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Look-Alike  
03:18am 30/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW

     It's my husband's last shift tonight after which he'll be off for the next nine days and my parents are flying in from the Philippines tomorrow. My days of solitude are over.

     I'm excited for my parents to meet my newborn and my older son has changed a lot since they last saw him. I was looking at my children's pictures today when I was struck with a sense of deja vu.

     Here was Cougar in October of 2009.
 

     And Axel in March of 2011.


     They look so alike that I'm starting to get confused.

     Either that, or being cooped up in this house is making me imagine things.

mood: cheerfulcheerful
tags: awp, bcp
 
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Perpetual Sleeplessness ... Again  
02:11am 29/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW
     Since I am on maternity leave, I've been taking care of my newborn at night and catching up on some Zzzzzs at daytime when the nanny comes in. Nevertheless, it's just not enough. I still feel like I'm in a perpetual state of sleep deprivation and I'm totally jealous of how Cash is blissfully flaunting what I'm missing out on. 
 

     I should use this on him ...
 
    
     Sleep deprivation makes me severe ... grave ... philosophical ... and EVIL ...

     Just ask the nurses who wake me up in the wee hours when I'm on call at night. 
mood: lethargiclethargic
tags: cash, sleep
 
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My Wanderings In Between Motherhood  
02:14am 27/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW

     Ever since my son Axel came home from the NICU, I have lost any Zen-rrific moments to myself --- be it to update this blog or to have a long, leisurely bubble bath. I haven't been out of the house in weeks and I'm starting to look like a frumpy housewife with my hair badly needing some hot oil, hair dye and haircut.  

     I never thought this would happen to us but my older son seems to be showing some signs of sibling jealousy. I'm not sure if it 's purely coincidental, but ever since his little brother came home, he has regressed into an emotional, highly-sensitive cry baby who has been throwing a tantrum every night especially during the witching hour. 
   

     I miss my husband. We've been sleeping in separate bedrooms because he's working and it didn't make sense to keep him awake with the baby's frequent feedings and my breast pumping. It's probably why I thought of him when I came across this picture of Number 3 seed Novak Djokovic sunning himself in Malibu. His furry chest and loin lines remind me of my husband. The pose is a bit gay-ish and I wonder what he's doing with that towel while in the water but what da heck ... he's still hawt!  
 

     By the way, just in case you're fantasizing, he's taken. His girlfriend is Jelena Ristic, seen here cheering for him during one of his tennis matches.
 

     Enough of my aimless thoughts. Gotta go back to the two tots --- I just saw the older one trying to enucleate the eye of the younger and when I gently said "no", he tried to bash his brains on the floor which is a sign of an imminent meltdown in 4 ... 3 ... 2 ...!

mood: awake
 
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Remembering Roxanne  
01:32am 17/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW
     I admitted Roxanne to the hospital a few weeks back. I wasn't on ER call but she specifically requested for me. She was a nurse and was just working a week prior to getting sick. She had a hacking cough which she was self-medicating with Levaquin but it wasn't getting any better. When I saw her, she was septic due to pneumonia but I wasn't worried because she was not in overt respiratory distress and had no other past medical history.

     I asked her if she wanted a pulmonologist on board. She said, "No. I trust that what you're doing will make me better."

     I never saw Roxanne again after that initial encounter. A colleague of mine took over for the weekend and I prematurely gave birth. It came as a shock to learn that she went into Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), was intubated, spent a couple of weeks in the ICU, and eventually died.

     How could that happen? She was healthy, young, and full of vitality. She was an excellent nurse and had so much to offer others. Why her? Why not that sleazebag who has over a hundred admissions to the hospital but continues to drink alcohol like water and is draining the country's resources at the expense of hard-working taxpayers? I find this deeply troubling.

     On a brighter note, my son Axel is home.           


     My appreciation of every hug is now even more intense ... especially since there are many --- like Roxanne's daughters, and those who lost their relatives in Japan --- who will never see their loved ones come home again. 
mood: awake
 
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The Elusive Photo  
03:13pm 14/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW

     As a famous adage goes --- try and try until you succeed!

     So one afternoon, I  attempted to take pictures of my camera-phobic son. I figured that if I tried often enough, then the rule of probability to get at least one good shot would be on my side. 
  
 
     So I tried ...
 

     And I tried ...
  
     
     It turned out to be a battle of the wills.     
  
     
     Guess who won?
  
     
     Him! He seems to have inherited all of his parents' combined stubborn genes.

     Haaaaay (yes, that was a sigh of exasperation) --- I don't know where he gets all that energy. 

     I better start cutting down on his spinach and multivitamins.

mood: amusedamused
tags: bcp
 
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Fatherhood  
12:15am 12/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW
     I love taking photographs of my husband and the kids. 
    
     Here he was posing with little Axel in the NICU. The little boy is becoming more and more awake. He latched on to me intermittently yesterday and continuously today.  


     Here he was back in 2009 when our older son Cougar was born. Isn't it uncanny how he was wearing green both times?
  
 
     Last night, while I was making Spaghetti Bolognese for dinner and he was keeping our older son occupied, I overheard him saying: "That's GROSS, Cougie. YUCK! You're biting the inside of my shoes. That's DIRTY! Now, go kiss Mommy with that mouth."

     I wonder if that leaves him out of the running for Father of the Year Award.
mood: mellowmellow
 
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Axel And Charlie Sheen  
11:26pm 10/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW
     It's Day 11 in the NICU today.

     He's still there but things are looking up --- no more fluid in the lungs, pneumomediastinum, bilious vomiting, elevated bilirubin, failure to thrive, etc. Each day is a testament to improvement.   


     As Charlie Sheen would say ... "WINNING!!!"
mood: hopefulhopeful
 
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Why Men Marry THEM  
01:27pm 09/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW
     I grabbed my fraternity brod's profile pic on FB.  I'm interested to know more about that book and why men, indeed ...  


     ... because my husband DIDN'T!
mood: okayokay
 
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Electronics: The Enemy  
01:43pm 08/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW
     My eldest son is only 16 months old but ... already savvy with electronics. He loves watching You Tube and www.sesamestreet.org on the internet, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on TV, Sid The Science Kid on DVD, and applications like Talking Tom on my Android phone. Due to language confusion --- nanny speaks Spanish, I speak Tagalog, Dad speaks English --- he seems to communicate more to Talking Tom than he does to us.

     Some days, I wonder what we got ourselves into.


     What was initially a strategy to keep him occupied so we can do other things while taking care of him has backfired. Now, we can't even go near the computer because he wails when we don't go to his favorite sites, he turns off the TV when he doesn't like what we're watching, and he throws a tantrum when we don't give him our phones.

     Dios mio, what have we done???   

     (*kicks self in the butt*)
mood: uncomfortableuncomfortable
 
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Ruined By The Facial Expression  
12:25am 05/03/2011
 
 
Doctor OFW
     There were a lot to choose from but Mila Kunis was my best-dressed during the Academy Awards. I love the unique lavender hue of her Elie Saab chiffon gown and the lacy details. I do wish she had her hair fixed a different way, and I think her make-up was mediocre.


     And what's with the onerous face?  She looks as pained as I feel with my C-section.
mood: melancholymelancholy
 
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