lucky or not!

I was doing blood transfusion for one of my patients last night and i had to stay with her for the first 15minutes. She is 84 years old and has an end-stage alzheimer's. I was looking at her... naisip ko, "you're so lucky, lola... you found your TRUE LOVE". Her daughter mentioned to me kase that their mom has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's almost 10years already and their Dad insisted to take care of her... grabe noh?! parang sa The Notebook?! Last year masyadong ng mahirap for their dad. It was hard for them but they really had to convince him that they should put their mom in the Nursing Home. So, my patient went to Nursing Home and her husband visits her there. I was thinking saan ako kaya makahanap ng guy na ganoon?! That will stay with me even i tend to forget him or totally forget him, even i'm incontinent of urine and bowel... even i smell so stinky... di ba?! yun talaga ang TRUE LOVE!


Early in the morning, my other patient who's 97 years old asked for pain medication. Tinanong ba naman ako, "honey, how old are you?" I told her that she can guess, i really don't mind. Sabi ba naman, "16?" hahahahaa kakatuwa si lola! Do i look like 16? I told her that i'm older than that... i am 27 years old now! (darn... i'm 27!) She asked me if i'm married or if i have kids. I said, "Neither. Maybe you can find me a boyfriend." "Honey, i been divorce twice... better be single and enjoy life." *hooo T'was opposite. :D


"True LOVE isn't so much a dreamy feeling that you have as it is an enduring committment to give sacrificially-- even, or perhaps especially, when you don't feel like it." - W. Mattox Jr.