The day I almost lost my brother

Life is fragile, you might heard it a thousand times but never gave it a serious thought until something happened, someone died or someone you love almost lost their life.

Back in November 2010, on my birthday, I almost lost my brother to an accident, he had multiple fracture on his body, a major fracture on his skull, it was so serious that the doctor at the goverment hospital said there's nothing they could do but to wait for him to die. It was really that bad that the specialist hospital refused to accept him as the doctors said the chances of him surviving the accident is next to impossible.

We asked that he be transferred to a better equipped hospital but the doctors was against it because they said there's no way he can survive the trip!

The other hospital is an hour away. Taking a step of faith, we requested for a transfer,at our own risk. 15 minutes away from the Ipoh GH, my aunt who was in the ambulance with my brother, called me and asked that we pray for my brother, the oxygen tank ran out of gas! For my brother who was in an unconscious state, that was again another bad bad news. He was on a bike when he had a head on crash with an oncoming lorry.

Putting our trust in God, we sent him to Ipoh GH where he undergo 3 surgeries in 10 hours. He had air bubles in his brain and if you know, that's a bad thing. Both his palms were fractured a few fingers were fractured, the surgeons had to amputate his right middle finger.

Half way through the surgery, one of the surgeons rushed out from the Operating Theater asking us to sign a consent form for them to operate him on his abdomen as they suspect he has internal injury, they can't afford to wheel him out of surgery for a CT scan and back into the OT, there's no time to waste. The surgeons just don't get it why after pumping in 4 pints of blood into him, his blood pressure is still very very low and very pale. Our heart dropped when the surgeon told us to be prepared-for the worst.

I believe God hears our prayer and he survived. He regain consciousness after 2 days which was a miracle itself, and after just a week in the intensive care unit, he was transferred to the normal ward where he spent almost a month to recover.

All doctors that attended to him said that if he ever recovers from this accident, he'll either be retarded ( from the impact of the fractured skull) or unable to walk, as for the first few weeks after the accident, his right part of his body, arm and legs included, are not able to move at all, like a paralyzed person.

Thinking back, he wouldn't have survived it not by the prayers. We believed it is God that has healed him, not only that, after the accident, my brother has totally changed. He's so much more humble, obedient and nice to people. Retarded or paralyzed, you ask?? Praise God, he's totally fine and jumping, even fit for a marathon (oh well, not yet but soon I hope!)

My brother's memory is still recovering from the accident, he can't remember exactly how the accident took place, but doctor said that's normal and it takes time for him to regain his memory. I wonder if we should file for compensation from the other party with the help of motorcycle accident attorney Austin, as least get some compensation to pay for my brother's medical bill.