Sick No More

My sister O suffered from flu for three days starting Sunday last week. She got well yesterday and I’m just so glad to hear about it. I can be a worry freak, you know, especially when it comes to the health of my loved ones. You can say I take any kind of sickness seriously.

When O told me about her headache last week, I asked her to take some medicine immediately. When I got home that same day, I saw her lying in bed nursing a fever that would eventually develop into flu. I tried not to panic and took care of her the entire night and the following day.

When sick, O is hard to take care of. She usually eats very little and vomits her food right after. There were a few times when I was taking care of her that she even vomited her medicine along with her food. I got so desperate about her condition that I had to fetch my mom in Cavite and bring her to Manila so she could take care of O.

Moms are really great nurses. A day after my mom took care of O giving her medicines, massages and all, she rose up as if nothing had happened to her. I hope that when someday I’d be a mom myself, I could be as good a nurse as my mom is.