August 7, 2014

At around 6 in the morning while I was still sleeping peacefully, when I heard a loud voice of my dad from downstairs shouting my name.. “Ne! Ne! Arianne! Arianne!.. Arianne!!! Arianne!!!”..

I woke up immediately and rush downstairs.. and.. and.. I saw my sister sitting on the sofa, half conscious, gasping for air, clenching her fist towards her heart, her eyes were closed, and her mouth is slightly bent at the sides.

My dad is in panic and so I am. We can’t decide what to do first. I said, “Tay, dali-a dal-on ta sa ospital si bebing!”. My dad went outside to ask help and get a car. We then rushed my sister to the hospital. Our place (in San Joaquin) is almost 2 hours ride going to the city. While on the way, I was crying and at the same time praying fervently that my sister will make it to the hospital. I even told myself, “Am I still dreaming? If so..I want to wake up! I need to wake up!”.. but that was not a dream. Its the reality, a very tragic reality!

We arrived at the emergency room and after few minutes her condition was stabilized. She was then admitted at the Medical ICU with the diagnosis of Stroke in the Young (a complication of her congenital heart disease)..and the worst thing is that the left side of her body was paralyzed.

August 9, 2014

I decided to go home so that I can rest and sleep well even for just 2-3 hours because from the day that my sister was admitted I didn’t get enough sleep. By 10 in the morning, I was again waken up by the family driver, he knocks at the door of my room and told me that I must come back at the hospital because there’s an emergency situation going on again. I didn’t get to fix myself that moment and again rushed to the hospital. When I arrived, I was told by mom what had happened.

 A flat line in the cardiac monitor… 

They try to defibrillate my sister once.. and thank GOD! She was REVIVED!

The doctors told us that if there’s no more choice left,  they might intubate my sister if things worsen. I cried so hard..like it was the most painful feeling I ever felt in my entire life.. I told nanay and tatay that I don’t want it to happen. I don’t want my sister to suffer so much..

Fortunately, my sister recovered and was out from the ICU after 6 days. It was such a blessing!.. a MIRACLE! She still stayed in the hospital room for another two weeks so that her condition will be further monitored. And last August 28, she was finally discharged from the hospital although she still has oxygen and NGT attached to her. At least, she is slowly recovering. And for the record, that was her first ever hospital admission since she was born even if she was diagnosed with TOF since birth. 

My sister Dayanarra Gail is 19 years old and the 3rd child in our family. She was born with congenital cyanotic heart disease specifically called “Tetralogy of Fallot”. She loves Taylor Swift and also a  fan of the K-Pop group EXO. She was deprived with so many things like a normal person usually have or experienced in life.. but to us (her family), we considered her the most precious loving girl gifted with talents and ability to make people happy and feel loved.

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So that was just the reason why I left the blogosphere fro almost a month. I was taking care of her 24/7 especially now that she is already out from the hospital. I even quit my specialization at WVSUMC. But that’s just fine. What’s more important is my sister more that anything else. Well.. God has reasons why He let things like this happened and as what I’m always saying, God’s plans are always better that ours. I couldn’t thank enough all our relatives and friends for their prayers and support to Dayan, to some of you who made the prayer brigade especially to Tita Devine and Tito Cecilio who were there for us from the start. I know our family will soon endure this battle. All glory and praise to the BIG GUY up there! xx