Jun 5, 2012

Vacation at the Hospital :(

Last week, my daughter was confined to Perpetual hospital due to Acute Tonsil Exudative (di ko tanda yung exact name). It started on a Monday when she woke up with a 39 degree fever. Since im in the house with her, i monitored it first and putting cold compress once in a while. Came tuesday her fever did not subside, then wednesday i decided to bring her to her pedia in Perpetual.

After checking all the signs, her pedia showed to me her tonsil and said we need to admit her in the hospital that day so the infection will not go down, heart daw kasi yung unang tatamaan pag di naagapan. We were so worried kasi ang tamlay ng bebe namin at ang taas talaga ng lagnat. Hindi nga ako nakakatulog at night dahil binabantayan ko at baka mag-kumbulsyon (tama ba?).

After that check-up, hubby and I prepared our things for the hospital and by lunch time, we were in ER already. Buti na lang din hubby's schedule is on night shift, he was with us the whole time and he didn't report to work for 3 days to stay with us.

Another thing is, that week was supposed to be our gala in Naga and Camsur, our ticket's date is May 26-28, 2012 but we cancelled it due to some reasons.

Our first day

When we were in ER, hubby was on Tami's side while i was in the Admitting Section. It was so sad dahil walang available na room. Ayoko naman na matagal kami sa ER kaya nakipag-usap talaga ko to give us a private room.

There are 3 classifications of Private Rooms in Perpetual.

Private Room A costs P2,000 - this room was only available to some cases like kidney transplant etc. In short hindi basta-basta binibigay sa ibang pasyente.

Private Room B costs P1,925.00 and Private Room C costs P1,725.00.


After kong makipag-usap at pagmamakaawa.. haha... they let us occupy the newly renovated room exclusively for Kidney Transplant Patient (Private Room A). Their reason that they allowed us in the room is Tami's case is not an infectious disease kaya ayun nakakuha kami ng room. Actually Tami is the first patient to occupy that new room.

Let me show you the room. Though some of the things are not new, ok na rin at least first patient si Tami dun sa room na yun. The room is not that big pero pwede na...

The first thing that you will see when you enter the door.

CR with Hot and Cold shower

Since Day 1, i never left Tami. I brought some of my things kasi dun na rin ako naliligo. When hubby goes back to work, uuwi muna sya sa house to take a bath then go to hospital then will go to work. After office, deretso na ulit sya sa hospital at dun na sya natutulog. Same routine for the whole week.


What i like with this room is medyo high tech na.. Whenever we need a nurse or anything, we just need to press that red button (yung nakalawit na white na parang joystick), then the nurse will go to our room and attend to our needs.

Kulitan..


Our Bebe

Being a mother, i was crying whenever i hear my daughter cries. Like nung first day namin, when she was about to have the IV for dextrose, the doctor told me to go outside then 3 doctors including hubby ang naghawak kay tami nung nilagyan na ng dextrose. She was injected twice because aside from the dextrose, meron pang CBC to check at baka Dengue.

On our 4th day in the hospital, Tami was always crying whenever they injected antibiotics in her IV. The resident doctor told that they need to transfer the dextrose in her left hand kasi namamaga na yung right hand nya. Ganun ka-grabe... Again i did not go with them.. I only hear her crying while i am outside the room. Nakakainis pa kasi nagkamali pa daw ng inject kaya inulit ulit. Kairita dba? 


Hay, ang hirap talaga pag bata ang nagkasakit. Tami was confined for 6 days in Perpetual Hospital. Aside sa napakalaking gastos, hindi natin alam kung ano ang pwedeng mangyari so to us Moms we need to take extra care with our kids.



J.CO Donuts, Mall of Asia

Last week i went to MOA to buy something. While on my way to the van terminal when i was about to go home, i saw the newly opened J.CO Donut Hub located near the SM Hypermarket so i decided to buy for pasalubong . It was already 8pm then so tamang-tama for our midnight snack.

J. CO was the new player in the Donut industry. I was waiting for the ATC branch to open so i can taste it pero sarado pa, good thing it opened recently in Mall of Asia. I was also intrigued with its unique flavors.


Donut varieties


J.Pops Baby Donuts

We bought this to try all the flavors that J.CO offers.. Opening the box and seeing all these cute and colorful donuts is a feast in the eyes. The bite size looks exactly like the regular ones.


When i arrived, we had this as our midnight snack. I only tried 5 flavors and Alcapone flavor became my instant favorite. Second is the Tiramisu and the last is the Peanut Butter Flavor. Mona Pisa is good also and the Cheese Me Up. Chocolate flavors was hoarded by my daughter while the remaining flavors ate by hubby.

Parang binagyo ah..

Even my kid and hubby liked it. Donuts are not too sweet and we love it because of the unique flavors. Surely i will try another flavors when i had the chance to visit the store.


J.CO Donuts Price:
  • Regular Sized Donut : PhP 42.00 per piece
  • Per Dozen Regular Donuts : PhP 350.00
  • Per 2 Dozens Regular Donuts : PhP 550.00
  • J.Pops Baby Donuts : PhP 250.00



Bukas na ba yung J.CO sa ATC?




Jun 2, 2012

Tous Les Jours Cake

I think this is worth blogging. Another long overdue post. hehe

Remember Tami's birthday? We had an advance birthday celebration in Mcdonalds and when its Tami's actual birthday (April 18) my mother-in-law cooked something for the family like Carbonara, Turbo Chicken and Barbecue and birthdays will not be complete without cake, right?

I went to Southmall then to buy the cake that hubby and i chose when we visited this bakery in Southmall few months ago. Cakes in Tous Les Jours were really cute... Let me show you what we've got:


The packaging.. cute no?


the package comes with a disposable cake knife and free candles..


And here's the cake:

The birthday cake

The cookie that has greetings was actually free at yung nakikita mo sa ibabaw ng cake is real belgian chocolate. According to the attendant, this is one of their bestsellers, nakalimutan ko lang yung name.. Basta may Belgian chocolate ang name.

Candles are free up to 5 pcs. I talked na lang with the manager if i can have an additional 1pc. kasi 6 yrs old na ang baby ko, Buti na lang pumayag sila.


Her favorite part.



The cake 

The verdict:

For me, its good kasi its not too sweet though parang may liquor taste sya. The household including Tami didn't like it kasi sobrang moist daw pero para sakin ok naman sya..

I wanna try sana the Strawberry design pero mukang di na ulit mauulit to kasi di nila type :( Pero winner ang mga designs nila. 

Price of the cakes ranges from P500 up to P1,500 depending on the design and flavor. The cake that i bought costs around P800++.