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Last week we noticed that the right eye of my 3 years old baby girl is reddish. After 3 days we decided to bring her to an ophthalmology. She had a history of multiple "kuliti" before and she even had a surgery. I was surprised that the doctor recommended an x-ray since it can be a lung problem. I checked what the diagnosis and I read phlyctenular disease. I started searching online and it looks like around 70% of patient diagnosed is related to tubercolosis. That gives me a little nervous even though I know it can be treated. The doctor also give her Tobramycin eye drop, we are advised to use it every 3 hours whenever she is awake. The first day we started using it, her red eye got cleared. We went back to the doctor yesterday and thank God, she doesn't have any issue with her lungs and it is just an eye irritation. Thank you Lord for protecting my kids and my whole family.

I enrolled David for 6 Saturday session for Math tutorial. Unfortunately this Saturday he was absent due to cough and fever. I remember when he was still a toddler he always get confined in the hospital due to cough and fever too. I wonder if he really has poor lungs. I did not bring him to the doctor and we just bought Calpol for his fever and phlemex for his cough. I hope he gets well before the class resume this coming Wednesday. We still need to study for his up coming periodical test.

My little girl Rhaine, undergone stye removal last August due to multiple stye on both her eyes. I don't know where she got it. I am concern because it looks like she is having another one again on her left eye. I don't want her to have another operation. Actually due to this every time she hears the word doctor she would refer to her eyes. I've read online that a warm compress on the eye is a good remedy but at her age I don't know how will I do it. We might visit a different doctor since I got disappointed with the professional fee before that was not covered with our Maxicare... (another story). Do you think it would be better to visit our pedia first or we just go to an opta? We might bring her to the doctor anytime this week.

It kinda scares me when I hear the ophthalmologist told me that he would do an operation on my 2 year old kid to remove multiple stye on her eyes. Its been there for more than a month now. We first took her to a pediatrician and she was given cloxacillin sodium for 3 weeks and fucithalmic acid which she used for a week. Her pedia then referred us to the ophtha after 3 weeks of antibiotics. We will go back to the doctor later this afternoon to check on her eye again and schedule the operation next week. I was able to see videos from youtube on how this kind of surgery is being done and I can stand watching it. I am thinking how my little will get hurt. I pray to God to be with her and not feel so much of a pain.

My little girl, Rhaine, almost 2 years old got infected with stye or kuliti in tagalog. Its been more than a month when I noticed that something is on her eyelid. I ignored it thinking it would heal on its own and would disappear. I brought her to a pedia yesterday since both of her eyes are already infected and its getting bigger. I was told she already have mutiple stye infection. She has one on each upper eyelid and its about to start on her lower eye lid. Waaa... she was given antibiotics to drink for 2 weeks and fucithalmic to drop on her eyes twice a day. I spend more than 1K for the medicine. We will go back to her pedia Thursday next week and I hope there is already improvement. The doctor told me it takes time for stye to heal but it should be taken care off because it can also spread to the skin if not treated.

Its not a good start for my little David to welcome 2011. He was infected by conjunctivitis or commonly known as 'sore eyes.' We saw the symptom on the night of December 30. I noticed that his left eye is quite reddish then before I go to work. Then on new year's eve it got worsen. We brought him to his pedia on January 2 and he was given Fusidic Acid. It like an ointment that you drop in the eye twice a day. I find it expensive, I bought from Watson for P415, argh! He was not able to go to school this Monday because of that. I hope he gets well soon so that he can go back to school and cope up with their new lesson.

My husband and I got really worried about the wound that keeps on spreading my little boy's leg. It started as a small wound with puss inside. Now he has 3 wounds on one leg, 1 wound on the other leg and a small one also on his feet. All of them are crusting due to pus. We noticed as days pass by there are small blisters with pus around the wound which is causing it to go bigger. At first we are cleaning it with "agua oxinada" or hydrogen peroxide and we would put betadine afterwards. Our neighbor says not to use agua oxinada so what we used instead is "bayabas" or guava. This is normally used in cleaning would. You just need to boil guava leaves and use it for cleaning the wound. We also put betadine afterwards. Its been a week now and we don't see any improvement.

When we visited his pedia we are told just to clean it with soap and water and put ointment 3 times a day. The prescription ointment is Mupirocin. I bought it for P183 at Watsons. I saw his pedia wrote ecthyma for his diagnosis. I started to google about it and saw that it is what exactly happening. Lesions are starting to spread on his legs..... I am hoping and praying that the ointment his doctor says to use would heal his wound. 

Yesterday morning when I turned on the TV "Salamat Doc" topic is about osteoporosis. I've been hearing about this disease for a long time but I am just ignoring it. I guess now that I am not getting younger I am more conscious of my health. Specially those diseases that are common for woman. Early this year I was able to finish the last dosage of Cervical Cancer Vaccine. 

Osteoporosis is a disease of the bone. It is a condition characterized by a decrease in the density of the bone, decreasing its strength and resulting in fragile bones. As we grow older we are getting more prone to this disease. According to the doctor this is a silent disease. You will never know you have it until you get fracture. We need  more intake of calcium as we age that is why supplements are recommended. Vitamin C and D are also needed for  better absorption of calcium.

They feature a woman who was taking steroids for about 20 years because of lupus. Her bones got weaker because of the intake of steroid and her body is deteriorated. Her body structure becomes smaller, she has deformed limbs, she has a hard time walking and her back has a hump. With the new technology doctors can now check the density of our bone through DEXA Scan. This process can only take around 15minutes and this will help doctors analyze if we are in danger of osteoporosis. I wonder how much would it cost to have that scan. I hope it will be part of our APE (Annual Physical Exam) at work.

One of my dreams is to have a good looking body even if I already have two kids. I want to be someone whom you can call Hot Mama, (hehehe). Actually my original problem is my tummy. I find it too big. I hope I can flatten it. At least I would not have a hard time choosing clothes. When I was still single I am thin and I don't have problem buying clothes. Unlike now there are very few choices. It is very disappointing to find clothing that you really like but then nothing fits you, haayss. I am a shy type person so I prefer doing exercise at home. At least I can have better privacy and I can wear anything I want. Nobody will complain how loud my music is and what music I am playing. The best thing of all doing work out at home is free. I don't need to worry about membership fee.

I guess I can try the Insanity Workout. It is a 60 day program in a DVD. I just need to spend at least 30mins a day for the 1st month and at least 45mins a day on the 2nd month. It comes with 10 discs with cardio and plyometrics work out. The first set of work outs are plyometric cardio circuit, cardio power and resistance, cardio abs, pure cardio and cardio recovery to be ready for the next month of more intense workout.

Another workout that is really interesting is the Turbo Fire Workout. It is a 90 day workout with no equipment needed. The days are longer compare to the Insanity Workout however you spend shorter time a day. You just need 15-20 mins for resistance band and plyometric work out. This is designed by Chalene Johnson, the fitness guru that created the nationally famous Turbo Jam. It comes with 11 DVDs with 12 different workouts.

PX90 Workout is also a 90 day or a 3 month workout that features resistance training, yoga, kenpo, stretching and lots of cardio. It comes with a 3-phase nutrition plan designed to let you ace the nutrition side of getting into shape. Just like what they say, you are what you eat.

I was one of those very few people who have RH negative blood type. Because of this I am given a special vaccine during and after my pregnancy. On my first baby I was only given the vaccine (Rhogam) after giving birth since I change my OB and she find out about it a little too late. Then on my 2nd child I was given Rhogam I think on my 28 weeks. When I was about to give birth, Makati Medical Center got out of stock of Rhogam so I need to look for an alternative. I was able to buy Winhro but it is twice the price as Rhogam. I remember we bought Rhogam at Makati Medical Center for about P6+++ while we got Rhogam for about P15,+++. I don't know what is the difference between the two. One thing that I noticed though Rhogam is in a ready syringe while Winrho is in powder and needs to be diluted. I tried googling it but most of the forums are very old, way back 2000-2007. I am not sure if we got scammed by the price of Winrho or what makes it more expensive than Rhogam.

Yesterday David and I visited his pedia at Casa Medica. We arrived at around 10am and had his urinalysis. Dra. Estorninos said that his urinalysis shows ok and he already recovered from UTI. I asked her if tetra pack juice or softdrink can cause the problem. She said you cannot get UTI from food. You can get it when you restrain from peeing or from bacteria. She said since David is not yet circumcise the probability of having infection is more common. Her advised was to wash the tip of his "bird" when he takes a bath.

Last Friday David, who is 5 years old, got confined in the hospital due to vomiting. From morning until noon he vomited 10 times. He needs to be hospitalized to avoid dehydration. His body would not accept anything. He would vomit when he drink or eat. In the morning I find out that he has UTI. I am not aware that UTI can cause vomiting. I thought the symptoms is just problem with urinating. Now I know that it can also cause fever and vomiting specially for kids. I am not sure though was caused his UTI. We will visit his pedia after a week for another check up.

I will visit my OB after my shift to have my last dosage of Cervical Cancer Vaccine. It is quite expensive but just like what they said prevention is better than cure. It cost me P9000 total. It comes with three dosage. The second vaccine will be given on the second month after the first and the last vaccine is 4 months after the 2nd. It cost me P3000 per vaccine. 

Last Friday we visited Rhaine Danielle's pedia for a vaccine and a check up on her weight. Supposedly her schedule is Sunday but we have to go to Batangas on Saturday. From 7.5kg to 7.6kg, aw! Not consider as a progress. Nothing to worry the pedia says. Although her gain is not improving she does improve on her height. Two more months and she will be 1yr old and I hope everything will be alright. She will be more active then and I hope her weight will not go down.

We just visited Rhaine's pedia yesterday and she was advised to take Heraclene 1mg every morning for 1 month. The reason is her weight stays on 7.5kg for the past 2 months. She is 9months old and approximately drinks 5-6 bottles of 6oz of Promil gold every day. Dra. Estorninos says that it looks like she burns all her food intake every day and nothing is left for her to gain weight. 

In addition to her vitamins, cherifer and ferlin, Dra. Estorninos prescribed Heraclene 1mg. It is a capsule and she told me to mix the powder in a small amount of water and use a dropper to give it to my baby. I checked online and find out that this medicine is used to increase appetite of a person. Dra. also recommended to give Rhaine fried egg yolk in the morning (using corn oil for frying). She also recommended rice with star margarine to give her more fats. We will visit her pedia after 1 month and I hope there is progress in her weight.

Last Sunday we had visited Rhaine's pedia for her 2nd booster of pneumococcal vaccine. We ask her doctor if we still need to bring our baby to a surgeon for an operation. Dra. Estorninos told us that maybe we can wait since she cries very loud maybe she will not have a problem. She also told us that the tie is very very small. Most of the time she doesnt recommend operation unless the tongue is really moving inwards. I thank God for that and I pray that she will not have any problem in speech.

Last Sunday we brought Rhaine Danielle to have a measles vaccine. While she was crying after the shot, her pedia, noticed that she has a tongue tie. I don't know what it means but hearing what she said I know there is a problem. She continued and said there might be a need to cut a small flesh under her tongue. This is needed so that she will not have a speech problem when she grow up.

That really scares me. Just thinking of painful it would be for my little girl makes me teary eyed. I've read online that is a very quick surgery where the patient can go home after that. The baby will not have even have a problem drinking milk. One of our neighbor said that their brother undergone that procedure when he was still a baby and they are thinking that is the reason he was very talkative.

I am planning to talk to our pedia next month to schedule the said operation. Though I am scared I don't want my little princess to have problem in speech. I hope everything will went well and there will be no such problem.

For the past month I noticed that Rhaine enjoys biting his pacifier. Instead of sucking it she would bite it using the side of her gum. Yesterday my husband said that she has a high temperature, around 38 celcius. He gave her paracetamol to remedy it. I told her maybe she will have a teeth because it looks like her lower gum is swollen. I searched online and some pediatrician says that teething should not cause diarrhea or fever. Most of the symptoms are below: