet..............see............what l meant?????? l just wonder when is all these bad omens going to end, I' m really up to my nose and no more strenght........ really quite tired !!!!!

It's time for me to update ........I've been missing in action for some time . Mom was again admitted to the hospital for 13days,.............after she was discharged from the hospital on the 6/9,she did not improve in fact deteroited, the worst was when her sugar level went up to 28 and did not come down, so she had to be admitted again to regulate the glugose level. The reason was a lung infection that 'haywired' the sugar level according to the doctor also her kidneys was not that good too, antibiotics and medication were given to improve the situation after 13days of observation in the hospital, lung, kidney and sugar all in order(thank god !). At the moment mom still sleeps alot and open her eyes if we call out to her, she can move a little of her right hand, wink her eyes, nods her head, that's about all, still feeding through the tube and not in control of her pee and poo. What we do at home is to make her sit up every morning for about 2hours to do some foot meassage(OTO), excerise her neck, arm and leg, really don't know what more can be done........except to pray !