Hi Apple,
Happy birthday to you and Obi!
Thanks for sharing this... our God is great!
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:16:10 PM
Subject: [worldchangers2010] obi's bday
hi guys,allow me to share this with you as im getting a little sentimental.
exactly two years ago i was wheeled into del gado hospital ER, was bleeding
profusely and was so nervous because i had just come out of the hospital less
than a week ago. i was 33 weeks pregnant. doc berdan was there already,( he was
my anesthesiologist) and he prayed for me before the cs began. i didnt know
why my arms and feet were tied - i was naked in a very cold room - spread out
like a frog about to be dissected. i was pricked for anesthesia, for steroids,
and i didnt know for what else. they could prick me all they want - all i
wished was for obi to come out healthy and normal.
3pm i heard obi's first cry - right before they "spanked" him. here were all
doctors telling me that he might have weak lungs because they were
underdeveloped but my obi cried before the usual "spank". i just got a glimpse
of him - so frail and small and still covered in blood.
after that,i was wheeled out - into the recovery room - but i couldnt sleep.
honestly i was still so afraid that obi might not survive. just a
backgrounder: i have experienced two sibling deaths in the family - my sister
who was born after me - her name was hyacinth - died when she was week old
because she had a heart failure, our bunso who was named tulip - died because
of peumonia and complications - she was a retardate and had this solid mass on
the nape of her neck. her "ngala-ngala" had a hole - i remember how my mom
would very carefully feed her everyday. my baby sister never learned to speak
but we felt her love just as much as we made her feel ours. she died when she
was four.
though i have never spoken about it until now - i was so afraid that i will
lose obi. i guess i have overcome the fear:-)
obi stayed 9 days in the incubator -his appetite greatly improved. he got out
and was still so frail and small,so payat (check out my friendster to view the
photos). but now, he's such a happy healthy baby. so taba and has always been
our bundle of joy. he can speak so many words and is so cute when he tries to
say "Jesus".
thanks for reading my testimony - this is only one of the many things God has
shown me and Ricky how faithful He is to those who put their trust in Him.
they say that when it's your birthday people should be greeting your mom more
because she was the one who really "suffered" if i may use the term so that you
are borne into this world. well that's exactly what is happening to me now. to
all the moms, mabuhay tayo!!!!
apple
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