Last February 6, 2009, Enzo was admitted in Las Pinas Doctors Hospital. It was his first time to be admitted since he was born. He was diagnosed to have mild dehydration due to acute gastro-entiritis.
Sometimes, being a doctor can be disadvantageous specially if you are a parent doctor. The first day Enzo had diarrhea, Judith and I were already entertaining so many possible diseases and worst scenarios in our mind. Between the two of us, Judith is more of the worrier, maybe one of the roles of mothers is too worry all the time. Based on Enzo's signs and symptoms, 2 doctors - graduates of UP College of Medicine and of Philippine General Hospital, are having difficulty treating their patient because the patient is their son.
Eventually, we decided that Enzo need intravenous fluids and further tests, thus we went to the hospital early part of the morning that day. Our attending pediatrician is of course our friend, Dr. Ces Alinea. In the ER, our main concern is the insertion of the IV on Enzo. We know how strong and likot he is, but the insertion was just one try. The hospital is quite familiar to us because Judith is a practicing doctor there. We chose it over PGH because of its proximity to our home.
Enzo was quite grumpy in his room during the early hours, he would try to remove the heavily bandaged IV line on his arm. Eventually, he got what we were hoping since the previous night - a peaceful sleep. He was so masungit and crying the previous night because his sleep would be interrupted by his diarrhea and vomitting spells. So when we were in the hospital, he just slept the whole time. In fact, when he woke late in the afternoon, he was eating some bread and cakes, and walking around his bed na. So at around 10PM we were already heading home the same day.
Stress galore but eventually, seeing your child smiling and well - priceless!
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