Sunday, July 31, 2005
@3:45 pm
it was yesterday.
8.00pm.
i was talking to lionel on the phone about studies and stuff. was supposed to start doing some work at 8pm, but heh, got carried away, instead talked with lionel till 8.20pm until my dad suddenly shouted at me to go do my work. i could see my dad was kinda pissed, so i got off the phone with lionel and went to the toilet first. just as i was about to enter my room, the telephone rang.
it was my brother. he had just crashed his motorcycle and was in the ambulance to SGH. from what i had heard, he was fine, but his girlfriend audrey had suffered a broken leg. i was quite relieved to hear that, but nevertheless, my parents and i immediately rushed to the hospital.
8.50pm
we reached the hospital.i found my brother and he told us more about what had happened. audrey was still somewhere else being treated. according to my brother, another bike(model super4) had bumped into his back while he was breaking due to heavy traffic. the bike flipped up from the back and audrey was flung forwards 10m while my brother was thrown 5m to the front. we were escorted to the family room by the doctor. it was a small waitin room which the doctor could update us with what was going on. audrey's mother and her boyfriend( she was divorced) joined us later. 5min later in the waitin room, the doctor came in. he said audrey's lungs were punctured by her broken ribs and that she had heavy internal bleeding.he also said that she could go anytime. but he and his team of doctors were already trying their best. he then left the room to continue trying to save audrey. upon hearing these words, my brother burst into tears. and shortly after, so did everyone in the room. even me.it was very, very sad, but there was still hope, and we all sat there in silence. i prayed to God.
9.10pm
the doctor came into the room again. audrey's pulse had come back, and the team of doctors were ready to bring her into the operating theatre. we all heaved a huge sign of relief.it was a good sign. but then the doctor continued. he said that audrey's blood pressure was dangerously low, and that he could not gurantee what would happen to audrey in the operating theatre.we hoped for the best.
9.20pm
my father started wondering when my brother was going to get treated. my brother was still in his wheelchair, as we were afraid that he had suffered some fractures. i pushed him outside for a smoke. i comforted him, saying that audrey was going to be fine, and told him to think positively. but there was nothing much i could then, and i was very worried myself too.
9.40pm
i pushed my brother back into the A&E room. he was already very depressed. we met my dad. my brother's friends had come too. we saw another injured person. turned out he was the one who had knocked into my brother's bike from the back.the bastard.he was in shock too. his fiancee had been his pillion and was getting treated too. he and my brother talked for awhile about the incident. the guy's friends came soon. there were many of them.
10.10pm
it was my brother's turn to get treated and x-rayed.we went inside the consultation room to talk to the doctor.we then went to the x-ray room.
10.30pm
the x-ray results for my brother had come back. he had suffered no fractures, and he just needed dressing up. my dad went to join my mum and audrey's mum+bf in the operating theatre waitin room.
10.50pm
i waited with my brother's friends. we all sat in silence.my brother was still getting treated. my dad had just come back to check on my brother.he was walkin towards us when he received a call. he told my brother's friends and i to quickly go to my mother. we ran. it was a long way to the operating theatre. upon reaching there, all i saw was audrey's mother crying, crying, crying. i knew the inevitable had happened. Audrey Leo had passed on.now was the problem. how were we going to convey the news to my brother that his girlfriend had died?
11.05pm
my brother had just finished getting his wounds treated. he immediately asked about audrey. we hesitated, then quietly told him. he remained in silence, which i presume was because of shock. then he cried. he cried like he had never done before. i had never ever seen my brother in such a state of distress. i cried too.my father comforted my brother.i tried too.
we went home shortly after that, as audrey's relatives were coming and audrey's mum, worried that there would be a commotion, told us to go home first. she was a very understanding woman.we comforted my brother till like 1am. then he, his friend and my father went to the traffic police station to make the official report after receiving a call from the officer in charge of the case.i went to sleep.
i woke up this morning, with a nagging feeling in my mind. What HAD happened? then the memories of the previous night flowed back into my mind. since then, my brother has been in his room most of the time, and i can hear his cries whenever i pass his room. in the few times that i have managed to see him, his eyes were swollen from crying too much. i feel so sad looking at him being like that. i feel sad as audrey was my friend too.
when audrey was first introduced to me by my brother, she was very quiet and didnt talk much. i presumed that it was arrogance.but as i got to know it better, i found out that it was actually because she was a shy person. once u made the effort to break that certain barrier with her, she was like normal friend whom u could talk to.
most of all, to me, this incident has made me think of joanna. how much i treasure her, and how much i love her. i love u joanna. missing u.
i may add more stuff later, but i'm not really in the mood right now. i'm still feeling depressed, but i thank God for joanna. i wanna go to marina bay again with her >.<
-Kenny-
