Sheau Ching's Recovery Process

I visited Sheau Ching in the general ward 3 days ago. It was my first time visiting after he was moved from ICU, so i was very glad to see that his progress had been ideal because when i visited him in ICU, he wasn't alert nor aware of our presence. According to Sheau Ching's brother, Chung King, Sheau Ching will be moved to another hospital in the near future to facilitate his therapy. He will need some time to re-learn many things he used to do with ease, but we are all just very thankful that he had recovered. There had been several days when his situation was bleak and we were prepared for the worst.

Sheau Ching still suffers from short-term memory loss. This piece of card was drawn by his wife Shin Yen to illustrate to him what had happened.

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I was visiting with Hsin Hui, who had just landed from London. They both were like brothers and they were elated to see each other. Sheau Ching could even find strength for a 'peace' sign!
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Sheau Ching's mother asked him to write on a piece of paper the people who were around him at the moment. He first wrote 'Xing hui' (Hsin Hui). Then his mother asked him to write mei-mei's name (that's me the little sis...he used to introduce me to his mom as mei-mei). He scribbled 'Yong An' and lastly wrote his mom as Ma Ma.

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He has lost a lot of weight ever since the incident happened. It will be sometime before he will gain back all the weight. His family, Shin Yen and her family all seemed to me to be more optimistic than before. In a way, i am happy that their piety towards their religion has made the experience a little easier =)