our pedia, Dr. Cheek, is very accommodating. ine-explain nya yung mga nangyayari kay pistoy, and she's very patient sa mga tanong namin (which was a looong list, let me tell you!). she kinda reminds me of my fave OB. =)
the place is not really how i imagined it. parang public clinic kasi ang dating. halu-halo ang mga kids sa waiting area, healthy and sick ones. so far, sa visit namin yun lang ang turn-off sa akin. naisip ko nga, pwede kayang sa mga susunod na visits, sa PiMo muna kami maghihintay ni pistoy. papasok na lang kami pag sya na ang titignan. mr. co-creator was able to chat with one of the moms there. matagal na silang pumupunta don and they only have good feedback. so far nga naman, ok yung pedia eh. we'll see, we'll play it by ear. =)
anyway, the pedia ordered blood work to check pistoy's TSH level. hay, blood work na naman.
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a few days after the first pedia visit, we went to get pistoy's blood work done. may isang branch ng Quest Diagnostics na may specialists sa pediatric testing, so we went there. merong branch na malapit lang sa amin, pero hindi nag-i-specialize sa infants, kaya we decided to take the trip.
pagdating namin don, it's just 15 minutes before they close. medyo napagalitan ako ng isang staff member nila, lalo na when they found out na 11 days old pa lang ang kukunan nila ng dugo!
pagpasok namin sa lab area, tinalian yung braso ni pistoy. hawak ni mr.co-creator si pistoy sa katawan at paa, ako naman is on standby with the bottle of milk.
tinurok na si pistoy, and i saw je cringe. umiyak si pistoy, sabay salpak ko ng milk sa kanya, tumahimik naman. tapos yung technicians naman, they were having a hard time drawing blood from pistoy kasi parang humina yung sirit ng dugo. so they adjusted and re-adjusted the needle. it's heartbreaking to watch. =(
on the flip side, i'm thankful na 1 beses lang tinurok si pistoy at nakita agad nila ang ugat nya. they can't draw blood from the feet daw kasi, it has to be from the arm.
natapos na ang ordeal and pistoy didn't cry after the prick. the nurses were impressed, pistoy's a brave boy. =)
the next day, Dr.Cheek called us and told us the results of the blood work turned out to be ideal. pistoy's TSH level is increasing na daw, so there won't be a need to re-test anything at this point. thank God!
sana naman di maalala ni pistoy ang first pedia visit nya. ang hirap pala maging magulang, parang double-edged sword. you want your kid to be well, pero sometimes that means na kailangan muna nilang masaktan. *sigh*
si tsug naalala ang pedia nya! super funny.. lakad sya papuntang clinic, ang yabang pang maglakad... nung asa door na, napatigil.. tas biglang sigaw "ayaw! ayaw!" LOL
ReplyDeleteyun ksi lgi nagbabakuna sa kanya. sa ibang doctor, like sa sg, di sya ganon.. talagang dun lng, wanko pano nya alala eh 1yo pa lng sya nun!
haha! uh-oh! mukhang sobrang na-trauma si tsug! eh mare, ang lakas kaya ng memory at brain power ng panganay mo. nagtaka ka pa pano nya naalala. =P
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