01/01/2024
What a year it was! I ended it as a busy day at home preparing for the coming New Year's Eve, then come my calls from ICU for a coding 12y/o beautiful young lady who didn't make it after more than 48 hours of fighting for her life with the help of a mechanical ventilator. I signed a blue form , if i remember it right, my only for this year. Had to rush to another hospital for another patient waiting in an isolation room, whose parents r rushing to reach home before new year's eve, thankfully discharged home well. Another 2 patients waiting at the emergency room for evaluation, had to see them before going to mass. While we were attending mass, i got a call that our patient on labor is fully, got to leave after d offertory. Upon reaching d labor room, it's a false alarm, only 7cm dilated. We went back to the church, we arrived at final blessing, i just prayed for God's understanding , forgiveness n blessings inspite of. We met our children outside the church n went home together. We had time to eat n took pictures around our dining table then come 12 midnight. While they enjoy watching fireworks, i stayed at home in silent prayers. After almost 30 minutes of noise n firecrackers, we rushed to d hospital to attend to the baby her mother is about to bring out to this beautiful world. At last, we received a bouncing baby boy, the family's first born. And i finally said to myself, indeed in life, when somebody goes away, another one arrives tooπ Indeed, we are just passing through in this worldπ Since we are energetic, we made rounds in another hospital past 2am n met our jolly nursesπ€© i also witnessed relatives of admitted patients patiently waiting, while others just brought their patients to the emergency room. I felt emotional again, while others are in festive mood, others are battling for their livesπͺ reached home before 3am, only one child was awake, the other 3 are soundly asleep alreadyπ΄ Said a little prayer again before settling on bed π...around 7am, i thank the Lord i'm awake againπ thankful n ready for 2024ππͺπ»ππππͺπ»π