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Daring and Sweet

CLIMBING THE BAR

Dear Meimei, Your papa and I have always seen you as both a daring and a sweet little girl.  Even your Ama and Angkong who were only here for three weeks were so amazed by your no fear attempts to perform several tasks that were presented to you.  And of course, your sweetness melted their hearts.  It melts ours every passing day sweetie. We realized that your DARING trait could have come from your 1st 7 days spent in the hospital, which were hourly dose of injections due to tests and medication. And of course,  you bravely faced your 3 major surgeries in the 1st 10 months of your life.  Thank God for his protection that was ever available… Because of those experiences, we believe it made your brave enough to face life.  Facing those kinds of pain at a very tender age made you aware that life isn’t easy … Continue reading

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TWO OUT OF THREE

Dear Meimei, Last October 5, 2009 at 7:30am at the Riverside Medical Center you went through with your 2nd operation – the PSARP (Posterior Sagittal AnoRectoPlasty – the surgery required to create an anus). To give you and our loved ones a glimpse of what took place at the hospital I decided to blog about it. So read on darling… October 4 at 3pm we were already in the hospital because there were laboratory tests performed. You were tortured 3 times: (1) blood sample for blood typing and other tests (2) skin test for the antibiotic that was used for your IV (3) IV – your pediatrician, Dra. Geolingo decided to have your IV that night because your potassium content was 1 point lower than the specification so it needed to be corrected prior to surgery Of course you cried really loud 3 times also and there was even that look in … Continue reading

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