Last Week’s Ordeal
- Sandy was having projectile vomiting last Monday afternoon so I took her to Makati Med to find out what’s wrong. They discharged her five hours after with orders to make her drink pedialite
She hasn’t been taking anything for the last five hours so I thought it’s okay to give her a small sip of my iced tea. She threw them up as well. - At home, she wasn’t able to take pedialite or any food. Kept on throwing everything up so we decided to bring her to UST where her pedia, also The Husband’s auntie, holds her clinic.
- We were admitted around 12:30 am and had an IV inserted on my poor little girl. She didn’t cry a lot, perhaps because she was too dehydrated and just didn’t have the strength to fight us.
- We spent four days after that, monitoring Sandy’s food intake, vomit and poop. It was tiring, stressful and the bed that Sandy and I shared was so high I feel like falling every five minutes.
- We went home last Friday afternoon. Sandy lost a lot of weight but perfectly okay as I write this.
Things I’m thankful for:
- Just like what Aggie loves to say, “buti na lang may maxicare”. In our case, it’s Asian Life but you get the picture
- For big rooms. If we didn’t choose the biggest room, we’d probably have gone crazy trying to “live” in a small space
- My good kid. Although stubborn, Sandy knew it wasn’t the right time to argue with her parents. She didn’t try to remove her IV, never played with it, and tried her best not to move her “sleeping hand”. She requested twice to have it removed but accepted later on it just won’t happen.
- Mcdo and KFC
- Good, dependable yaya. Ate Arlene just made everything easier for us. She’s smart and knows what to do. She also went back and forth from UST to Paranaque to get clothes / stuff and even washed Sandy’s soiled clothes.
- Family. My mom, brother and Sandy’s cousin Gabby visited. It lifted up Sandy’s spirits and even if she was complaining of pain on her arm, she got all bright and bushy tailed upon seeing her visitors. Sherwin’s mom tried to visit but unfortunately got stuck in an explosion near UST and had to go back home.
- Understanding clients and bosses. A lot of them said prayers and kept on texting if Sandy’s okay
- Last but not the least, breastfeeding. I don’t know what I would do without it. Everything is just so much easier, from comforting Sandy to putting her to sleep to making her pain go away.
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nice to hear okay na c Sandy..it’s really hard pag kids ang may sakit.. we all wish na tayo n lang at hindi sila. *hugs* hope she will recover the weight she lost soon!
wow, no wonder you’ve been gone! what an ordeal. sorry you all had to go through that — glad to know the lil girl is alright now. welcome back.
Hi Joy,
Glad to hear she’s ok now … Btw, no rush naman yun assistance
take care of sandy muna… I am sure she’s so clingy and fragile after her ordeal. Need all her strength back 
Really good and brave girl with her IV ha. Naku si sam before, we wrapped it with diaper so she won’t touch or remove the IV. Haayy..hirap talaga if babies got the sickies! Mommy na lang…
hi joy, buti na lang nakauwi na kayo 4 days is such a long time sa hospital
anyway, ano pala ung naging sakit ni sandy? why daw?
pahinga ka!
hi joy,
thank God ok na si Sandy..=)
hope both of you has fully recovered from the said ordeal..
Hi Joy! Glad ok na si Sandy. What’s the findings? parang nagkaganyan din kasi si Margaux before and she was also hospitalized. I forgot yung tawag, something to do with stomach allegy…
Take care
hehehe!natawa ako sa mcdo at KFC kase those are the things hubby is hoping to diminished in the world kse daw hydrogenated food (stuff that causes strokes) pero at least ang KFC binago na nila, ala na clang hydrogenated oils and mcdonalds are working on it…sana!
Hi Joy! Thank God, Sandy’s ok na. I understand how you felt during the whole ordeal. Zoe had the same case last year and ganon din, she vomited everything. Acute gastroenteritis daw. The vomiting was followed by diarrhea. And you’re right, thank God for breastfeeding. Sobrang helpful sya. God bless!
awww Joy..Thank God Sandy is alright now. And Thank God talagah for breastfeeding they are truly helpful and gives the strength Sandy really needs..Take care
thank you amore, i feel tinamaan din ako kinaya lang ng body ko.
thanks jen, feels good to be back.
jacqui, they wrapped sandy’s lampin naman kaya nga on the 3rd day nangangati na sya and kept on asking for a massage.
hi apols, acute gastroenteritis daw. viral. naku sinabi mo pa, halos mabaliw na ko sa inip bukod sa pagwoworry sa hospital. parang one month kami dun.
thanks jen
thank you kitts, we have. back to work for me and back to kakulitan na si sandy.
hi jody, acute gastroenteritis something. kainis pa dyan, di daw pwede maiwasan un dahil viral. hay. buti kung tayong mga mommy na lang eh.
jenny, actually ayaw muna namin magfastfood ngayon, nagsawa din kami lol. i’m thankful for them because katapat lang sya ng hospital, very convenient
hi tricia! nice to see you here
parang nabasa ko nga yata yan sa blog mo dati. are you still bfeeding?
glad to know that sandy’s okay. experienced the same thing since joaqui waas hospitalized twice. true, salamat sa mga health cards diba? we spent more on food at UST, sarap kumain grabe! sino nga ulit pedia nya jan? ang hirap kumuha ng nice room sa ust diba? at most times, fully booked sila.
im sure makakabawi yan now.. pahinga ka muna din,stressfula ng hospital life.
oh my, na-hosp pala si Sandy! but glad she’s ok now! kahit alex ayaw din ng pedialite eh…
hey, glad to know everything’s fine now with the little girl
This is why I kept on asking myself “bakit kaya di pa nag-a-update si Dzoi?”…
I hope Sandy’s well now and gaining her weight back… Take care!
Things are really much more difficult if our kids are sick. On the positive side naman, isipin mo nalang na one more illness builds more immunity for her. Wala naman kasi talagang gamot pag viral, supportive therapy lang. At least payag si Sandy sa IV, otherwise, she can’t keep her fluids down.
Hope she’s much better na.
hi peachy, dra. castro kami, tita ni sherwin un. kayo sino pedia nyo? grabe alam mo ba 1500++ a day, bale 3 meals nagagastos namin sa fast food bwahaha. ginugutom ang mga bantay lol
hi mich, thanks! mahirap talaga painumin ang toddlers kasi eh. naku pag si alex yan, pilitn mo talaga kesa lagyan ng IV
thanks kelly
thanks litzie, ok na si sandy, dumoble pa nga kulit eh.
Hi Joey, I’ve never thought of it that way so thanks. I’ll make sure to remember that next time. Naku wala na sana next time no.
Oh! ayaw talaga ng kids ng pedialyte. Kahit si Andre di ko mapainom what we did is drop it little by little through a syringe.
Buti naman ok na sha. Ano daw yung cause ng vomiting?
Hugs to Sandy!!!!
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hi joy! kawawa naman si sandy!
i could just imagine how such an ordeal this was for you and your hubby. i’m glad sandy’s out of the hospital already and is doing better. i hope she regains all the weight she lost soon. hugs and kisses to sandy! mmmwah!
hi nice, viral daw eh. kami din we use a syringe pero sobrang smart na ni sandy di na mautakan lol.
thank you weng. kaya we’ll have a quick getaway this weekend to celebrate hehe