I have this friend. Well, I would say he’s more of an acquaintance. A close friend of mine was engaged to him, albeit briefly. Well, I have him in my friend-ster list. That makes him a friend la kan?

Recently, on one of the days that I was left with nothing much to do (more like one of the days I didn’t feel like doing anything) I was browsing around f-ster when I came upon this acquaintances’ profile. Saw the main pic of him with his wife and kid, and there he put up something saying in memory of his son etc and then I proceeded to click on a link he put up for his foto-pages. I must say I didn’t know much of what is going on in his life.

From the f-page, saw his baby daughter’s pics and saw some words leading me to believe that his elder son is now gone and of course interested me further to read more… and so I dug through the pages.. an entry in July showed the 3 of them, him, wife and 1-year old son going for vacation and the wife is pregnant again, then a month’s pause, then a picture-less entry that struck me straight at the heart. He wrote about how his son had been sick for about a month, and countless visits to doctors and all and after so long, they finally did an MRI, and found a tumor in his brain. Poor boy, budak kecik mana la reti nak cakap dia sakit kat mana kan… They scheduled an operation for the very next day, and afterwards, they said the tumor is not just a tumor, but it is cancer. Besarnya dugaan budak umur setahun ni…

He had to be stabilized and well before the chemo treatment can be started. The poor boy spent the next almost 4 months in hospital, with 2 months of that in ICU. 5 more operations followed before he is finally allowed home and the chemo started. 2 days after he came home, his mom gave birth to a baby girl. A month after that, the poor boy passed away, at age 1 year 6 months. How my heart wrenched, imagining all the pain this small being is put through, all the suffering, and imagining how his young parents must have felt and gone through. The saddest part was reading his dad’s words

setelah hampir 5 bulan terlantar sakit dan mungkin separuh dari hayatnya menderita dgn penyakit kansernya akhirnya Allah telah mengambil nyawanya buat selamanya… usianya ketika itu hanya 1 tahun, 6 bulan dan 8 hari.. sungguh sekejap Allah pinjamkan Hxxxx kepada kami bertiga…

Yes it got to me and it got to me hard. I know I am emo like that, but I am only human…

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