Monday, August 17, 2015
The doctor’s secretary advised me to come in at around 2 pm so I didn’t have to wait in line.
2:20 pm my husband was checking if I was already at the clinic.
2:30 I arrived at the clinic of Doctor Palafox, marami pang pasyente, mostly senior citizens. I didn’t mind waiting. I brought my Ipad 2 na basag-basag na, so I could play Scrabble, Candy Crush and Bejeweled Blitz. Although there were three vacant stools at the clinic’s waiting lounge, I opted to go out and wait at the hallway. Ang liit kasi nung clinic, nasu suffocate ako parang stale air.
Nay ko, parang may concert, daming merong ubo. Kahul dito, kahul dun.
My cough was not that bad. Baka mahawa ako lalo sa mga may sakit.
There were two ladies who sat too close for my comfort. Alam mo strategy dyan, kahit hindi ako nauubo, umubo-ubo ako, ayun, biglang lumipat sa malayo. See, effective.
There was a guy who came greeting everyone with a fairly loud voice, “Good morning, good morning, good morning”. He sounded so cheerful and happy. I looked up and saw him smiling at me, he greeted me good morning too. Before I could even verify if it’s still morning, he walked past me, ang bilis ng lakad, hayun nadun na. Good morning pa daw. Tekaaa, di ba I got here at 2:30 pm, eh di good afternoon na. I didn’t know if Cardinal Santos has a psychiatric ward. Baka magpapakunsulta sa psychiatrist. Medyo malakas ang tama. pero tekkaaa, di ba campaign season na ngayon. Baka naman kandidato yun?
After a few minutes, it was my turn na. ECG, stethoscope, inhale exhale.
Doc——-“Napagod ka siguro sa party”.
(He attended the Ford EDSA party.)
Baka daw merong nagbeso-beso sa akin, nahawa ako.
He said I don’t have pneumonia. He prescribed 3 days bed rest, twice daily Tuseran Forte and lots of fluids.
Tuseran is not advised for hypertensive patients. It could increase their blood pressure.
I went to the hospital chapel and lighted a candle. Meron pa lang patron saint of chest and lung problems, Saint Bernardine of Siena.
The statue didn’t look like a girl. Kala ko boy.
It was only 3:30 pm. I thought of swinging by Ford EDSA for a while but decided against it, bawa mahawa pa ang mga empleyado.
My driver made the mistake of going straight from Ortigas to EDSA.
that short stretch, from the stop light / corner of Ortigas and Connecticut to the intersection of EDSA and Ortigas, took away one hour and 15 minutes of my time. That’s actually one or one and a half kilometer only.
Good morning Ms. Annie! Hope magaling na po kayo. Marami na rin kayong post na di ko pa nabasa medyo abala hehee. My daughter was confined for a week dahil din po sa pneumonia. Buti nadala ko agad sa ibang doctor. Sa pedia niya sabi tonsillitis buti wala na silang available room at mahab ang pila ng mga pasyenteng dapat ma-confine kaya inilipat ko po siya sa ibang hospital. Sa 2nd hospital nalaman na may pneumonia after a series of tests. Now ok na po siya at nakapasok na nang school uli. And it’s her birthday today. 🙂 Belated Happy Birthday po kay Sir!. have a good day po!