bedtime stories, surgery repair, loved ones...

Lawrence says: This is a rare chance to post an endearing one as i have never done it before except only now: my mom was with me during these nights when she was bedridden inside the hospital due to a messed-up pelvic bone surgery and during these nights, she was all awake ( no wonder why she could not sleep at nights because the pains were the ones causing her not to ) and so, her mind was all active and reminiscent.

She would tell me stories when i was still a toddler. I learned so much about my roots and my fears and traumas as well.

My mom's hospital confinement gave us, her family and loved ones, a chance to get to gather together, and in some ways, it paved for all of us, not being able to see each other for years to meet up and once again be gathered and reunited physically.

My nephew, Jason, and his wife Joan came all the way from Macau , China, just to visit their grandmom. Their visit gave them a chance to meet me and bond with each other. Jason, when he was a toddler, was mistaken to be my son when i brought him to school in one of our social gatherings. Jason, at 27, still looks like me.

On the serious side, the photos below show how messed the steel bars were in my mom's pelvic bone. This messed-up surgery was undertaken last january 13th and it was only last April 26th, after being rushed to a reputable hospital that we learned of this mess! My mom suffered so much from this dis-aligned steel bar causing her excruciating pains in her leg. Today is her surgery repair which will correct the dis-aligned metal bar in her pelvic area. Say a little prayer for her please!

As of this writing, she is inside the operating room now and the surgery is being currently undertaken and is expected to be done in 4 hours. The repair costs us 80,000.oo Php and that amount does not include the fees from the room and board, medicines administered to her since April 26th, and the doctor's daily rounds and visits.

In my rough estimate, we may be paying an amount of 200,000.00 Php upon her discharge. If you will see the photos up and below, you will see that the screws down (three of them) have been erroneously placed causing so much pain to my mom!