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Kuch

Carl’s older brother passed away last Friday, April 17.

I was at the Twitter Bebot’s EB with Trin when I received a text message from AA asking me if I knew it already. I didn’t. I sent a message to Kuch a couple of weeks ago in Facebook to ask him how he was and what happened to him, in response to his FB status. He told me he had Cellulitis and he had undergone an operation. But he told me he was recovering already and I was shocked when I found out.

It was really sad. I couldn’t believe it and everything sank in when I went to his wake and saw his family. I talked to his family one by one and I cried all the time. Kuch was too young, he’s just a couple of years older than me. Tita said he had Polymyositis and his was in the form called inclusion body myositis (IBM). I did some reading and learned that it’s inflammation of the muscles. The cause of the disease is unknown and there is no cure but the symptoms can be treated. Unfortunately, in Kuch’s case, IBM cannot be treated, it is unresponsive to drugs.

I was really low and sad when I got back home. Even my turning of door knobs was sad. And I can’t stop thinking about Carl. He was closest to Kuch amongst his brothers.

Remembering Kuch

Kuya Chiqui loved giving nicknames. Kuch was actually Carl’s nick for him and his nick for Carl is Yak. Why? Carl is Kay to his family and Kuch was fond of spelling names backwards, so, Kay spelled backwards is Yak. And he named me Eg. It’s short for Egub, which was Buge spelled backwards. It’s funny because whenever I called Carl and he answered, he’d shout “Yak si Eg!” Now, I feel special because he has a nickname for me.

I’ll miss you Kuch!