I have some virus issues on my computer now, it started when my son plug his USB flash disk last weekend. It seems that he got the virus from school or from his classmate. Its a Worm 32.trojan.abj virus. I’ll be posting the details to my other blog later. Aside from being busy on Christmas preparations, migraine on getting rid of trojan, my family and I are worried with my cousin’s health condition.
Kuya Bong is only 42 years, single. He is confined now at San Juan De Dios Hospital, acute stroke ICU department. I can’t remember the medical term of “malapot ang dugo”, he have this rare condition and taking medicine for almost 8 years. Last Monday morning he collapsed after steam bath. Dehydrated? Maybe… and he had few nights of insomnia before Monday. Good thing that the moment when he collapsed, he was not alone at home. Its good that my other cousins know CPR, they said Kuya Bong had no pulse and cold. My Auntie was hysterical already seeing his son on that condition. Thank God that he breath again and they rushed him in San Juan de Dios Hospital.
Last night, together with my sisters and my two grown up sons, we visited him. We took turns on going in the ICU (one visitor only is allowed at a time), my sister cried when he saw our Kuya Bong. He’s not using respirator but many tubes attached to his body and he have NGT (nasogastric tube insertion) on his nose. While I was waiting for my turn, the scent of hospital bed and medicine brought back the memories when my tatay passed away. I told to myself, I have to be casual when my kuya sees me. He was awake, lose weight and seems fine except for the medical thingy. My son who was the last one entered the ICU told us that Kuya Bong was asking where my sister (the one who cried) and he didn’t saw and talked to her. And we went back to the visitor’s lounge.
When we told our cousin about this, she told us Kuya Bong sometimes have memory lapses. Kuya Bong underwent MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) last Tuesday at St. Luke’s Medical Center. According to my cousin, the result wasn’t ok, he had bleeding and clot on his brain. The doctor said, we might lose him on his next attack.
What worries me now is that I know he was battling depression after breaking up with his live-in partner of 6 years last five months ago. I understand depression, sometimes it took years to battle it. How I wish I had the chance to talk to him regarding his lost love and his depression before. Pamilya Banal (Cruz family) are praying for his speedy recovery. We love you, Kuya Bong.
UPDATE 12/21/08: Kuya was transferred to a regular room now. Thank you so much to all your prayers, I’m hoping and still praying for his recovery.
