May 26, 2004
hospital-induced hiatus
my mother was admitted in the hospital last saturday. my brothers, my father and i took turns in visiting her to make sure she's all right, with my father sleeping in the hospital at nights. i don't know the exact details of her problem, really, but i know she was operated on last monday. my father told me that it was supposed to be only one surgery (the removal of her uterus, i think), but then the doctor discovered that her appendix was also in danger. thankfully, this was found out in time and was operated on immediately. this saved my mother from going through two separate operations, with twice the cost and twice the physical trauma.
a weird thing, though: i thought there were three operations! when kenneth and i visited my mother last tuesday, the day after her operation, her voice was hoarse and she wasn't able to speak properly. i then thought that she also underwent a tonsillectomy! three operations! imagine that. this was not the case, though. it was just my mother's instinct to narrate every single detail of each experience that came up. my father told me that when she awoke from her anaesthesia-induced sleep, she immediately tried to tell my father the things she remembered and inquired on those which she could not recall. consequently, she lost her voice. literally. si mama talaga. (there's a scientific explanation why this happened, something with saliva and lack of intake of food, but i won't get into that biology stuff. hee.)
anyway, i'm glad the worst of it is over. she's resting now in san pedro hospital as i type this. there are a lot of food in the refrigerator, a lot of warmth from the blanket and pillows, and most importantly, a lot of love and concern from those around her. you know what i think? i think she's going to do just fine.
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