Tongue tie

On friday my son will have an operation under general anesthesia for the release of his tongue-tie and they will also do circumcission - so it will be a one-shot deal.  I am pretty nervous and i just wish the date will be over.

He had his cbc and other blood testing tests today.  he was so brave that he did not cry - i didn't let him look at the procedure.  I still have to go to his pedia for other consultations.

i hope the G.A. won't have adverse effect on him.

What a Relief!

If you have read the previous article of mine ... you would want to know the result of the test . . . 

Well, I am glad to tell you that it is not rabies - it is depression!

What a RELIEF! Thank God!

Thinking of the Worst

This is a true story and it is happening now.

I would like to share with you our office concern at the moment.

We have a male officemate who is on the clerical job - first level category in the office.

He is a family man with an offspring of five - all girls.  He is the only one working - providing and feeding the family.  The eldest of his daughters is not older than ten and the youngest is about two years old.

Last summer he got sick with fever and he took his leave for several days.  From then on he got sick on and off. He lost weight due to appetite loss and he was told to have sleeping problems.  There came a point wherein he was having difficulties talking and he will always stare blankly.

We at the office decided that he should be granted a few months of sick leave due to his worsening condition.  We even passed the hat to augment medical fees for his check-up and medication.

The ruling is psychological problems. He was given medicines and was advised to strictly take them religiously. 

After taking them for months and after his months of sick leave, he reported for work and we all thought that everything was on road to recovery.  He gained weight, but he did not yet totally returned to his previous physique.  He showed deligince towards work and can talk better than few months back.  Ohhh boy, are we relieved.

But, that soon changed.

Now he got worst.  He was not sleeping properly, as reported by his housemates (the stay-ins at the office quarters, he is among them).  He was also eating poorly (this person have a huge apetite).  He was reported to bang his head (I am also a witness to it).  He was asked if he was taking his medicines - he answered negatively (thinking of family, kids financial needs for basic commodities, eventually settingaside own needs), he was hitting his teeth with a pen, he is always doing a yawning action somewhat relieving a pain in the jaw.

When he is confronted and asked what is wrong or what hurts he will answer nothing and would say he is o.k.

This continued and now he is bitting.  He recently chopped-off a raw 1 foot white pumpkin and he is bitting his pillow and worst the found bite marks to his wooden bed frame!

He was advised not to report for work again and consult a doctor.

Today fear from his immediate co-workers and housemates at the office were aired. 

And of course our concern for this employee.

The previously suspected cause which was ruled out by the office but is now resurficing is the accident he was in almost two years ago - he was bitten by a dog.This guy lives in the northern part of the country - it is like a shanty town - and here he was bitten by a dog while going home!  He did not heed the advise of taking an anti rabbies vacination.

fever, poor speech, aching jaw (?), taking little food, not sleeping well, bitting objects, banging head, looks haggard . . .

the office will be issuing a letter and with it is a referral from the regional health office for him to get help regarding our concern.  Until the true cause of his behavior is not ruled out - he will not be fit to work.

i will be updating of the ensuing events.  till then

(hoping and praying it is not the worst!)

Not separated but Single Parent

It's now a year since I became a single parent.  Not that we broke-up, it's just that he needs to work off-shore to give the family a more secure future.  we have a son and he is the dearest wealth that we have in the whole wide world.  he is the reason why we decided to explore other possibilities that this life could bring.

And so, I am a single parent.  I am also a working mom.  And if I only have the choice - I would rather spend more time with my kid.  But, at the moment, the best that I can do is to give him the quality time he deserves.  And every minute we spend together is an assurance of love.  And, this love seals everything that needs to be said and done.

Being a single parent is difficult.  You take on the responsibility of balancing everything.  And the most important part is to be the best source of strength and all that comes with rearing a child.

It is a big challenge.  But all parents must face it head strong.  Though, that would have to be 2x for single parents.-  it's a part of the consequences we chose to have in life.

I am happy to be a parent - single or double!

Family

in this modern time, when the number of relationships between individuals fall into traps of irreconcileable differences and the by products of these relationships are fragile little angels, then the word family transcends a new meaning.

when the relationship between these individuals breaks - will you tell the kids that they have a dysfunctional family? 

ooohhh - that's awfully rude to say. the notion that when one parent is separated from the rest, then there is already what they termed- the broken home.  the seperation persee is a trauma already - not to mention the pre-circumstances that led to it - why then should children suffer further by calling their family - dysfunctional or broken.

i have been waiting for the consoling words/terms to discribe the situation.  do you have one on mind?

whole or half the most important thing is the love for the children are properly shown and delivered.  when both parents do their share then the two halves added will produce a new whole even though there might be a distinct line at the center dividing them.

  - - -  just a thought that we can ponder on

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