New Year
On December 30, 2005, I went straight from work to bie's house. When I got there, bie and istian and bie's kuya and nieces were playing with firecrackers. While we were all busy lighting the firecrackers, istian went inside the house to go to the bathroom. Now, the door to the house was actually quite heavy, it was made of narra and had a spring so it would automatically close. When Istian came out, we dont exactly know how it happened but his hand got caught on the door. He started shouting "mamai" and that's when we all saw that the ring finger on his right hand was bleeding. When I went to take a closer look, the top part of his finger, including the nail, was already out of place and there was so much blood.
Of course we all panicked, mai didnt know what to do...i didn't know what to do...mai's dad didn't know what to do. Good thing, mai's mom and dad just got home and the car was still ready for use...after a couple of minutes, mai brought istian inside the car, went up to change and then me, mai, istian, and mai's dad went to Ospital ng Makati. All through the ride, i was holding istian's hand up while he was crying. He was shouting "Jesus, Jesus"...the whole time, specially in the emergency room as mai kept telling him to pray.
That was a very difficult experience for all of us...even for me...it was the first time i got involved in an emergency. Even with my mom, i was not really there during those times she was rushed to the hospital. It was very scary to say the least...plus the fact that it happened to a 4yr old kid, that was a something else.
Fortunately, everything is ok now...no stitches were necessary and he didnt have a fracture. his finger is now all bandaged up and on the way to recovery =)
Because of what happened however, mai and istian asked me if i can stay with them for the new year. So it ended up that this year, I was not home to celebrate the new year with my family. It was generally a good new year's day celebration with lots of food and kids to play with...at some point though, i have to admit i missed my family...i missed the bbq, and the fireworks my dad prepares, and the food...and just the rituals our family does on new year's eve...
I did spend it though with my new family =) and it was fun...of course except for the fact that we had to clean up istian's wound the day before new year's day and istian was crying in pain again...But what's important is that I shared it with the person I love and her kid...and I hope to share the rest of the year (and the succeeding years of my life) with them.
Of course we all panicked, mai didnt know what to do...i didn't know what to do...mai's dad didn't know what to do. Good thing, mai's mom and dad just got home and the car was still ready for use...after a couple of minutes, mai brought istian inside the car, went up to change and then me, mai, istian, and mai's dad went to Ospital ng Makati. All through the ride, i was holding istian's hand up while he was crying. He was shouting "Jesus, Jesus"...the whole time, specially in the emergency room as mai kept telling him to pray.
That was a very difficult experience for all of us...even for me...it was the first time i got involved in an emergency. Even with my mom, i was not really there during those times she was rushed to the hospital. It was very scary to say the least...plus the fact that it happened to a 4yr old kid, that was a something else.
Fortunately, everything is ok now...no stitches were necessary and he didnt have a fracture. his finger is now all bandaged up and on the way to recovery =)
Because of what happened however, mai and istian asked me if i can stay with them for the new year. So it ended up that this year, I was not home to celebrate the new year with my family. It was generally a good new year's day celebration with lots of food and kids to play with...at some point though, i have to admit i missed my family...i missed the bbq, and the fireworks my dad prepares, and the food...and just the rituals our family does on new year's eve...
I did spend it though with my new family =) and it was fun...of course except for the fact that we had to clean up istian's wound the day before new year's day and istian was crying in pain again...But what's important is that I shared it with the person I love and her kid...and I hope to share the rest of the year (and the succeeding years of my life) with them.
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