The Experience

Dating back to the very old days, when I was still in my ignorance state, free from any responsibilities with never ending thought of imaginations, was dreaming to achieve the impossible. Touching on impossibility, our God, Jesus is of exclusion. Yes. He is God of impossibility.

I was fortunate to recall an impossible that I used to dream of. To fly a helicopter. Flying a helicopter is not an uncommon dream that most boys had. The exhilaration and excitement that the lift will cause is just an another difference yet challenging experience. All attention was given to the above atmosphere every time when the rotorcraft cut through the sky. Then I came to a state of mind where I wanted to be a pilot but due to my deteriorating bilateral eyes, the occupation ended up just an option of exclusion. However I ended up becoming someone who is still trying to diagnose diseases.

I could still vividly remember that I use to tell my Heavenly Father about my dream. Dream to fly a helicopter. Guess what He replied “ You will get your turn.” I was like thinking how can it be possible when I am in totally different field. I am not even trained to fly a helicopter, to add thing worse; I had never sat on any of those rotorcraft. But then, out of nowhere came the Hope. Hope to fly the baby one day.

Time flies. Moving fast into my working field, Hospital Sibu, in the most challenging department , Surgery, that frequently offers patient to be flown to Sarawak General Hospital for further treatment and this is where HouseOfficer get to escort patients in the Medic Helicopter or Medivec. I couldn’t ask more from God to get a change to escort patient to SGH in Medivec. Guess what, in the first month in Surgery Department, I got the chance to bring a patient to SGH.

Pushing the patient into the lower deck of the craft, my pulse rate raised and more adrenaline was pumped. I couldn’t believe I am flying in one of these babies. As the craft lifted from the ground, I thank God for the first time experience and for His Fatherly Love for remembering what I dreamt of when I was still a kid, to sit in an flying helicopter.

To be continued…