Gabriel

Gabriel's fever started yesterday afternoon. He was warm when we came home from Shangrila (went to mass then lagaw lagaw then lunch then lagaw lagaw). After his nap, his fever was fullblown and we had to force him to take ibuprofen. The fever stayed through the night.

This morning, when Sharon (his yaya) was washing his penis, he complained of pain when she touched his testicle. We noticed that they were swollen and he was walking as if he was bow-legged. We decided to bring him to the doctor then.

At the doctor, the pedia took one look at him and suggested that we go to a pedia surgeon. The pedia surgeon confirmed hernia (see previous post), and said that we need for the virus (or whatever was causing the fever) to resolve before we can operate. The operation will take about 2 nights (check in pm of day 1, stay overnight, surgery on day 2, recovery pm of day 2, discharge on day 3).

I hope all goes well.

(btw, in the middle of this, Joaquin managed to 'taste' his very first taste of Ben-Gay ... which is another story!)

Shoes and stuff

This weekend, we found time to clean out our boxes of stuff. We took out shoes that Gabriel has outgrown and had Joaquin try them on. It was hilarious having Joaquin try on the shoes because he had his preferences ... we heard, "Don't like" (for a closed shoe that didn't fit well). "Baliktad" (for sandals that were a little too big) and "For girls!" (for pink surf shoes given by Tita Inday).

The other not so good development today is about Gabriel. We learned that he has a condition called Communicating Hydrocele. It's apparently a congenital condition that needs to be corrected with surgery. :( ... Just read for more info -- http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1037.htm

So ... our Iloilo trip is cancelled. There will be other Dinagyangs. Until the next post!