Let me share to you about my experience in the past two weeks...

(Computers completely BUSTED last week, that's why I wasn't able to blog. And heavens, I wasn't busy for the entire week because of my community duty. I would have blogged everyday, but due to disappointing technicalities, I wasn't able to.
So here I am now, ready to
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WeeeH!
Break!!
At last!
But naa pa ko replacements. hahahaha...
Anyway, these are some pics I got from my Facebook. This was during our exposure in Buhisan.

Wooot. so many things happened then. It was a paradise, mainly because there was less stress there than in school and in the hospital. I loved the scenery, the journey, the adventures. Especially the dam adventure! Our group was the first group that ventured the forest just to get to the dam. It was tiring, with all those rocks and tree roots and slippery earth... but we managed to reach the dam (scathed, really.) for more than 30 minutes of jumping, skidding and sliding. hahahah! But on the last day 4 groups went there to have our pictures taken! hahaha!

Thanks to Ma'am Cañeda, who was so game, so fun, and so jamming! She went with us all the way to the top!
To my groupmates, thank you! I had fun with you guys! It's such shame that we won't be together again... na-reshuffle na ta bai. Sigh. But it doesn't matter. We're still friends, we're still the noisy and crazy RLE group 1 of the first sem!

Labangon Health center is one busy place.
we had the most number of patients there for our two weeks of community involvement. On our very first exposure we were submerged into "immunization" event with a bit of a shock. We did not know that we'd be going through that on our first day. And boy, we weren't ready. All of us have experienced being pinched, shaken, and even told in an angry voice to get out. I won't be bold to say that we weren't scared, and really our wits were tested with that pressure Sir Daño inflicted on us. The kids were all very cute, but we were hesitant to inject them... they're such angels! Imagine the cries you can hear every time their vaccines are given! But then we fought our fears, and in spite the things that happened, we have learned a lot.
We had Operation BP in a slum area in Labangon last Friday. Just this Monday we had general cleaning in the health center. On Wednesday, again, we had immunizations. This time we were confident that we won't get reprimanded. And yes! I was told "Wonderful." and "Very good"! Yehey for me and my classmates! :D
On Thursday we had injected preggies. We experienced and saw how Leopold's maneuver was done, and we even saw a newly born child in the center, with the umbilical cord still hanging on the child! It was such a new experience... It's was nice and fun!

But there's one thing I don't like.
My skin got darker because of the sun!
Waaaaaaah!

Whew! weekend at last!!
It's been a long week, and Im catching up with sleep...
Our community duty is over but there were so many memories that i had with it. First was my patient, and for animosity's sake I won't mention his name. He has been bedridden for 8 years because of STROKE, and Mae and I took care of him for an entire week. He has bed sores all over his body, he was very frail and little when we visited him. He looked shrunken, and he could not speak very well because of his situation. Every time we talk to him he just grunts, tries to speak, but no coherent words would come out. We just relied on his wife and grandchildren, who were all very accommodating, responsive, and fun to chat with.
Oh I love his grandchildren! They were very cute and very helpful to us, their ates. Andrew, the eldest, goes to school, so we did not see much of him. Andre, 5 years old, was always there to help us in the 'translation' process. Andrea, 3 years of age, was very very CUTE every time she propped herself on her grandfather's bed and said in a very meek and childish voice, "Unsa to ,Lo?"
Dang it, I'll miss that!
One time Andrea got hold of some chili gel and unknowingly placed not a little, but a HANDFUL of it on her neck! SHe was crying real hard coz, of course, her neck was burning, and Mae and I tried to soothe her before we left for the health center. And then i told her,
"Na, palit ta lolipop! Para d nka mayayay."
ANd she said,
"Diri sa ka, ha?"
OMG... I was touched...!
After she took her slippers, we took her and Andre out to buy their precious lolipops. Andrea smiled again, and even forgot about her neck. Hehe. Talk about diversional tactics! :D

I was saddened when we left them, thinking we would not see them again. But again, it's part of being a nurse. You can't stick yourself too much coz too much attachment could cause problems.
But really, it's part of the cycle called life.
It's time to move on.


But I'll still miss them!