Why do not-so-good things happen to good people?

My maternal Aunt is a devout Buddhist with a pure and simple heart. All she's ever done in her life is to work hard, pray, be selfless and care for others around her, including her friends and family.

She's a great cook, honed from when she was young and had to cook for the entire family. She was the eldest daughter and back in those days, the eldest daughter in a Cantonese family undertook most of the responsibilities of helping to look after the household. She was also a cook at a chye-png stall for many years. And at festive occasions like CNY, she would camp out at my uncle's house. Together some some other aunts, she would whip up an amazing meal for the rest of the family....


4 years ago, she had a stroke. We were lucky, it was not a very serious one. But even so, it took her a good 6 months before she became better. At the behest of her siblings and my mum, she retired and was no longer a workhorse. She became weaker after that incident but still kept up with her prayers and trips to the temple...and she was still whipping up lovely dishes at big family gatherings...

She's been having a bad swollen right leg for the past 1 week plus. She can't walk properly. 

I just received news this morning that my mum and another 2 aunts brought her to A&E yesterday. Through various tests, it was discovered that she had bleeding the the area between the skull and the brain. It was happening on the left side of her head which was why her right leg was badly affected and swollen due to pressure building up in the head....

The situation looks serious and she's been scheduled for an emergency operation this morning to remove blood clots and stem the blood flow.

Sigh.

It is scheduled as a pinhole procedure for now as they don't want to stress her body too much. She's 78 this year. But if the clots can't be fully removed through this procedure....they would have no choice but to do a full surgery and cut her up for better access to the affected area.

Fingers crossed that the op will go smoothly....

She's an aunt I hold close to my heart.

And I hope God watches over her.