23/04/2020
REST IN PEACE papa Efren 😢💔
This morning around 2 am, Philippine time, I received the unexpected bad news I wasn’t prepared to hear yet. Sadly my father, papa Efren has already passed away. 😭💔
It is super heart breaking to know the fact that I can’t be there with him on the final last hours of his life. That even I’m desperately wanting to attend his funeral I will never make it. 💔 Coz aside from the million miles distance separating me from those of my family (between Ireland and Philippines) it’s the travel restrictions that this Covid 19 pandemic lockdown has implemented internationally. And even there’s none of it, I’m afraid that I still can’t be with him together with my family to personally witness my dad’s funeral for his last remaining days on earth as it has something to do with my visa agreement. 😢💔
But at least, on the positive note, I’m happy enough that our dad is now RESTING in PEACE. Like what I’m always praying for, I wish him everyday all throughout his hospitalisation for “NO MORE SUFFERINGS BUT JUST A PEACEFUL DEATH as he DESERVES to have that AFTER ENDURING SO MUCH PAIN already for the past 2 straight weeks. 😭 and it was a BITTERSWEET ANSWERED PRAYER. ☘️👍🏽💖
Thank you for all the donations, countless prayers and endless supports every one of you has given us especially for our dad. It means so much to him. You have no idea how much all your help makes a massive difference to his health and life. On behalf of him, We will be eternally grateful and feeling blessed forever. 🍀🤗❤️
It was indeed a SAD but HAPPY ENDING after all. My dad last few minutes of his life was on his deathbed at HOME instead of lying on the hospital bed suffering up his last breath. While in the hospital few days before he passed away, he requested us to send him back home as he missed his normal daily routine and he wants to feel better. Just 1 day ago, we GRANTED HIS WISH and we were all clueless that this was PART OF HIS BUCKET-LIST. We had no clue why he kept insisting asking for it. For all we knew was, the De La Salle Medical Hospital, in Dasmariñas Cavite, Philippines made his life shorter and his health declined further that we expected instead of the opposite as they MISTREATED my dad during his admission and MALPRACTICED our dad’s operation with an aftermath of PURE NEGLIGENCE and IRRESPONSIBILITY. 😤👎🏽🤬💔 “NO PATIENTS DESERVE THIS UNFAIR and AWEFUL TREATMENT that is not WORTH SUFFERING FOR” even on PUBLIC especially on PRIVATE HOSPITALS nationwide. Someone MUST take responsibility of this.
Few hours before he died, most of the family members got ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES to EXCHANGE WORDS, SAY GOOD THOUGHTS AND SHARE POSITIVE VIBES to our dad without knowing that THIS WAS OUR LAST CHANCE. 💕👍🏽😭 In return, he NEVER MISSED to say his FINAL WORDS, “SORRY, TAKE CARE, THANK YOU and I LOVE YOU”. And for me that’s so WONDERFUL to hear COMING from the person who we always WISH TO LIVE FOREVER but GONE TOO SOON! 😢🥰💖
On his FINAL HOURS, we wanted him to be rushed in the hospital to SAVE him ONE MORE TIME but he strongly insisted “NOT TO!” It’s flabbergastingly UNEXPECTED and as for the very first time, it wasn’t the typical words he usually said for the years of battling his own illness. 💔 it’s COMPLETELY HEARTBREAKING but we RESPECTED his LAST WILL. Our dad is NOTHING-BUT-BRAVE! He knew straight away the CONSEQUENCES of his actions but he preferred and CHOSE to DIE AT HOME with COMPLETE PEACE OF MIND. He honestly endured EXCRUCIATING PAIN for 1 straight hour or more as my youngest sister stood beside him the entire time and at the end, HE DIED PEACEFULLY with NO REGRETS but with a SMILEY FACE. His LAST WORD was his FAITH WITH GOD and the LAST WORD he heard was “I LOVE YOU”. It totally saddened me but knowing a good story behind his death, I couldn’t ask anything for, more than that! Our FAMILY STORY, our father’s LAST BATTLE AGAINST HIS DISEASES and EVERYTHING-IN-BETWEEN is a like a GOOD BOOK where each and every STORY “FALLS PERFECTLY INTO PLACES” with a CLICHE of matching TWISTS and TURNS.
To our best PAPA in the world, you may not be perfect for everyone but at least for us your NEAR-TO-PERFECTION. You have your flaws, you committed mistakes just like everyone else’s but at the end of the day, you’re always our father and I WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF YOU and if I will be given a chance to pick a good father on my next life, I WOULD DEFINITELY STILL PICK YOU! ☘️👍🏽🥰💕 I will never be the person WHAT I AM TODAY, if it’s NOT BECAUSE OF YOU. I will always be BLESSED to have a FATHER LIKE YOU and I won’t MISS YOU FOR THE WORLD.
May you REST IN PEACE now papa. We will always love you. I WILL ALWAYS DO! 😘💖 You will FOREVER be remembered to eternity and beyond!! ☘️👍🏽
