Shamil Afiq: Ketika berusia setahun lebih, ada tiub dalam hidungnya untuk salurkan susu.
It was way back years ago. My
daughter Affizah gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, my third grandchild. He
was born very normal outwardly. His
normality was short lived. On the 44th day of his life he was diagnosed by his
paediatrician to be having kidney problems. He's born with a total kidney
failure. His kidney was not functioning as it should. His kidney was full of
cysts, not the tissues it should have. Such was the baby that was bestowed by
Allah to Affizah and husband, Shahril
Agus.
Upon registration, the baby was named Syamil
Afiq. The kidney failure ailment,entailed with it the loss of appetite. Syamil
Afiq refused bottle feeding. Thanks to modern science which enabled Afiq to be
fed through the nose. To achieve this a soft tube was administered to Afiq's
stomach through his nostril. At the
other end of the tube was attached a small funnel into which was poured Afiq's
meals of milk. He survived this ordeal for about two years. At the same time he
had to undergo a dialysis, which was managed by the mother. This dialysis was
only given at night. Such was the strong character of Affizah. Her determination and perseverance is fantastic. Although she was facing such harassing problems, she held her career upper most. Never had she failed to be in her office to perform the duties that she was entrusted with to complete. I wonder, I really wonder how she could put aside her immediate problems, and likewise attend to her office chores. To top up with this unrelenting qualities in Affizah, she scaled up the ladder of success. She is currently one of Petronas's Managers. Although in UNSW, she did Chemical Engineering course she did not practise her expertise in that discipline. Instead, Petronas groomed her to be a businesswoman. Thank Allah, in business too she excels.
That she has the support of my wife and me is
understanable. While at work Afiq is tended by her grandmother, as far as
feedings as well as his medication routine go,
they are being taken care of by the grandmother. To fulfil this new task
and responsibility, we sold our house in Tampin and bought a house adjacent to
Affizah's house, just to be near to our darling Afiq and to care for his needs.
Affizah, upon knowing Thar her baby was blessed
with such a misfortune, did not leave it
to Takdir to take its next course. She consulted the paediatrician in Hospital Kuala Lumpur with
regard to the kidney transplant of her
baby. Not satisfied with the findings at the HKL, she browsed through the Internet and
came up with a decision to do the transplant at The Royal Paediatric Hospital
in Melbourne.
The decision had been finalised. Now came the
means. Who would see to the budget of the transplant itself, and the cost of
transport to and fro and so forth? She appealed to Petronas, stating her
rationale of doing the transplant in Melbourne, Australia. I think what softened
Petronas to accord Affizah's reasoning was: she was their scholar and a
good one too, the other is she is so
determined to give one of her kidneys to Afiq. So in 2003, June, to Melbourne
they went, Afiq and his parents. My wife and eldest son and wife joined them
later. Petronas pocketed the whole
expenses of the operation, plus the father's return trip as well as his
daily expenses in Melbourne. It amounted to a handsome three hundred k. Such was the
caring nature of Petronas, which we,the whole family, is forever thankful,
especially to Allah.
Shamil Afiq (depan kiri) with older brother, Syahir Aiman with his Family
On the day of departure to Melbourne, at the
KLIA, Afiq showed his antics of a lifetime. He was so happy and cheerful. He
was dancing and running all over the place with his childhood laughter until
the time of boarding. Such was Afiq at the airport. His behaviour was as if to
tell us that he was all for the better. He would be relieved of the burden of nose feeding and he would be back to
normal feeding habits. However it was only in 2004 that he was completely free
of tube feeding. Afiq is back to normal
again.
According to my wife who was by the bedside of
her cucu and loving daughter, the operation however had a slight setback. Upon
completion of the operation something went wrong. The system did not function
as it should. Afiq had to be operated for
a second time. Thank Allah, the second one was successful until today. Afiq now is in Primary Four at Sapura Private
School. The parents decided to send him there because of his health, that it
might not be conducive for him to be in a normal school, saturated with over
population of students in a class.
So lapsed the operation and ordeal that we had
to go through. I for one thought that once the operation was done it ended
there. I thought now we need to upkeep his health only. I am completely
mistaken. Afiq has to be brought for
routine check-up every month at HKL. His medication is provided by HKL, for
free. Every day he has to be given an anti rejection medication. All this
medication of his is managed by grandma. Such is the love of a grandmother to
Afiq.
As mentioned earlier, Affizah is really a
woman of steel. Although the hardships and the trials that she has to go
through, career wise she is very successful.
These hardships and ordeal do not for a moment dampen her spirit to succeed.
Affizah since small and since in the primary school has never missed her solat
five times a day. Such is the greatness of maintaining to perform the solat
lima waktu. That is her source of strength indeed. It's a pity though, she is
lacking in her aurah coverage.
Syukur Alhamduliilah, Allahu Akbar. AAB 1100 221012
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Very touching, indeed. AAB, you are going through a series of family hardship almost the length of your career. But you overcome everyone of them almost miraculously. And again you are a handicap yourself. Tabik spring from me
ReplyDeleteAnother surprise from our Cikgu AAB. More surprises in store.Perhaps it is all fated. We can only plan but Allah Decides!
ReplyDeleteOh, my God! Not another heart-rending story from our Cikgu.I really envy your wife's sacrifice to the family, especially your grandson, Syamil Afiq and your daughter Aida. My heart-felt sympathy and I just hope everything goes on well medically. You are a Saint, Cikgu. How I wish I have the courage to face such hardship. If only I am as tough as you are with lasting endurance and perserverance.
ReplyDeleteTabik kepada cikgu, tabik kepada isteri dan tabik juga kepada seluruh ahli keluarga.....you are a bunch of marvellous people!!!
ReplyDeleteTerimo kasih kepado Kich Moor kerano masih setia bersamo kami. How I wish you are a full member of TBSST existing amongst us with your own true identity.
ReplyDeleteZA, I have a pledge to my mum and I am not going to betray the pledge. I will continue to give comments, whenever necessary and I do have my FB Account. But it's like a taboo to me to get involved with your FB Group and u still insist on me revealing my ID. Anyway, thanks for the so-good-feeling when I am among u all. May God bless you, ZA.
DeleteKadang-kadang terfikir pula apakah keluarga AAB ini meniti atas jambatan penderitaan kebanyakan usianya. Namun kita mengagumi keikhlasannya untuk menjaga kepentingan anak-anaknya walaupun dia sendiri merupakan seoragan OKU. Apakah pengajaran yang dapat kita timba daripada pengalaman derita ini. Ya Allah mengapa begini seharusnya kehidupan? Bilakah agaknya keluarga AAB ini akan berakhir dengan keadaan hidup begnin.
ReplyDeleteSelamat menyambut Hari Raya Aidiladha kepada semua anggota grup Alumni TBSST. Semoga blog "Tampang" yang baru ini memberi sinar cerah kepada kelanjutan usia kumpulan. Saya amat bersetuju supaya kita buat satu peraturan supaya yang membuat komen itu biarlah ada pengajarannya dan tidak menghentam sombrono sajo. Kita oghang Asia, khususnya oghang Melayu, anak Nogori lagi, takkanlah kita nak tunjukkan ketiaksopanan kito kepada oghang. Salam dari senior citizen.
ReplyDeleteDi hari raya qurban yang mulia ini marilah kita bertafakur sebentar mengingat pada mereka yang telah pergi mendahului kita. Dan setelah itu kita hayatilah segala kesangsaraan yang sedang dihadapi oleh saudra kita yang masih menjalani kehidupan di dunia ini. Masih ada yang memerlukan simpati dan belas hsan dalam apa sahaja bentuk demi kesahjeteraan mereka, walaupun hanya sebuah doa ikhlas lagi luhur.
ReplyDeleteKich Moor, FY. The man from air mawang, za, hashim mustafa and others, thankyou veru much for you comments.
ReplyDeletePlease be informed that all those mishaps, except the amputation was before the amputation took place. Our lives are normal now. Alhamdulillah