An Invitation

TO MY NINANGS, NINONGS, AND NANGNONGS....

PLEASE COME TO MY BIRTHDAY PARTY ON JUNE 8, 2010.
MY GRANNY'S AND POPOY'S HOUSE, 7 PM.

SEE YOU ALL.

WITH ALL MY LOVE,

ALEEZA ERELAH

Zam Gabrielle Samonte Jordan

When I visited Gha, it was around 2pm and visiting hours sa nursery would resume at 4pm til 6pm. So I have to wait for a little while to see Bay Zam.

Gha could not accompany me sa nursery since she needs to take a rest kay murag dugay-dugay pud among chika and medyo nagalisod siya ug lakaw, naga kirot man gud ang iyang tahi.

When the clock strikes 4:00, Auntie Nemia, Uncle Boy and I hurriedly went to the nursery to see Baby Zam. By the time we visited Baby Zam she was 2days old then.




I rang the doorbell to ask the nurse to let me in, a nurse opened the door and I asked her if they allow visitors to come in. She said that only the baby's parents are allowed to enter the premises, this is a policy of the hospital. I did not insist, instead I requested the nurse to take some videos of Baby Zam. She eagerly took the flip cam and headed towards Baby Zam after I taught her how to use the device.




Gha told me that Baby Zam weighs 700g only. I teased Gha that I'll call her daughter as 3/4... She just laugh, but that was just a joke to cheer her up.



She needs to be incubated for a little longer. She needs to gain weight and grow big. You can compare her size to a ruler or smaller than a 1 liter Coke bottle. That's how small and fragile Baby Zam is.



The doctor said she is doing well compared to her roommate (the baby next to her) who has more devices attached to his/her body.




Baby Zam would have to stay a little longer in Brokenshire until she's fully grown. Gha would have to visit her everyday. She can only touch Baby Zam hands and could not carry her. But I know that 1 day Gha can carry Baby Zam and bring her home where she can sing her a lullaby and held her close to her heart. But for now it has to be this way.

***Taweng Erps

Grace after CS

I arrived in Davao last April 30 and afterwards I headed to Brokenshire to visit Gha after the successful CS operation she had last April 28. Gha told me that the doctor is still monitoring her condition, her BP still fluctuates. When I was there her BP was 140/100, which is too high. Uncle Boy and Auntie Nemia would have to assist her every time she would need to rise, kay dili gyud niya kaya mag tindog or lingkod by herself, she needs assistance gyud. She still have beri-beri and weighs 72 kgs. Whew, mas bug-at pa siya kay Bordie ug 1 kilo or perhaps mas bug-at pa kay Bonard. :-)

Gha never fails to smile despite what's happening to her and her baby. I admire her for being like that. :-)



During the time that I visited Gha, it was also the time to change her dressing. I was able to see her stitches. With Gha's permission I was able to document it.



I teased Gha that she is now a successful OPERADA! :-) She told me not to make her laugh kay basig magisi daw ang iyang tahi, another sagpa na pud daw hehehe



The doctor said that when her would heals, mugamay na man daw ang tahi, as of the moment mao na siya. :-)

***Taweng Erps Gihapon

COFFEE CUPS

(Author Unknown)

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups – porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite. He told the group to help themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said:

“If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups…and then you began eyeing each other’s cups.

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of the Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us. God brews the coffee, not the cups…Enjoy your coffee!”

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

You are the miracle, my friend, your life either shines a light – or casts a shadow…it’s your choice.

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Ikaw na jud Gha. hehehehe

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