Last week was Alfred's final 8th cycle of chemo. We were talking about how to celebrate the occassion once it's all over a couple of months back. But when the actual moment came, we just said thanks to God and were grateful that we are able to start a new life soon and continue praying for good health. On the last day when we were packing our things to go back, we were acting on an auto-pilot mode - it's like everything is familiar yet we pray that it's going to be a distant memory. We took the time to reflect on things for the past 8 months and continue praying for the best.
On the last day in the hospital, we went for our usual walk while waiting for the hospital bill. This time round, we discovered a perfect hide-out (actually, Alfred discovered it :)) - a beautiful koi pond at the far end of the hospital building. The place is so quiet, superbly clean and serene. We just sat there for a while enjoying the therapeutic sound of water and the colorful kois swimming gracefully - and just sat there quietly enjoying the moment. There were so many of them. We promised to come back after sorting out the bills to feed the kois some leftover bread. But thanks to me losing the parking ticket and the ensuing frenzy, we ended up not going. But at least we found somewhere nice and quiet and be thankful, right (although the kois didn't get to eat the bread because of me, tsk tsk tsk).
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