Just got home from my current rotation: Tuloy Foundation. it started in 1993 (Tuloy sa Don Bosco Children's Village, Makati) with just a simple structured building holding only a few kids; however, in the year 2000, DSWD Muntinlupa donated to them the current place where we're on duty now. It's right in front of ATC. This foundation helps indigent children, offering free board and lodging, education, etc. and saving them from the harsh reality of life on the streets, preventing them from being beggars, or even worse, thieves/criminals. Some may have had a troubled past and sought protection.
The ages of those indigent people who benefit from this foundation ranges from 9-17/18 years old. They're given vocationals such as automotive, mechanic, AC tech, etc. they even offer baking/cooking classes! They're even given 1yr OJT! As we saw on their video, one of their "graduates" even got to work in Honda for a year, then in Caltex. AMAZING! What a nice thing to know.
The foundation holds 9 dorms, 7 of which are occupied. They have 2 types of "clients": residents and non-residents. The residents are those who stay there full time, availing of free board and lodging, education, food, etc. The non-residents, on the other hand, go their own ways after classes... going home to their parents, etc. They bring their own lunch but are provided with snacks. And I was shocked to find out that the snack they were being served was Gardenia bread! how sosy! :) Turns out, Gardenia is one of their benefactors... okay, so all the more reason for me to support Gardenia!!! :) And, another thing is that if these children get sick, they're hospital is Asian Hospital, who is also a benefactor of the Don Bosco Foundation.
I'm so amazed to see that there still live people willing to reach out to others and lend a helping hand. And, I really do hope that they continue to touch/inspire/motivate other people to do the same in exerting effort to help our less fortunate brothers and sisters.
I definitely am looking forward to the days we'd be having our RLE duties in this foundation. Actually, I'm even considering being a volunteer... to tutor these kids. I can't believe I'm saying that. But I am serious about it; I even grabbed a form to fill up... so far my mom's supportive of it. so there.... in the meantime, gotta do some researches for my teachings... ;)
Monday, June 30, 2008
Saturday, June 14, 2008
glad to be back
news of the moment: just had my ortho done today, this morning to be exact. and, capping's next saturday, 21 june... which also happens to be my dad's bday.
well the BEST NEWS EVER would be that i'm back with my original TMJ specialist, Dra. Nubla. I just love her sooo much! ang bait niya talaga! ^_^ and this morning, as i had mentioned earlier, i've decided to have my treatment started already. i had to miss out on school for this. but heck, it's well worth it. the appointment was supposedly from 8 till 11 AM but we extended all the way up to about 1230... nahiya nga ako eh cos she had to go to Rob Manila pa for another appointment of hers. But, as I said, sooobrang bait niya kasi. i really love her! ^_^ haha. and i can't seem to get over that fact. as of now, only the top part has been "braced" for reasons i'm too lazy to type in right now. haha. but i must say, she took really good care of me during that time, talagang mabusisi siya or whatever term you must use. she did everything she could talaga, and i didn't experience any pain or discomfort at all. kung pwede nga lang, siya na lang maglagay ng mga fillings ko for my insipient caries eh.
And, regarding Dra. T******, did you know she's actually going to sue me. yes, me cos it's me who's her patient daw and i ain't no longer a minor. ha! natatawa nalang ako. even those i tell it to, can't imagine the scenario. she's suing me... ON WHAT GROUNDS?!?! grabe, so now we're talking to various dentists, explaining the scenario and everything so just in case she does sue, we're prepared. well, okay actually it's my dad doing that. i don't even care. i ain't worried one bit.
I don't know if it was some sort of "Divine intervention" or something (haha. drama?!) but I saw my Kuya Beboy again yesterday and yeah, we got to talk about the case. he referred me to his dentist which happens to be just around the place. plus, mas mura daw. although, i don't know, i refuse to accept that fact kasi nga iba naman case ko from him. I probably would have checked it out if it weren't for time. all the time i was talking to him, i kept saying "sa saturday,... sa saturday..." turns out saturday=tomorrow! oh no! i had no more choice, i had already made an appointment with Dra. Nubla, and she has already ordered the ortho materials. But nevertheless, my dad tried pa rin and gave this dentist a call. she had a Px at that time and so she just gave us a return call. He consulted her about my case... told her about my loooooong background and everything. i don't know exactly how it went but i guess she's waiting for my records as she wants to take a look at 'em i guess. anyway, there.
this morning, as i was having my ortho, my dad had a meeting with the current president of the PDA pque chapter i think, with the past president as well. as i said i'm too lazy to type all the details now but generally, according to my dad, the meeting went pretty well.
all the dentists we've been talking to want to see my record, those with the PDA mentioned above, Dra. Salamat (the one referred to me)... but h'yeah. the problem is that I think the only way we could get hold of a copy would be to have another set done (which will be given to my dr. and she'll give me my old results..but it has to be now as there hasn't been much movement pa)... OR maybe ask her to send it to me via e-mail or something. i don't know, she mentioned kasi something about uploading it to the computer eh. cos, basically, the thing is that we can't get my records from her as she would need them over the entire course of treatment.
This morning, we were talking nga with Dra. Nubla about the plus side of having Dra. C (the TMJ specialist we consulted in our place, read my previous blog - of surgery and ortho - for details) since she's much closer to our place. we could easily go to her for "emergency" cases. i was shocked to hear from Dra. Nubla that if we wanted, we could still go on and spend more time to think of it... wag daw namin siya intindihin. i was so shocked to hear that! Dra. T., she never even allowed us to go to another dentist, and the moment we got the records she even said that she would no longer accept me if we decide to have it done by her in the end. ang kapal! and to think di naman siya TMJ specialist. she's a plain orthodontist but she's trying to "grab" my case as i feel since di naman daw seryoso ung TMJ prob ko. I. DON'T.CARE. That's the chief complaint. That's what ought to be treated! anyway...... but here was my dentist, saying that. after us making that appointment to start treatment, after her getting the materials needed. i was so SHOCKED. it was then that i made it clear to her that I NEVER WANNA GO BACK TO THOSE 2 DENTISTS EVER AGAIN. it's her that i trust now, since the start actually (heck, i only went to those two cos i felt some force since it's nearer and i thought i would never be able to go back to her care). Thank God. and after all that happened, Dra. Nubla tells me not to worry about those things anymore, not to even think about it. lalo lang daw ako mastre-stress, triggering my condition. She said she'll just adjust to what's left and make the most out of it. She'll try to make things work. All she asked of me was to be cooperative. "...don't worry, di naman kita pababayaan eh..." she said.
well the BEST NEWS EVER would be that i'm back with my original TMJ specialist, Dra. Nubla. I just love her sooo much! ang bait niya talaga! ^_^ and this morning, as i had mentioned earlier, i've decided to have my treatment started already. i had to miss out on school for this. but heck, it's well worth it. the appointment was supposedly from 8 till 11 AM but we extended all the way up to about 1230... nahiya nga ako eh cos she had to go to Rob Manila pa for another appointment of hers. But, as I said, sooobrang bait niya kasi. i really love her! ^_^ haha. and i can't seem to get over that fact. as of now, only the top part has been "braced" for reasons i'm too lazy to type in right now. haha. but i must say, she took really good care of me during that time, talagang mabusisi siya or whatever term you must use. she did everything she could talaga, and i didn't experience any pain or discomfort at all. kung pwede nga lang, siya na lang maglagay ng mga fillings ko for my insipient caries eh.
And, regarding Dra. T******, did you know she's actually going to sue me. yes, me cos it's me who's her patient daw and i ain't no longer a minor. ha! natatawa nalang ako. even those i tell it to, can't imagine the scenario. she's suing me... ON WHAT GROUNDS?!?! grabe, so now we're talking to various dentists, explaining the scenario and everything so just in case she does sue, we're prepared. well, okay actually it's my dad doing that. i don't even care. i ain't worried one bit.
I don't know if it was some sort of "Divine intervention" or something (haha. drama?!) but I saw my Kuya Beboy again yesterday and yeah, we got to talk about the case. he referred me to his dentist which happens to be just around the place. plus, mas mura daw. although, i don't know, i refuse to accept that fact kasi nga iba naman case ko from him. I probably would have checked it out if it weren't for time. all the time i was talking to him, i kept saying "sa saturday,... sa saturday..." turns out saturday=tomorrow! oh no! i had no more choice, i had already made an appointment with Dra. Nubla, and she has already ordered the ortho materials. But nevertheless, my dad tried pa rin and gave this dentist a call. she had a Px at that time and so she just gave us a return call. He consulted her about my case... told her about my loooooong background and everything. i don't know exactly how it went but i guess she's waiting for my records as she wants to take a look at 'em i guess. anyway, there.
this morning, as i was having my ortho, my dad had a meeting with the current president of the PDA pque chapter i think, with the past president as well. as i said i'm too lazy to type all the details now but generally, according to my dad, the meeting went pretty well.
all the dentists we've been talking to want to see my record, those with the PDA mentioned above, Dra. Salamat (the one referred to me)... but h'yeah. the problem is that I think the only way we could get hold of a copy would be to have another set done (which will be given to my dr. and she'll give me my old results..but it has to be now as there hasn't been much movement pa)... OR maybe ask her to send it to me via e-mail or something. i don't know, she mentioned kasi something about uploading it to the computer eh. cos, basically, the thing is that we can't get my records from her as she would need them over the entire course of treatment.
This morning, we were talking nga with Dra. Nubla about the plus side of having Dra. C (the TMJ specialist we consulted in our place, read my previous blog - of surgery and ortho - for details) since she's much closer to our place. we could easily go to her for "emergency" cases. i was shocked to hear from Dra. Nubla that if we wanted, we could still go on and spend more time to think of it... wag daw namin siya intindihin. i was so shocked to hear that! Dra. T., she never even allowed us to go to another dentist, and the moment we got the records she even said that she would no longer accept me if we decide to have it done by her in the end. ang kapal! and to think di naman siya TMJ specialist. she's a plain orthodontist but she's trying to "grab" my case as i feel since di naman daw seryoso ung TMJ prob ko. I. DON'T.CARE. That's the chief complaint. That's what ought to be treated! anyway...... but here was my dentist, saying that. after us making that appointment to start treatment, after her getting the materials needed. i was so SHOCKED. it was then that i made it clear to her that I NEVER WANNA GO BACK TO THOSE 2 DENTISTS EVER AGAIN. it's her that i trust now, since the start actually (heck, i only went to those two cos i felt some force since it's nearer and i thought i would never be able to go back to her care). Thank God. and after all that happened, Dra. Nubla tells me not to worry about those things anymore, not to even think about it. lalo lang daw ako mastre-stress, triggering my condition. She said she'll just adjust to what's left and make the most out of it. She'll try to make things work. All she asked of me was to be cooperative. "...don't worry, di naman kita pababayaan eh..." she said.
Monday, June 02, 2008
first hospital exposure
Today, it's official. I'm now finally on my "break". a one-week break after 6 weeks of summer. one week which ought to be spent enrolling. but argh, the institution's getting on my nerves again. i've been there this morning to enroll and guess what, our grades haven't been released yet! so I can't enroll yet. a-nnoying! i had my mind set on finishing things up today for I might be busy over the week with dental appointments.. as I had said, the dentist's rushing on putting me on ortho right now... tho I don't know, I've decided to go back to Dr. Nubla whom I seem to trust more. the other just irritates me at the fact that she made me undergo surgery... when I don't really know if it's really necessary. and to think, my tita doesn't really know her that much pala. wow, thanks ha! thanks for referring someone you don't know much.
anyway, blogging about hospital duties....
for this summer, we've been scheduled to have 2 weeks of hospital exposure... or equivalent to 51 hours duty. first week (MTW), my sched was from 6AM to 12nn at the Aguilar ward. it was okay but the time seemed sooo long (actually, that part was pretty much constant whatever the sched was). the sad part was that on the second day (wednesday... it's just the second day cos monday was orientation), my patient had been discharged so I had to be assigned to another one. I was awaiting week 2 cos at least then, duty would start at 12nn (for MTW). It was quite hard having to leave the house at 5:15am, considering we had to be at the hospital 15 minutes before duty time.
MTW, 12nn-6pm slot. i thought it would be better for me but no, I actually prefer the morning slot. during these days, i felt so disoriented. i didn't know what time to eat, to dress up, etc..... i didn't know how to go about my "routine". Thankfully though, I was transferred to Station 3... the ward where Ge-An was. Not that I didn't have any company at the Aguilar ward but I just missed Ge-An. Sad that I was leaving ate Chris at the Aguilar ward but at least I was gonna be with Ge-An, Lani, Tabs! but the hard part at Station3 was that the Nurses' station was "secluded". Unlike in Aguilar ward, where we stayed "within" the Nurses' station, where we could just go ahead and get the patient's charts,... in Station 3, it didn't seem that way. We had to ask our CIs to get it for us... or sometimes, we even asked the nurses na... at times, the nurses would tell us to just go in but we didn't want to. it's like: nakakahiya. But basically, though I had friends with me, kadamay ko lang talaga sina Ge-An and my partner, Maricar. busy kasi si Lani eh, sobra! nurse na nurse na my gosh!while kami ni Ge-An, wala lang... tulala. haha. and, just as in the case of Ate Chris and I in the other ward, we also had nothing to say to each other. odd. as we had agreed, being in the hospital made us feel like we had been imprisoned, like we had been sent off to military school, or something. we felt like robots, like slaves. Sure, I was overwhelmed to be in a hospital... but not in this way, not as a nurse. I really am awaiting my "doctor days".
the Good News came. Wednesday.
the CIs gathered us around for a quiz and an announcement. NO DUTY ON FRIDAY. hoooray! we all wanted to shout for joy! we almost did until the CI quickly added: WALANG SISIGAW. whoops! talk about anticipation haha. yes, I guess we somehow forgot we were in a hospital.
6PM - 12MN. Thursday. This is definitely the shift for me. I was soooo hyper that my friends noticed. Ge-An kept laughing at me na nga eh... i was acting strangely, talking endlessly, being so hyper. night person talaga ako. haha. nocturnal. so was Lani that night, as she only had one patient as well. the funny part was when she was making fun out of the construction workers in the other building... haha oh no! Lani ha.tsktsktsk. And also, funny was when we tried to come up with ways to avoid "Maricar's situation" for the night. hahaha! oh the excuses, oh the tactics. Oh, and i'll never forget the memory of that nurse na naki-epal sa saya namin ni Ge-An as we found ourselves amazed at the hospital's windows... haha. and that lady who asked: "San ung papunta sa baba?" or something like that and Ge-An and I were so pissed that we wanted to reply: "Paano ka nakaakyat?!". haha.
Overall, I'm glad my last duty ended up this way, I'm glad it was this fun. i guess you could say it was basically was a night of laughter. haha. at least i'm not gonna be dreading the next duty as much as i would if it had been otherwise.
anyway, blogging about hospital duties....
for this summer, we've been scheduled to have 2 weeks of hospital exposure... or equivalent to 51 hours duty. first week (MTW), my sched was from 6AM to 12nn at the Aguilar ward. it was okay but the time seemed sooo long (actually, that part was pretty much constant whatever the sched was). the sad part was that on the second day (wednesday... it's just the second day cos monday was orientation), my patient had been discharged so I had to be assigned to another one. I was awaiting week 2 cos at least then, duty would start at 12nn (for MTW). It was quite hard having to leave the house at 5:15am, considering we had to be at the hospital 15 minutes before duty time.
MTW, 12nn-6pm slot. i thought it would be better for me but no, I actually prefer the morning slot. during these days, i felt so disoriented. i didn't know what time to eat, to dress up, etc..... i didn't know how to go about my "routine". Thankfully though, I was transferred to Station 3... the ward where Ge-An was. Not that I didn't have any company at the Aguilar ward but I just missed Ge-An. Sad that I was leaving ate Chris at the Aguilar ward but at least I was gonna be with Ge-An, Lani, Tabs! but the hard part at Station3 was that the Nurses' station was "secluded". Unlike in Aguilar ward, where we stayed "within" the Nurses' station, where we could just go ahead and get the patient's charts,... in Station 3, it didn't seem that way. We had to ask our CIs to get it for us... or sometimes, we even asked the nurses na... at times, the nurses would tell us to just go in but we didn't want to. it's like: nakakahiya. But basically, though I had friends with me, kadamay ko lang talaga sina Ge-An and my partner, Maricar. busy kasi si Lani eh, sobra! nurse na nurse na my gosh!while kami ni Ge-An, wala lang... tulala. haha. and, just as in the case of Ate Chris and I in the other ward, we also had nothing to say to each other. odd. as we had agreed, being in the hospital made us feel like we had been imprisoned, like we had been sent off to military school, or something. we felt like robots, like slaves. Sure, I was overwhelmed to be in a hospital... but not in this way, not as a nurse. I really am awaiting my "doctor days".
the Good News came. Wednesday.
the CIs gathered us around for a quiz and an announcement. NO DUTY ON FRIDAY. hoooray! we all wanted to shout for joy! we almost did until the CI quickly added: WALANG SISIGAW. whoops! talk about anticipation haha. yes, I guess we somehow forgot we were in a hospital.
6PM - 12MN. Thursday. This is definitely the shift for me. I was soooo hyper that my friends noticed. Ge-An kept laughing at me na nga eh... i was acting strangely, talking endlessly, being so hyper. night person talaga ako. haha. nocturnal. so was Lani that night, as she only had one patient as well. the funny part was when she was making fun out of the construction workers in the other building... haha oh no! Lani ha.tsktsktsk. And also, funny was when we tried to come up with ways to avoid "Maricar's situation" for the night. hahaha! oh the excuses, oh the tactics. Oh, and i'll never forget the memory of that nurse na naki-epal sa saya namin ni Ge-An as we found ourselves amazed at the hospital's windows... haha. and that lady who asked: "San ung papunta sa baba?" or something like that and Ge-An and I were so pissed that we wanted to reply: "Paano ka nakaakyat?!". haha.
Overall, I'm glad my last duty ended up this way, I'm glad it was this fun. i guess you could say it was basically was a night of laughter. haha. at least i'm not gonna be dreading the next duty as much as i would if it had been otherwise.
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