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Appreciating life regardless of its form, shape and size, and where it leads me to.
Happy Birthday to Me and Hubs
Happy birthday, myself! Cheers to another trip around the sun hehe. This is your first birthday after surgery. So, my only plea to you is to live your life mostly positively. Iwasan na mag dwell on negative things. Life is short, and also, nakaka-wrinkle hehe. Don’t...
Hindi Ka Ba Natakot?
Happy birthday to myself! Anyway, when I was still at the hospital, a friend asked me if I was afraid of what happened to me. I said no. And that is an honest feeling. But here’s the thing. Towards the end of October last year, I spent 2 nights crying out to the Lord....
Hospitalization: Follow up Checkups, Biopsy Result, Home Care, Post Surgery Life
Part 5 I was prescribed antibacterial medicines for 6 days, and Paracetamol to take when the pain isn’t bearable, which I didn’t need to take as the pain was tolerable. Daily care for the wound was to clean it with alcohol and change the dressing and observe if a pus...
Hospitalization: Remaining Days at the Hospital
Part 4 January 26-30, 2023 The doctors were just waiting for my bodily functions to be back to normal - urinate, poop, ability to eat, walk and all that jazz before discharging me. My catheter was removed 2 days after surgery. I still had the JP drain attached to me....
Hospitalization: The Surgery
Part 3 January 23, 2023 After I was discharged at BMC, we went straight to BGHMC. The admission took a while. I had to stay at the Trauma ward but preps already started - CBC, X-Ray, interview by different doctors. Results showed that my hemoglobin was below the...
Hospitalization: Ultrasound and CT Scan
Part 2 Saturday, January 21, 2023 Day 2 at the hospital. Haven’t slept well because I think there are nurses checking on me at least every two hours throughout the night and also a blood extraction at dawn for my CBC. Finally at 9 AM, I was wheeled to another room...