Category — Health and Wellness

Partly, I blame myself for the pain arthritis inflicted to my mother last week. I cooked chili cor carne as part of our Media Noche and all the leftover food served as my parents’ viands for the following days.

Mom started complaining of pains around her neck and both shoulders and she knew right then and there it was her arthritis on attack. (She has rheumatoid arthritis.) She was also certain the culprit was the beans in the chili con carne, among other food she feasted on. Okay, next time I’ll be more careful with what I cook. Definitely no more legumes of any kind.

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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.

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My sister J started having fever last night. I had her take a paracetamol to relieve her head ache. She didn’t have body pains so I thought it was just an ordinary fever. Before leaving for work this morning, I told her to rest and get enough sleep so her immune system gets stronger and fight off the infection more easily. I also advised her to drink plenty of water to help regulate her body temperature.

Caring for the sick in the family is one job I love doing, only when I have the time for it. You know the feeling when your parents are away and you’re the oldest adult around which means you’re in charge of caring for the sick family member? It can be worrisome. What if the fever gets worse? What if that family member doesn’t recover soon enough to attend to the more important things in her life? In the case of my sister, I worry about her studies as she’s currently taking summer classes. She even has exam on Friday and I think she hasn’t started reviewing yet.

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