Thankful

After a week of being m.i.a., I'm back to blogging. I was released yesterday from the hospital after an emergency cystectomy on my one remaining ovary. The operation was performed last friday, September 22nd. 

Thanks to Daniel Miguel, my classmate who willingly brought me to the ER at 3 am in the middle of a delivery room duty at another hospital while a patient of ours was on labor (potential managed delivery case) after noticing that I was in severe back pain. "Mar, porke tiku ka ta kamina?" To our clinical instructor who was worried sick about me, "Neng, pabor sale ya tu baka aqui pa se man rupture dtuyu cyst. Hay naku." The nurse on duty for her concern. "Hay, kosa mas importante neneng? Baby or nursing? Tali lang se duty, tali lang se cases. If I were you I'd go to the ER right now." 

I want to thank all my friends & family who went out of their way to visit me in Doctors' Hospital and also those who aren't in Zamboanga City but still bothered to check up on me and send their prayers. I love you, people! :) 

To my mommy who took very good care of me with no complaints at all! Who gave in to my whims and spoiled me rotten. I actually felt like a child, not a married woman during my hospital stay. I don't know how I could have survived this one without her. I love you, mom! 

To my new mom, and my new dad [mother & father-in-law]. Who were there for me every day, and who were just as worried sick as my parents was about me & the baby. This experience made me feel that I really did gain a family because of our marriage, and a great one at that too. How wonderful. :) 

To my husband, who proved to me that boys don't cry, but real men do. :) I love you much, sweetie! Thanks for all the support, and all the love. I am SO lucky to have married you. I am so blessed to have you in my life. 

To my new official Ob-Gyne, Dra. May Gonzales, who did her very best to keep me and our little embryo safe all throughout the operation and until now. God-willing, she will be delivering our little bundle of joy into this world 8 months from now, which seems like forever and a day to me. 

To the Almighty Big Boss and the Great Decision Maker. To You be all the glory. Thank you for blessing us with more than what we deserve. Thank you for giving us the great gift of life and preserving it for us. May you always be with us as we journey through this. As my little boy says before we go to sleep every night, "I love you, Jesus!" 

Oh, and for those who are asking, yes, baby is doing well. Thank God. I need 3 wks of complete bed rest though. We are truly truly blessed. Even the doctor herself says so. There are times in my life that I would wonder what I have ever done to deserve all the blessings from Him, this is one of those times. Nonetheless, I'm thankful. We're thankful.