The Visit and a Scare

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"Mom, your butt has gotten big it seems you are having a hard time carrying it," I teased as my mother dragged her walker. She wanted to wash her hands and insisted she walk to the kitchen sink without anyone assisting. "Yes, that mountain behind feels heavy," she said laughing heartily.

We exchanged jokes and chitchats when we visited on Monday as we missed them terribly. I observed that while the old man is as agile as he usually is, Mom is frail, pale, forgetful, and yes, getting heavier. She looks so fragile as she moves painstakingly slowly. Seeing her that way reminded me of my high school days when she got so sick making different hospitals her home for a year.


Anyway, we spent most of the day with them. She was playful with Yongi and laughed a lot at his antics. "You're like a little boy who knows how to get jealous, huh?" she commented when my pup kept howling and jumping as I played with my niece's son. I loved seeing her light up cheerfully as she giggled. It almost felt like she was healthy and without ailment.

While we planned to spend the night in the house there, we had to leave at 4 pm for some pressing matters that came up. Jerry Boy called saying he needed some stuff for his crops.

"DD? What kind of place is that?" she burst laughing when we told her we were driving back to DD after the errand for JB. She thought we were still in the Lil Kingdom. She must have forgotten when I mentioned it during our phone conversations in the previous month.

But yeah, she was generally better when we bid goodbye so we were shocked when she was rushed to the hospital early morning yesterday - our second scare in the year. Dad said she suddenly collapsed. It turned out that her blood pressure shot up and her RBC was no longer at a healthy level. Her chest x-ray showed that her lungs collapsed. Thankfully, she is now stable and will undergo further tests as she stays confined for medical attention.

She had been in and out of the hospital in the last 3-4 years and we should be getting used to it by now but we simply can't. The heart always skips a beat whenever a call is answered and someone on the other side of the line says she's wheeled to the emergency room.

Some things make us hold our breath hard...

We pray however that she continues to fight, laugh, and share jokes with us, and see more of Yongi's antics as we all age.🙏


Photo is mine. 06082024/22:57 UTC



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I sincerely hope your mom will get better soon until then, please keep fighting🙏

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Hehe. I am thinking what to say. Whatever I want to say is complicated to explain in words and so I am not trying to do so.
By the way, how are you? It seems I have missed some posts of you in recent days.
!PIZZA

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It's okay, Inti :) Thank you lots for checking. I'm well and good. Real life is keeping me occupied, hehe. Hope things are well with you too.

!PIZZA

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This can be very disturbing
I hope your mother gets better with time
Sorry about that and take a good care of yourself so it does not affect your mental health

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I'm glad to hear that she's better now, though that "further test" is still scary. Its hard to see kapag magulang ang nasa ganyang kalagayan eh, never ka talagang masasanay. Wishing for her complete recovery 🤗.

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Thank you, sis. And true, hirap masanay sa sitwasyon lalo na at matanda na rin sila. Salamat sa good wishes !LADY ❤️

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Oh, it was nice to read sis your mom gets better!

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Oo sis, salamat :) Hope you're enjoying motherhood ❤️

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I actually hope your mom will get better stay strong

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She'd fight on.
3 years in and out of the hospital just goes to show how resilient she is...
Don't worry about it ✨

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Thank you for your positivity, I appreciate it :)

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Buti at ok na siya sis, Sana maging ok Rin Yung IBA pang MGA test.

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Oo nga sis. Worried kami baka nagka third stroke sya pero buti hindi para.

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I'm so so sorry about your Mom and earnestly pray that she recovers quickly, you need her around.
It shall be well.

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Thank you, Edith. I appreciate your thoughts. ❤️

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