My mother has been transferred from the Pasig City General Hospital to the UERM. She was transferred today. She has pulmonary infection. She is intubated and hooked up to a ventilator. She is conscious but she is getting weaker. She is 74 years old. The plan was to put her in a private room. I… Continue reading My mom has been transferred to the UERM
Today, we decided to go see a doctor in Binondo who practices Chinese medicine. We decided this because we tried Western medicine. We had numerous ultrasounds, blood tests, urine tests and we’ve taken a fortune’s worth of medicines, and still, we did not feel any better. What was worse was that we had no idea… Continue reading Chinese Medicine
I had fully intended to make use of the summer to write my heart out. But, life gets in the way of writing, sometimes. I have never had a month of deadlines as April 2012. It seemed that I was always pounding away at the keyboard of my computer until my fingers and wrists were… Continue reading Life gets in the way
I met him when I was just 13.  I think what struck me was his smile: pilyong-pilyo. He was different from most people who came to my father’s law office.  He was with his whole family and they  were jovial, conversing softly but sharing humor.  Looking at them as I was that afternoon, I would… Continue reading A most enduring friendship
Last Sunday, I attended the funeral wake of a 24 year old man who was shot to death just outside of his house. Â I learned of his murder on Thursday, March 22. Â I planned to go to the wake the next day, Friday but I got stuck in traffic and had I proceeded to the… Continue reading A Mother’s Cry