2974358

Ok seriously... Haven't written in ages...

 Life happens. In my case, cancer happens.. 

Nope, not me. My sweet,sweet not-so-little-now brother. He is 20 years old and fighting Acute Myleoid Leukemia like a samurai. Four months in this journey and i realize that i have to jot down my thought somewhere.... Because time is fleeting and every lesson is precious. 

 I will start in the beggining. 

 He got diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemis on the 7th of February 2014. It was my mum's birthday (yeah i know... I didn't have the heart to tell her). One of the longest night in my lfe. The control freak in me just need to know what the HECK is happening and if this is real. 3 am in the morning i got a phone call saying that yes, its cancer. And yes, it's kill-able. 

 So we spent the next week scrambling with visa and paperwork... and volcanoes. Yep. My poor dad have to take an overnight train because all flights are canceled. 

 Funny story. He didn't realize that everything was cancelled untul he was at the airport. He panicked, call his secretary to go and get him a train ticket. Any train ticket to Jakarta. The secretary finally got to the train station where everyone else have exactly the same idea like my dad (right....). She queued anyway, knowing that the motification board already stated that there is 0 seat left for Jakarta tonight. When it was her turn, the number suddenly flip to 1. ONE seat left. Gotta love how God is never late right? Sometimes I kinda wished he was early tho. Anyway. Landed in Sydney. Hugged my brother. Found out what happens. 

 Oh and the number, 2974358? It's his patient number. We repeat it a thousand times... Every single time he got a transfusion, chemo, etc we will have to "match the number" You will be amazed of how much story contained behind that series of numbers. 

 So I will write as often as time allows me. Unfiltered, of course. Not because I couldn't be bothered but because I wanna look back and remember this journey as it is. 

 auds xx