Pink Sisters Convent

It's been two years when I first heard the Pink Sisters Convent in Tagaytay. Since then lagi kami nagpaplano na pumunta kaya lang lagi di natutuloy kasi minsan bitin sa pamasahe from Caloocan pa kasi kami o kaya naman minsan may pasok pag Sunday ang husband ko. Pero last Sunday (Oct. 28, 2012) sa wakas natuloy din kami.

We woke up at exactly 3:30 in the morning para mag-ready, we live the house at exactly 5 in the morning. Nag LRT lang kami from 5th avenue station to Edsa station, then we took the bus na byaheng Alfonso, Tagaytay. Dahil nga medyo bitin sa budget nag-ordinary bus lang kami, Php. 60 ang fare from Edsa hanggang sa Pink Sister Convent. 

Nakarating kami dun ng 7:30am kasi medyo mabagal ung bus at lagi nag-aantay ng pasahero. Pagbaba namin ng bus lumakad pa kami papunta dun sa convent, kahit malayo pa kami naririnig na namin ung misa. Di na kami nakapasok sa loob ng simbahan dun na lang kami sa gilid, pero kahit nandun lang kami sa labas malinaw na malinaw naming naririnig ang sermon ni father. Habang nagmimisa di ko mapigil na iikot ang aking mata sa paligid, parang nasabi ko sa sarili ko na "sa wakas narating din kita".

Isang Araw Sa Tagaytay (Photos)

Pink Sisters Convent

Tagaytay Picnic Grove

The Boy

8:30 am this morning my mother and I was at Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, we go straight ahead to the radiology department, as usual a bunch of people and patients are in the waiting area, some are waiting for their turn on x-ray, ultrasound, and like us some are waiting for the result.

These days its so difficult to get sick especially if you don't have the money to spend for your illness. Man, woman, girl, boy, young and old are in the waiting area, some are loosing their patience because its taking a long time to call their name for the result.

While waiting i notice the father and son sitting beside me, the boy was 13 to 15 years old, the boy was so thin and his stomach is big, his feet is "manas" (Swelling of the limbs, especially of the lower legs). The boy was holding 1 liter of mineral water, the nurse tell them to drink a lot of water before the ultrasound but the boy couldn't drink it a lot, so the nurse tell the boy to drink at least the 3/4 of the water. I heard the boy asking his father why his stomach is so big the father told him that after the ultrasound they will know why. I saw them enter the ultrasound room, after the ultrasound I heard that he needs to admit immediately, but I heard him refuse he wants only to take medicine, I thought he thinks that there is no enough money to spend for his illness.

I notice that I was nearly to cry, all I can do for is to pray for him for getting well very very soon, after all prayer is most powerful spiritual tools . 

Its a small world after all, I hope that if I saw him again he's illness is gone.

Kidney Stone

Yesterday my husband was diagnosed for having a 1mm. and 4x9x7mm stone in his left kidney the doctor confirm it through CT Stonogram(cost 4,500 at Delos Santos - STI Medical Center). The doctor said he need to undergo shock wave costing 45k for two session but because of lack of budget i ask the doctor if there's any alternative for shock wave or any medicine that my husband can take. The doctor understand us so he give us a prescription of acalka (potassium citrate), sodium bicarbonate and alupurinol for 1 month and after taking the medicine for a month the doctor request my husband to undergo ultrasound again.

The doctor advised my husband to stop eating nuts, beans, soya, yogurt, innards, coffee alcoholic drinks. Take only a little of beef.

I hope the prescribed medicine will help to melt the kidney stone of my husband like the others who take the med and there kidney stone were gone because shock wave is to expensive for us.