When Bunso got sick

Bunso contracted a rare disease last March. It was a harrowing experience for us, one minute he had fever, the next we thought it was a typical summer phenomenon, then we found ourselves whizzing our way to a tertiary hospital in Manila. He could not be admitted in our neighborhood hospital, he had to be in one of those big ones.

The needle was first in his hand, but Bunso kept removing it so it was re-inserted in his foot, secured with a small glass bottle, and wrapped in a diaper. But that didn’t prevent him from kicking it off anyway. I salute the very patient nurses.

Fortunately, that is all over – for now. Upon his first take of a “miracle drug,”  Bunso was back to his usual playful self. We were discharged after a couple more days, and he seemed to be doing well based on his last check-up. We have to keep coming back to the doctor though, to make sure it will never strike again, as itself or in other possible forms.

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our family and friends who were with us in those dark days. You know who you are. Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the emails, the text messages, the phone calls. Thank you for the love, the never ending offers of prayer brigades and novenas and even financial assistance. You know that we may never be able to repay your generosity  but you opened your doors anyway for our refuge. For that, we will never forget you.