Around 1am, he woke me up saying he can't breathe. I wanted to call the ambulance but he stopped me. His panting got worse and he even wanted to go to the hospital on our own. Seeing the seriousness, I called 995. I made the dogs go into my room, opened the door and got changed. While waiting, he collapsed on the bed not breathing. Not cpr trained, i called 995 again andbwas told to do cpr, but i think i wasnt able to do it correctly.
I tried doing the cpr until the medics came but in my heart, i know he would not make it. Despite the medics trying to resuscitate him, his heart was not beating. I went with the ambulance to CGH and shortly after the doc spoke and asked me to brace for the worst. He was gone.
I called my mum to break the news, and also called yq (his god sister). It was 2 something. My sis went to my house to grab his hp so that I can call his daughters.
After that, i was led to a room where his body was parked. Yq came with her husband to see him. Shortly after multiple calls to his daughters, his daughter ky picked up the call and I told them to come to cgh. In the end, they saw him for the last time.
After that, his body was wheeled to the mortuary. As doc could not determine the cause of death, his case was followed up by police officers. I was interviewed and I gave them the medical history and the circumstances leading to his death. Was told I could only get the body the next day.
Went home to rest. My mum had reached my place. We talked abit and all i was doing was waiting for daybreak so that I could call Ah Yin, the taoist priest that he had wanted for his last rites.
While waiting, i whatapp LG relative. Luckily i kept his younger sister hp. After that, his younger sis called crying to know what happened. She then went on to inform his siblings whom he was estranged with.
When 9am came, I called Ah Yin. He told Mr wong to call me. Had a chat with him and he told me to meet him at his office. Me and my sis went down to talk about the rites (choosing the coffin, the rites - 破地狱). Halfway, got a call from police officer to go collect LG at sgh, coroner had ruled out foul play. It was the deities working.
So after choosing, we grabbed to SGH directly. There, it was a long wait to get his body. After that, hos body was driven off by the undertaker man. We went home because we have to prepare his clothes, to line the coffin. His suit, shirts, denture, socks, shoes. I brought half of his clothes, and we made our way to sin ming. He wanted his wake there.
There, we reached around 4pm. KX was there. The priest did some chanting after everything was set up. It was a simple but bright setup.
The flower wreath from my company arrived. His siblings came in the evening. That day, i also arranged for the dog sitter, his friend Ah Cheong came with his son. He fetched me home to bring the dogs over. After that, he brought me back to the wake.
There, we kept foldong the silver and gold ingots. We left around 11pm.
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