Hospital Happenings.

I spent the whole day at the hospital with my family. But in the morning it was just and Daddy and me, since my mom had to go to the retreat house across SHS because of the parent's participation during retreats there. I had to go to the hospital at 8am to make bantay my dad kasi its really important that someone's with him. And I guess I'm starting to get used to hospitals now. My dad was hospitalized twice already this year, last July and this October. And both times he had underwent procedures that are actually important for him - an angioplasty and surgery on his colon. And he celebrated his birthday last July in the hospital room. A lot of food was brought in by my relatives like Palabok, Reyes Barbeque and Cake :D. I came from Courtney's house for Ramayana practice then. And I missed out on the chismis because of that XD. And I had to buy some paper plates and plastic forks and spoons on the way there. And almost every time I go visit my Dad, I drop by the grocery store first. :P. Luckily, I have a credit card thats linked to my Dad's, but its limit is only 5000 pesos. =)). So now I realize that I have a history of cancer and diabetes. Hypertension rin ata. I'm prone to that na siguro. Parati ako high blood eh. XD.

There's not much to do at the hospital really. Just watch the tv (at least there's cable =)) ) and EAT. :)). I find it ironic that people visit and bring food along with them. I still remember the time we ordered pizza there. Imagine eating a 18 inch Manhattan Meatlovers pizza from Yellow Cab in a hospital room. XD. Though it is to show respect and stuff, to be straight forward, my dad cant eat any of the things the bring - at least not yet. My dad's currently on a diet of clear liquids since he underwent surgery on the colon last week. Cool story really. They cut of a part of his colon that was inflicted with cancer, luckily it was still a really early stage 1. But since removing it would leave a hole in my Dad's colon, they cut a part of. And they even showed it to my mom and Ninang (Mom's sister) and took a picture of it and showed that to my Dad. :)) And there's no movement yet in some parts of his digestive system because of the operation. Because of that there's a tube that goes from his nose all the way to his stomach to remove the gastric juices and gas out of his digestive tract. So sitting on the sofa I literally see the bile and other gastric juices go through the tube and into a bottle. Gross isn't it. And the color varies from pale yellow to darkish green. Haha.

And I eat a lot at the hospital too. Since my ninong (Dad's bestfriend) came over with donuts kanina. So they were more for me then. XD. Another reason my Dad cant as well is because he's diabetic. He's IV-ed to KCl, insulin and antibiotics now.

KCl. I don't know how many times I've encountered that in Chem tests and exercises (Hi Sir!! :D). I recently saw my Dad's biochemistry results a while back. They only check for 4 elements in the body namely Calcium, Sodium, Magnesium and Potassium. When my dad was hospitalized last July, he had to take Potassium and Magnesium orally. Now, there's still a tube down his throat. So his medicines are either injected, or go down the tube through his nose. The pills are either diluted in water or juice, depending on the factors affecting their solubility. XD. But a severe drop in potassium is bad. I think we studied it in bio recently. Hypokalemia is what you call a situation when there is a less than normal amount of potassium in the blood. Since potassium is needed by muscle cells to function (lactic acid fermentation! :D), a severe drop can cause muscle cramps, and even paralysis. And you wouldn't want potassium being IV-ed into you at a really fast rate. It hurts daw- another ninong of mine (another friend of my dad, I have a lot of ninongs and ninangs XD) made kwento kanina about his experience with hypokalemia. He said when it is injected to you in a fast rate, you dont know if its painful, itchy, stinging or whatever. So eat bananas. \:D/ :))

Haha. Wala lang. I haven't updated this blog in a long time. XD. But now its all about hospitals. Looks like I'll be going to St. Luke's a lot while my Dad is confined there. And I still don't know when my Dad will be released. D: My mom literally sleeps on the sofa so she doesn't go home when my Dad's in the hospital. That's how much my Mom loves my Dad. XD. I just hope my medical history doesn't do anything bad to me. I already have a history of cancer (my maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother died of it, plus my dad got operated on because of it) and diabetes (Dad has it). I hope I don't get sick, especially diabetes. I'm practically forced to eat the food at the hospital because there's no space in the ref =)). Oh well. Goodnight people. XD. I'm taking a break from the hospital tomorrow.