ok. i'm less than well rested but i'm better than whatever i was before.
(i think)Sunday:woke up 3.30 am to take my twin to munoz, where she grabs a taxi to work.
got home around 4am, went back to bed.
woke up when mom opened the door at 6.30am... she started gesturing with her right hand saying her entire right side was numb and she was having a stroke and her head and back hurts... i stared at her a few seconds, told her she wasnt having a stroke coz she was still standing up, still able to walk, her right hand was moving, and she was still talking to me normally.
then, as i rolled over to go back to sleep, i thought 'what the heck, check it out, just in case'... so got up got a penlight and immediately went to her room.
made her lie down... checked pupils, checked sensory of right side, checked prox and distal motor of right side, checked strength, checked facial symmetry. no probs, all normal. she says her whole right side feels numb, the right side of her throat hurts, having trouble breathing, headache at the right side, and backache. told her i'll get meds, but says no she wants to lie down. fine. i woke my younger sis (nursing) told her to watch mom. i went down to take a bath coz i hafta go to east ave. dad came home.
just finished bath when i heard dad calling. grabbed a towel and ran up. saw mom puking/choking/coughing. seems she tried to eat crackers and drink water but puked/choked it out. told dad to take her to hosp already, that it was a bad sign coz it means she was having probs swallowing. dad says that i can take her after i get back from east ave. (stupid idiot! pissed me off! grrr.) fine. so i told my sisters to get dressed, i got dressed, and i told him that we're taking mom right away to the hosp ourselves. he then got dressed AND says he's going along and he's driving.
got to the e.r., got mom in, told sisters to fill out papers, then dad tells me to DRIVE HIM BACK HOME coz he hasnt slept yet.
i drove him back home, then i drove back to the hosp. its only 9 am.
stayed till 12.30, she was admitted, impression of transient ischemic attack
(cool, her tongue deviated to right!) so we got a room which we'll get by 2pm. drove home to grab clothes and stuff. sisters called, hungry, need food. got home, dad's up, wants me to wait for him to finish bath then DRIVE HIM somewhere. i waited. drove him. bought food. got to hosp, where i was scolded coz i took too long. its 3pm. got room. in room by 4pm.
twin already there straight from work. with sisters. relatives started calling. answered all. went home around 11, left youngest overnight. got home, ironed uniforms, slept around 12+.
Monday:got up at 5am
(had a bad cold, runny nose and all) , bathed and out of the house by 6am, drove sis to Golden Acres behind SM North,
(got caught by MMDA, no car reg sticker, but let me go) drove to hospital. relatives visit. stayed till 11. drove to school, crammed for exam. took the exam.
(miserable before, during, and after the exam) drove home, fed by twin, ironed uniforms grabbed clothes for youngest and took to hospital. youngest stayed overnight. got home by 10. stuck car reg sticker. woke nursing sis to make her do report. helped a bit. slept by 12.
Tuesday:got up 5am, nursing not done, bathed, dressed in uniform, took nursing to golden acres. drove to hosp. there by 7.30. youngest went to school for exam, i stay with mom. aunt supposed to come by 9 to take over. have PD at 10. no aunt by 9.30, texted classmates. stayed in hosp.
(lied to mom, told her class was cancelled) youngest back by 10am, aunt came 10.30. stayed till 4pm. drove home, fed by twin, drove back to hosp with clothes and food for youngest, took nursing with me. youngest overnight. relatives visit. drove home with nursing, slept by 11.
Wednesday:got up by 5, bathed and dressed, told nursing to commute to Golden Acres. drove to hosp, let youngest go to school, stayed and changed into uniform. waited for nursing, who came at 11.45, drove to school, ate a bit at caf, snapped at people. attended a 15 min "quiz", did CPC till 5.30pm. ironed uniforms, brought change of clothes for 2 younger. drove to laundry shop, picked up clothes, drove to Jbee, bought food, drove to hospital, there by 7.30. argued about who will stay to fix discharge papers the next day. stayed till 10. drove home, asleep by 11.30.
Thursday:up by 5.30
(overslept), texted classmate will be gone for PD. youngest has exam, nursing sis cant cut. got dressed in uniform, drove to hosp, got pulled over outside the hospital by police for coding, confiscated my drivers license. got to hospital, napped til 8am, went down to pass papers, waited till nurses called us. called us to settle at 1pm. Settled the bill by 1.30pm, drove mom home by 2+, got to UERM by 3pm, in time for feedback. Miserably failed.
(too numb to care) Attended patho lec, did CPC till 10pm+, drove around looking for an open Mercury drug store. spent 5k on mom's meds. home by 12.30. too tired to eat, didnt eat the whole day... slept.
Friday:woke at 11, twin's day-off. dad borrowed car.
(texted people, wasnt goin to school coz i need rest) mom hungry and theres no food. gave mom meds. my head was spinning, went out on foot with twin to buy food. home by 12.30, brought food up, got scolded, fed mom, mom pukes it all back out. says try again later. got cleaned up, went down. did chores, forced by twin to eat by 1.30pm. I slept a bit after, woke at 2.30pm, ran to bathroom and puked out my entire lunch. cleaned up after. twin made me lie back down, gave me something to drink, let me nap. awoke at 4. went to check on mom, got scolded. went down watched some tv. ate dinner. checked on mom, wants food, went back down, seems we finshed the food. called for delivery, came after an hour, brought food up. got scolded coz it was late. gave her meds. sisters came home, fed them. slept by 11pm.
(wahahaha grabe, pumasok nalang sana ako baka nakatulog pa ko sa UE)Saturday was more or less a repeat of Friday... with less scolding coz i refused to go to her room except to give her meds, even then i sometimes just hand it to younger sisters and let them give it to her.
thats it. seven
days of pure exhaustion, torture, worrying, rushing, mind-numbing, spirit-crushing, hell.
and to top it all... my mom is still not well, still puking after meals, still having headaches, still cranky... and refusing to take her meds (she has to take 7 pills in the morning, 5 at night)...
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
---kzs---
