This little sweetheart is F's baby sister. She's number 5 in F's family. She said hello to the world on Friday, 1 month early of her due date. Sadly, this little sweetie ain't gonna grow up a normal, healthy baby because on Saturday, she was diagonsed with down syndrome and luekemia.

I paid her a visit in the hospital today and it broke my heart to see her having to rely on a machine to breathe and feeding tubes for her to drink milk. Babies should never go through such terrible ordeals. It was painful to see her mum cry each time the doctors inject the baby to run tests.

F's mum apparently knew about the probability of her baby being a down syndrome baby considering the fact she's in her mid 40s. But to her, the baby is an innocent being and she has no right to take away the life of her baby. But who would know Fate will deal them such a cruel blow? Surely her mum didn't bring the baby into this world to watch her suffer. And who's to say abortion would have been a better option?

A decided to have a donation drive at work to help F and her family cope with the extra financial burden. We didn't expect to raise a lot of money because everyone have their own obligations and problems. But we thought a little help will be better than nothing since F is already working to pay her own school fees. I do know there's so much one can give and we can't expect too much since F is only a working colleague to them and they are really not obliged to give. But giving is always better than receiving. When there is really nothing much we can do to alleviate the pain the family is going through, at least we can help lessen F's financial burden.

Dear God, please heal this little sweetheart. Give her strength to go through all this suffering. Please see her through all the tests the doctors will be running on her.. Help F and her family through this difficult time. Let them see Hope in this time of pain and despair.

Staring into the Abyss,