I Can Just Say "Thank You"

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Let me change the tone of my blog post for now. I noticed that all my topics had to do with the current COVID situation and sometimes backreading triggers all sorts of anxiety and awful feelings. So please allow me to talk about something that’s a bit light—a happy update (at least for me). 

I HAVE A NEW TV! 

Before you think I’m here to brag about it, I am not. If you read through this, you’ll know the reason for this post.

Through dark days

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Sorry if I have not been updating my blog the past few weeks. So many things have happened and if you also follow me on my other social media accounts, you’d probably know all of it by now. 

It’s hard to update when it’s an unfortunate event over another. Our family went through a tough time recently and it did send most of us to our knees. 

When COVID Hits Close

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Last Friday my uncle who lives in the same house was tested positive for COVID. He had been complaining of back and joint pains for days which he initially dismissed as rheumatism—until he started to have cough and fever last Thursday. By the next morning, he was already having difficulty breathing which is why he was rushed to the hospital. 

Almost immediately, as we are in the same household, we were asked to have ourselves swab-tested, including the two kids and my senior mom. I had to file an emergency leave at work for the rest of the day because the testing was to be done through the city’s health office. A regular swab test can cost around 7-8K, so it’s good that this is to be paid for by the LGU (considering 10 of us had to be swabbed). 

I don’t know how it’s done through a private clinic, but ours was done in a public-school gymnasium. We filled out a lot of forms and had to be interviewed one-by-one. It’s good that we made it through the cut-off that day and we’ve all been swabbed after an hour. However, since the testing is performed by RITM, it will take about 2-3 days before the results come out. Unlike when such testing is done through a private clinic or hospital where results are given in a few hours.