MEDICAL UPDATE 4 it is 5 oclock in the morning, monday, october 20, and for the first time in a very, very long time, i had an uninterrupted sleep from start to finish... since i went to bed last night until i woke up this morning. yesterday was just like any other sunday at home. it was a lazy day and it was spent with family and friends. two resident doctors, one from dr. walters team and the other from dr. imees, came one after the other and asked a few questions but they themselves told me it looked like i am doing a lot, lot better! not too long after, dr. walter and dr. imee came and both said i am ready for discharge except that the final word would come from dr. danny yu, my primary doctor and attending physician. he had just flown in from manila and i was expecting him to see me either last night or this morning to render the result of the urine culture and sensitivity. i am anticipating leaving the hospital any hour of the day. a few friends and family friends came to visit... maam dolly & nong peping calope... jomari borres... bishop yiet cabajog & his nephew & my kinugos, captain ondoy... feline, butch sorias daughter, who was at one time one of my attending nurses when i was admitted at chong hua earlier this year, my niece ciarina chua-lee, from general santos city, accompanied by my nephew, lawrence chua, who is studying here in the city. there was never a dull moment with the visit of friends and the company of family. my sisters, pie & ping... my brother, boy dacu, my nieces cherry lyn and mary ann... my nephew, anthony... and my grandniece, samantha... are here with me all the time! lety & boy gamay are manning the restaurant and dr. toto is keeping the house! since it was my nephew, vittos birthday, dr. indays oldest son, we were thinking about joining his celebration in the evening and passing the night in their house in consolacion. everything would depend with dr. danny yus word. it was not until 8 oclock when dr. danny yu came... i was already ready to go to sleep! he said he was right in his initial findings it is the same bacteria on the attack! very definitively, he said they have identified the bacteria as e. coli associated... ESBL (expanded-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria) plus! and my sister, dr. imee, was right! dr. danny prescribed an overextended regimen of IV antibiotic infusion... a full 21 days instead of the usual and normal 9! but my head went too far... a vial of meromax (meropenem) 1 gm costs 2,197 pesos per vial... and thats 2 vials a day. up until today, i only had 5 days of the 21 days the IV antibiotics is to be administered. 16 days times twice a day... thats 32 vials multiplied by 2197 equals 70,304 pesos... thats a lot of money and this is what i mean when i said it is expensive to get sick! SAKIT SA LAWAS, SAKIT SA BULSA! but my doctor is very understanding and considerate, he told me i can do the infusion at home just like what he advised me to do the last time... that also saves me more from the hospital bill like the room is for 2,200 pesos a day. he told me to buy the meromax direct from the pharmaceutical company priced, at most, 500 pesos a vial... costing me only 16,000 pesos for the whole 16-day supply... that saves me 54,304 pesos! plus the savings from paying the room at the hospital of 2,200 per day... thats another 35,200! i can build some more 8 houses for the earthquake victims! since i became sick, i have been retired from active ministry... and for the last four years, i have been receiving a minimal pension the least one can get... which is barely enough to cover for my daily needs. just two months ago, it was reduced to mere meager... for reason of being a non-resident of the united states of america... i am not ashamed to ket everybody know that, after 5 years of being unemployed, i am financially drained! i am telling you these as part of this medical update... not just to let you know how rich or how poor i am... to be able to afford or not... the high cost of health care expense... but because of the lessons learned the last five years i have been sick. i have been pained.. and i must admit i have suffered a lot... in the predicament of being sick. it took me quite a time to accept the fact that when i am in pain, i pay for the sins i may have committed... in my own suffering, i share of the pain jesus christ! i have heard it many times said to me... and i am hurt... everytime i hear the words... everything is of your own making... you are hard-headed... and that you should have listened! when i was still well... up and about... it has been my wish... that if i die... i would want to die quick and fast! when i became very sick... that is, when i heard my neurologist and my sister, dr. imee, talked about me not being able to walk again, i simply wanted to go! now that i am in this state of health, i just want god to take me! i feel sorry to be a heavy burden to my family... physically, psychologically and financially... although i know they love me very much... and they are willing to take care of me until i die! celebrating mission sunday yesterday, i get the affirmation that god still wants me to live & let live... he wants me to do something more... he still wants me on a mission! then and only then shall i face the divine judge and say... proud & catholic... and a priest... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 04:12:34 +0000
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