time's up?

we never know when our time will be up.
we dont get to choose it, it was planned.
cherish everyone around you, do the things you want to,
of course legal stuffs and be happy.. before its too late.
some people might know, my relatives are staying one storey
above mine. we are not close-knitted.
but there are people whom i respect a lot and whom i am thankful for.
time and tide waits for no man. good saying.
my eldest uncle (my grandma has 7 sons i think haha), 70+ y/o
had been diagnosed with lung cancer months ago (if i'm not wrong)
i could hear him coughing badly some nights, and i could hear that
he dont feel good. and because of early diagnosis, he went through some
therapy. we all thought he would get better.
he sells chinese medicine, and is a very good man, although i heard from my mum
that he did something illegal in the past.
he had a good live, considering that his 3 daughters are married and
he already has his own grand kids.
they would visit him every weekends.
before he have any grand children, he loved to play with my brother.
and he would always talk to me about my studies whenever i'm upstairs
at his house.
however, his conditions got worse, the cancer cells spread,
the last time i saw him was during cny. he still looked good,
able to eat, able to walk and talk and laugh.
but i finally saw him today...i was going to take the lift up.
i got a shock, half of his body was swelling up, really swollen.
i could see the difference because the right side of his body and face was swollen.
my aunt was gonna send him back to the hospital again.
he could not lift his head up, and he had difficulty in talking.
my niece and i watched as they pushed him away.
she's too young to understand all these i guess, but at least she had her times
with him.
when they left, i heard my mum talking to my uncle's wife,
he told my mum he didn't want to die, and he cannot.
but its the last stage already and the medicine and everything has not much effect.
my grandma seems to know everything but didnt say a word.
she's already 90. we all know his time will come soon.
but who knows it would be this fast. he is one of the better uncle i have.
i hope for a miracle to happen, but what are the chances?
i've seen people losing people they loved, and i never know how it felt.
although i'm not close to my uncle but i respected him.
i hope heaven could extend his time as long as possible.