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January 6, 2018
Happiest birthday to my daughters' generous godmother and stage-mom to the microfashionista @danaateeqa! You deserve all the goodness in this world and in the akhirah because of your inherently kind heart, you are a blessing to everyone surrounding you, Inikulay. We love you and Dana so much! 😘😘😘 @sheb_md
January 2, 2018
January 1, 2018
To write more, to be healthy and fit, and to become a better version of all the roles I play --- a mom, wife, sister, daughter, friend and doctor. Here's to fully embracing where Allah is leading me to. In shaa Allah! Cheers to 2018! 🌈🌥 . . #igotmeafreeplannerfromMercuryDrugstore #myplannerisbetterthanyours #resAidency2018
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December 31, 2017
Couldn't have said it better. New year, new dreams, new hope! Have a great one, everybody!🎆 #2018
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December 29, 2017
My baby's high chair is about to be kept so I washed it early this morning. There's a tiny tinge of sadness whenever I put away their baby stuff --- the infant car seat that we used as a rocker, the activity gym, the play pen, their infant clothes, the carrier, and now, this high chair --- thinking that they'll never be an infant again. I thank God for my babies and for His provisions for our little family. Alhamdulillah ❤️ #jaigufamily #AminaMariam #AmreenNurlailah
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December 24, 2017
Best friends forever, ok? 💕 #sisters #AminaMariam #AmreenNurlailah
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December 20, 2017
It'll always be about my f❤️mily. #jaigufamily #Ronsiblings #AminaMariam #AmreenNurlailah 👵🏻👴🏼👱🏼♀️👱🏻👩🏻👨🏻👧🏻👧🏻
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December 6, 2017
...and yet, I haven't even started to shed some postpartum weight. 😏 #AmreenNurlailah #AminaMariam
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December 3, 2017
November 24, 2017
Thankful for every single day. Alhamdulillah 💕 What are you thankful for? #Thanksgiving
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November 22, 2017
November 14, 2017
The Islamic Medical Association of the Philippines (IMAN) envisions to become a community of Muslim physicians who are competent, compassionate, socially responsive, imbued with Islamic teachings and values, united in the promotion of health and well-being, and highly dedicated to the service of fellowmen. We aim to establish a network of Muslim physicians and form linkages with other groups and associations in both medical and non-medical professions; working towards a healthy and progressive Ummah through education, service and empowerment for the greater glory of Allah (swt). Join us! #IMANvisionandmission #IMAN
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November 13, 2017
DFA-DCC UN Day Celebration
The United Nations Day was commemorated early in the DFA-Day Care Center. The actual UN Day falls on October 24 but the Day Care opted to celebrate it earlier to allow the children to rest for the Trick or Treat on the last week of the month. Our family chose to represent Malaysia for convenience. The kids have their mukna custom-made already and both Jabar and I have clothes that make us look Malaysians. Back when we were in Bangkok, we were always mistaken for being either Malays or Indonesians. The Thais were always surprised when I say I'm a Filipino. They're always like: "Philippine? Muslim?". "Yeah, yeah", I told them "we compose a miniscule number in the Catholic nation called the Philippines".
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| L-R: Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Italy, South Korea, USA (Hawaii), Spain, Japan, Turkey, Malaysia and UK. |
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| Faux Malaysian family. LOL. |
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| She's posing, guys. Her posing hands are hidden behind her mukna though. This funny little kid. :D The little boy on the left, Ezel, is half-Turkish. The one on the right, Elijah, is well, Filipino. Hahaha! They're about to leave for China as his mom will be posted there. |
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| May you be the best of friends forever. Ameen. :) |
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| The Stage Mom. |
The kids look sooooo adorably cute in their costumes! And the parents, except us, made an extraordinary effort for their children's costumes. Alright, in fairness to me, I was preparing for the pre-residency training so I didn't have time to even think about the UN Day. I mean, we didn't celebrate the UN Day back when I was in grade school! Haha! All I remember were the FRESH fruits and veggies that my Mom used to painstakingly tie on my clothes during Nutrition Month Parade! I remember the lanzones that falls from my clothes and a classmate behind me picks it up as we were parading around the campus. Haha!
Celebration of the UN Day is a great introduction to the children about the culture of other nations and one major way of boosting their social skills. Kudos to the DFA-DCC for the successful event!
November 7, 2017
One of my Facetime sesh with Ina during my #bkkliving days. I miss you, Inakulay. 😢 #jaigufamily
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November 6, 2017
Batch lunch. ❤️ #isanghulingkembotnalang #wheredoigofromhere 😂 #doctormom 👩🏻⚕️
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October 21, 2017
Reflections of a Doctor Mom
My youngest, Amreen, had high-grade fever four days ago accompanied by few maculopapular rashes on her upper extremities and anorexia. She wasn't vomiting nor having a diarrhea but I noticed her stools were soft and mucoid. I only gave her paracetamol and a tepid sponge bath while closely monitoring her fever. On the 2nd day, I brought her to the nearest ER to get her labs done. Her CBC showed plain viral infection which can resolve on its own and be managed at home. She started to throw up her milk and her medications. I hate seeing her weak and irritable and refusing to eat. It tears my heart apart and I feel so anxious thinking it might be something else overlooked by her CBC. So at 2:00 AM yesterday, Jabar and I rushed her to the hospital (the hospital where I gave birth to her, where everyone was nice and calm. Love it here.) after an episode of vomiting and spiking fever.
Being a doctor who knows every step in the ER, the labs and the rationale of the management, I was supposed to be calm. Yes I was, but part of me gets anxious and uneasy every time my daughter cries and I can't tame her. She was dehydrated with poor skin turgor and crying without tears. I can't stand seeing her this way. Her initial CBC in the ER is still a viral picture, so the resident asked me if I will still admit the patient. I opted to admit her for rehydration and to lessen my anxiety and worry.
Here are my reflections while we were at the ER yesterday morning:
1.) There's a valid reason for a mom who brought her child to the ER at 2 in the morning. She's not nag-iinarte lang. Every inquiry of an anxious mom must be addressed properly. Do not judge.
2.) Every single staff in a hospital contributes to the entire hospital experience of a patient, from the security guard who opens the ER door to the nurse manning the triage area and the housekeeping staff. Being courteous and nice is valuable beyond estimation. Kindness must be the universal trait.
3.) Stellar clerks who have lots of repeating questions are annoying. Hahaha! Especially when you were asked the same question by the nurses and residents already. I appreciate the detailed history taking though. Good job, kid!
4.) Pedia residents and clerks should not be doing rounds to non-toxic patients especially during midnight when the baby is fast asleep. Hirap na hirap ako magpatulog nyan tapos gigisingin nyo lang! Hahaha! Really. I'm sure they'd opt to sleep either. Been there done that, 1:00 am rounds to pedia patients during clerkship. Inis na inis pala ang mga nanay sa amin! Why do we do that again?? Lol!
Alhamdulillah Amreen's fever abated now and her appetite is returning. But her body is covered with rashes, she looks so pitiful. Breaks my heart. The attending just had her rounds and her final diagnosis is Roseola infantum and we're bound for discharge today. Yay!
P.S.
I passed the residency qualifying exam of the hospital where I applied and my 2-week pre-res will start tomorrow and here I am in the hospital trying to "study". I'll be starting with a 24-hour duty in the ER so wish me all the best of lucks in the world!!!! Hahahha! Bismillahir rahmaanir raheem.
October 17, 2017
October 16, 2017
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