Saturday, May 30, 2009

what seemed to be a long week and a month.

hospital visit.
It was just couple of weeks since my Dad got of from the hospital (and supposed to be recovering from his surgery) yet he's back again because of unbearable headache. it's already the third time in a row he's confined in four weeks. i just can't understand as to why even specialists can't really figure out what's the problem and the doctors just kept saying my dad's case is rare. the initial diagnosis was bell's palsy since his the left part of his face was paralyzed whilst the second one was severe case of ear infection which eventually led to his 4th major and sensitive operation to date. now, the ear infection had progressed so the family decided to take him to a neurologist; MRI was done and found that the ear infection could reached his brain and just inches away from meningitis. i just don't know what's to believe anymore. my dad spent his 67th birthday in the hospital and how awful is that? good thing, all of his brothers were there like what he always wanted. my dad is so fond of 'family reunions.' his room was filled by relatives and even if it was vast enough it seemed like there's not enough space to breathe. 

impending typhoon 
the wind blew fiercely outside and it was drizzling around 12NN. our brother drove us off to cardinal santos hospital after we almost got lost since my sister had a hard time remembering the exact way we took the last time we went to that hospital. two of our relatives were there when we arrived, they were the ones who's been keeping my mom and my ailing dad company. he was ok so far except he vommited once because of the medicine. my twin sister went straight to the hospital after work and i was really sleepy so i asked them for coffee. there's a heavy downpour outside. 


Friday, May 1, 2009

a world called hospital

photo ctto
i can't really say i had a great vacation because my dad is sick and these past few days i've been enduring a terrible stomach ache. the pain was bearable at times but it made me quite sleepless. my sister told me it's possibly ulcer due to the symptoms i am experiencing (e.g stomach rumbling, aches especially if my stomach is empty or too full). i was worried for the past few days had not i took my chance and tried amoxycillin instead. i read online that i may take either this medicine which name i barely remember but starts with the letter 'T' and sounds thai to me or amoxycillin. so being familiar with amoxycillin i tried it instead.

my head's been pounding the entire morning and my stomach ache is getting more frequent. it's quite disconcerting when you're not feeling well plus the cold seemed to have made me worse. my body felt heavy and the rain won't stop--i so hate rainy days. just a li'l drizzle will do but not a downpour. i was really groggy after self-medicating and taking couple of amoxycillin (500 mg the same day). i fell asleep whilst watching this dvd movie with my sister and the pain was still quite unbearable but then, thank God because i awoke this morning and feeling so much better. i figured, amoxycillin did a great job and am happy i may not need to go to the doctor any longer because hospitals makes me sick, there's so much despair in a place like that.