Still A Long Way To Go

We started ways to raise funds for the surgery. And we are overwhelmed with the outcome. So far, we have reached about 15% of the total estimated cost.

We thank everyone who support us from the beginning. Everyone from myLot especially Auntie Marti. All the friends from TUP-MTI and from Facebook. From the workplace, friends and relatives. We also, of course, thank all those who have pledged and still wait for the right time.

But this is still not over and still a long way to go. We still have to work harder to reach our goal. We hope more and more people will do their share when they find it in their hearts to do so.

We badly need your help.

We Should Not Wait For A Sleep Study

Our son Zayzay always have cough and colds, keep coming almost every month, just like today for almost 2 or 3 days now. We decided to see a pulmonologist so that even tuberculosis issue will be given an end to our worries.


So we found one who seems to be the perfect medical practitioner for our child, after so many doctors who checked him. And we told her everything, his health history, from he was a baby who snores loudly, and so on. And so she is convinced it is Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) for all the symptoms of it are present with our child.

But this, she said, still have to be referred to her most trusted ENT doctor who will reconfirm the OSA. She said she worked with this ENT several times and had their last team-up with a patient whom they done an operation, removing the tonsils.

She also added that sleep study is not necessary at this time or we are not supposed to wait for the study be done or something more serious might happen to the child. We should not wait for a sleep study, she said.

By this time, it is not yet final that the operation will really be necessary, but the pulmo-pedia looked at it as very much necessary, although she said, the ENT doctor will have the final say about it.

Let's see what will the ENT doctor will have to say once he see Zayzay. If he will find operation is unnecessary then it's good. But if not, we have to work more harder to raise the funds for the operation.

Be Prepared With The Outcome After Six

We have just been with our family doctor. I say, family doctor because, besides she being a family medical practitioner, she is the one whom our family see, everytime we got sick or has something that we want to know about our health, before seeing other doctors. Almost everything about our health, colds, fever, internal discomfort, eyes, etc., we first seek her medical attention before she will recommend a specialist or endorse us to other doctors, for further check-up. Almost everyone in the family, from me and my wife, our kids, her mom, her dad, her sisters, their kids, my nephews and nieces.

To recall, our two year old son, Zyruz, having treated as of the moment for possible sleep apnea, is so far doing well, responding so well with the medicines. Though a little expensive, we have to face the high priced medicines and keep the taking of them in schedule, for at least four months or until six months.

Yesterday, though I am a little afraid of the would be outcome of the treatment, this family doctor told us more about tonsils. She said that we really don't have to be afraid if, worse come to worst, his tonsils should be removed. There are a lot of our body parts that if removed, we still can move well and almost nothing happened. She mentioned appendix as an example. This should be removed, because it has no more function and it not removed, will only lead to more complicated situation. And so with tonsils. If the need to remove it will not be done, more complicated situation would come to us, like heart problem, and that is not irreversible, she said.

Frankly, I am afraid of operation. I even fell down when I accompany my oldest son when I saw blood when he was circumcised. Though that happened about 10 years ago, funny, but that's true. I thought am was going down and blood goes up to my head.