OKU

Blessing from ALLAH to my family. My lil sister. :)

Assalammualaikum. Di malam yang penuh bahang tapi tetap indah ini, tetiba pula terasa nak kongsi tentang isu yang lain sikit lah. Pasai OKU. Orang Kelainan Upaya  which previously called as Orang Kurang Upaya. This topic popped out of my mind after I read about this little girl that was violently abused by her own biological 'father'  and step-'mother' (they don't deserve to be called as father and mother at all). Actually, i've been reading about lots of crazy dad or mom or 'nanny' that violently abused the kids, which for me is a very serious issue. Most of the kids are normal and a very little count as OKU. I am very grateful as I still have my nenek and atok ( mom's side) that are responsible in taking care most of their grandchild including my lil sister (12 y/o) who is an OKU. Because of that, my parents takyah susah susah nak risau hantar dekat pengasuh ke apa, because its not easy hokey untuk jaga an OKU. Anak yang normal pun kena dera inikan OKU ye ke tidak para pengasuh yang tidak berhati perut . To those pengasuh yang sangat lah baik hati and sabar (i've met some) Tahniah! dan Alhamdulillah! you guys are great!

Back to my sistah. She's not that kind of OKU which terbaring je or duduk kat kerusi roda je or whateverlah yang terlintas. At first sight, nampak dia like a very nomal person lah. Tapi, bila tengok betul betul, you will know that ada something wrong somewhere with her. But, honestly , i am very proud to have her as my lil sister. When she was born normal, I was only 7 and my brother was only 4/5. After 6 months, she had a sudden attack called epilepsy or fits, and berterusan day by day till my parent need to ulang alik hospital and rumah hospital and rumah . But, as a 7 y/o kid, I dont really care bout that. I knew that my lil sis is sick , but only that. I don't know how hard to handle her, to have the responsibility taking care of her , things like that. She grew up like a normal kids i mean physically  the same. She start to walk, start to talk a lil bit, untill I reached 9 , dia about to reach 3. Macam biasa, budak budak baru dapat kaki, they will walk all the way at every inch and corner of the house. God! That was so irritating! As my lil sis ni need to take (if im not mistaken) about 4 types of medicine and one of them ( i think the red one) caused her to be super hyperactive. Like seriously hyperactive! You cant even imagined how penat kitorang ni kena ikut dia kehulu kehilir , everywhere she 'have a walk' sebab takut yang dia boleh kena epilepsy (sawan) tiba tiba , and terjatuh which is of course sangat lah bahaya. Honestly, sangat exhausted.

When I was  13, I managed to continue my high school to King George V and when I was 16, i went to MRSM JB . 5 tahun duduk asrama, jauh dari rumah, habis SPM got 5 months of holiday.masa tu lah baru truly terasa tanggungjawab untuk jaga adik sebab i decided to take the responsibility and give my grandparents 5 months of holiday too. hiks. . Masa awal awal, i really need to suit my self with that new situation. IT IS NOT EASY AT ALL.  5 months, i learnt a lot of things about her. we get so close. sampai masuk Puncak Alam pun , aku homesick sebab dia! haha. disebabkan umur dia pun dah menginjak 11 tahun (last yr ) and this yr , 12 , so dia takdalah hyper macam dulu. Much more easy lah nak jaga bila dah biasa. Sediakan breakfast, mandikan dia,  masak tengah hari, bagi makan ubat (4 times a day) and melayan segala karenah dia. But, im happy with that. Seriously memang lah penat. As my so called 'maid' quit, so basically, i've to do lots of chores through out the holidayy. Kadang kadang about 3 times per day, nak hilangkan boring nbilah, i'll do some activites for her. So , walaupun dia jarang pergi sekolah (sekolah khas) at least ada lah benda yang dia belajar jugak bila duduk rumah.


Fuhh. macam panjang je membebel kan. Okay. Menjaga seorang yang OKU, tak kira lah dia kanak kanak ke dewasa ke atau tahap umur dia macam mana pun, perkara yang paling penting  sekali yang kena ada ialah, :


1: KESABARAN
Kesabaran yang sangat tinggi. (Kadang kadang , aku sendiri pun sangat susah nak kawal kesabaran tu for certain thing) . Kalau tak sabar, takda apa pun yang akan berhasil. Tak da kerja yang kita boleh buat. Kesabaran bila kita kena mandikan, masakkan , sometime kena suap, layan itu ini, not that easy.

2: TIMING
Timing penting lah. Sebab selain nak jaga, banyak jugak benda lain kena buat. And then, waktu makan ubat semua kena ingat . Jangan terskip ke  apa. Kalau tak, niaya je!

3: PEKA
Peka lah dengan orang yang kita jaga tu. Peka dengan setiap apa yang dilakukan, lebih lebih lagi bila depa ni terdedah dengan benda benda tajam.


OKU, depa ni special. Dalam kes adik aku, aku rasa dia sangat bertuah. Dia tak payah susah payah fikir hal hal dunia yang kita fikir ni. Dia dalam dunia dia, sendiri. Ada sorang ustadz ni pernah cakap, "Adik awak ni ahli syurga, suci dimata ALLAH, jaga adik awak elok elok niat untuk buat kerana ALLAH SWT. inshaALLAH ganjaran syurga buat awak dan keluarga" aminnn ya rabb. Setiap kali sebelum tidur, aku selalu cakap dengan nabilah , adik masuk syurga, panggil along sekali tau. and she will answer, "mestilah . along kan jaga adik . adik nak along jaga adik lagi" . And that made me feel special , terharu. :') Apapun, OKU are just the same like us. Its just that they have different ability than the normal person. They are special. With our ability, take a good care of them if we have the chance to do so. Spread the love gais!.