Tuesday, August 14, 2007

When Randy logged out to bed after playing Unification Wars with me, Tintin, Junjun, and I went to St. Agnes General Hospital in Roosevelt St. .

We suspected that my son has mumps. Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease and I didn't allow him to go to school since yesterday.

At the hospital, he had his CBC checked and upon reading the result, Dr. Philip Nakpil confirmed it was mumps and prescribed #20 500 mg. tablets of Methisoprinol (Isoprinosine), to be taken 4 times a day for five days. Soft food and plenty of fluids are also advised. A medical letter has been given to my son which he submitted to his class adviser after we left the hospital. He is advised to rest for 5 days. If in case he has painful testicular swelling and rashes, he should be admitted to the hospital to save his sperm. His check up fee was Php 200.00 and CBC was Php 250.00 only.

Paul Denise was with Junjun when he came back from school. Their class was dismissed early. Then, we had dinner altogether at Chow King but, Junjun had congee with meatballs only while he's watching us eat Lauriat Sweet n Sour. Anyway, we bought his medicines from Mercury Drug on our way home.

Later in the evening, I was not able to tell Randy all what has happened in the afternoon because he has problem with his PC and couldn't turn on its power. So we talked briefly over the phone 20 mins before he left to work.