A Call to Prayer for Our Mom’s Heart Bypass Surgery
A little more than a month after Nanay underwent coronary angiogram, which revealed severe coronary artery disease, we have finally raised the amount needed for her coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)....
View ArticleNanay’s Heart Bypass Surgery Done Today
Nanay’s coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) was done at the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) at 1am today. The operation lasted for a total of 6 hours. According to her heart surgeon, Nanay had quadruple...
View ArticleFrom Recovery Room to Surgical Intensive Care Unit
After spending 16 hours at the Recovery Room, Nanay was already transferred to the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) of the Philippine Heart Center (PHC) at 11am today. I was at the hospital early...
View ArticleUpdate on Nanay’s Heart Bypass Surgery
After staying for 2 ½ days at the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU), Nanay was brought back to the Adult Pay Ward of the Philippine Heart Center at midnight on Saturday. This means she’s already...
View ArticleFinally Home from the Hospital!
Nanay was finally discharged from the Philippine Heart Center yesterday afternoon, one day after all her surgical drains and tubes were removed. She still needed assistance when sitting down and...
View ArticleNanay’s First Follow-up Checkup after Surgery
Last Friday afternoon, exactly four days after Nanay was discharged from the Philippine Heart Center (PHC), we accompanied her to the clinic of her heart surgeon for her first follow-up checkup after...
View ArticleEarlier than Expected!
Last Wednesday, five days after Nanay’s first follow-up checkup post-surgery, I received a call from Tatay about Nanay’s inflamed wounds in her lower left leg. These were the two cuts in her lower left...
View ArticleWhat Makes Me Feel Like “Levytating”
This is my official entry to LEVY’s contest. According to dictionary.com, “levitate” means “to rise or cause to rise and float in the air, without visible agency, attributed, esp formerly, to...
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