It's just a norm! We human will not appreciate certain things around us when the things are aplenty. We take things for granted. Here I want to share 2 stories:
Last week I was posted into the Neonatal ICU, and I was taking care of this little life. He is just a premature boy born at 26 weeks (a normal pregnancy would go to 40 weeks, he is 14 weeks short!). Weighing just a little bit over 900 gram, he has a dark complexity and a body covered with fine hair (lanugo). He is slightly bigger than my palm. There was a respiratory machine hooked up with countless of continuous monitoring going on in him. This little soul was moving his tiny hand when I first saw him. Every breath he took seems so full of effort and every minute passed is a blessed moment that he is still alive. Although he had a number of complications from being very preterm, the will to survive is very strong.
On the contrary, I have a friend that had quited medical school just at the dawn of the final examination. Heard that medical life was not his thing and that he will never walk down this road again. It was a shock to all of us as a friend as the move he took was drastic. Everyone was screaming that this is a very big waste. Alas! The life is his. Whatever path that he chose to take in the future, I just wish him good luck and he will find his way someday.
Someone is letting go, yet someone is striving very hard to live. This is how contrary a life can be. Hope you found your way.
Last week I was posted into the Neonatal ICU, and I was taking care of this little life. He is just a premature boy born at 26 weeks (a normal pregnancy would go to 40 weeks, he is 14 weeks short!). Weighing just a little bit over 900 gram, he has a dark complexity and a body covered with fine hair (lanugo). He is slightly bigger than my palm. There was a respiratory machine hooked up with countless of continuous monitoring going on in him. This little soul was moving his tiny hand when I first saw him. Every breath he took seems so full of effort and every minute passed is a blessed moment that he is still alive. Although he had a number of complications from being very preterm, the will to survive is very strong.
On the contrary, I have a friend that had quited medical school just at the dawn of the final examination. Heard that medical life was not his thing and that he will never walk down this road again. It was a shock to all of us as a friend as the move he took was drastic. Everyone was screaming that this is a very big waste. Alas! The life is his. Whatever path that he chose to take in the future, I just wish him good luck and he will find his way someday.
Someone is letting go, yet someone is striving very hard to live. This is how contrary a life can be. Hope you found your way.
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