June 15, 2009

Anicia was brought to San Francisco General last Friday. Mom, Jimvi, Sharon, Buddha, Connie and of course Rodge was with her before the the surgery.

Anicia is doing fine. Her surgery last Friday to put the her bone flap was a success. Thank you very much to everyone who prayed for her.

When she woke up, the nurse asked her name and she answered "Anicette," then she looked at Buddha and said, "oh." Then, the nurse pinched her right foot, it kicked high and Anicia said, "no."

Sharon rubbed her right arm and she said, "no" They said, why, can you feel it, and she said "yes." She can really feel on her right arm too! Yippie!!!

Thank you everyone for all your prayers. Please keep on praying... It's working...

May 25, 2009

What a great surprise... April Son, Anicia's friend from high school is visiting from Canada. She visited Anicia and showed her pictures of their silver jubilee homecoming. She was so excited and called God so many times "Oh my God!" She giggled when April said, she was sharing with me her escapades with Anicia during their high school days.

It was really interesting, Anicia still remembered a lot of her high school friends. April posted at her Facebook that she visited Anicia and lots of her HS friends posted they are still continously praying for her recovery.

Anicia was tired today when we visited. She woke up when we arrived and tried to stay up for us for about 2 hours until she can't anymore!

It was a great visit.


Rodger and I will be meeting with the SF Gen. doctors to discuss possibility of putting back her bone flap. Please pray for a successful surgery. Please keep on praying for her recovery. thank you, thank you... it is working.

May 11, 2009

Anicia is doing fantastic! She ate crabs, sinigang, sotanghon, chicken, lumpia, ice cream, bibingka, leche flan, fruit tart and banana cream pie.

I cut her hair yesterday sitting down. She enjoyed the nice breeze and sunshine at Mom's new place. She joined us in Concord. She did fine.

She can stand for 11 minutes straight! Like always, she ate and ate and ate... Ate looked really good. Happy Mother's Day!!!

Please keep on praying....

April 23, 2009

So much has happened... thank you for your patience. Anicia is doing so well. She has been going to Woodland 1 day a week to be with family for the past 3 weeks. She stays there all day.

Anicia celebrated Easter with us at Woodland. We completely forgot about the eggs because Anicia usually takes care of those minor details. Well, we had to cook 6 - 7 dozen eggs because no one was selling plastic eggs on Easter day. They were all sold out, imagine that! We ended up numbering each of the boiled eggs. Each number had a price to it. The golden egg was awarded to Anicia. She got the jackpot $70.00. We all had a good time.

She's still working on her speech. She can sit for hours, stand for about 7 minutes now, and eat on her own, solid food! She likes tasting everything that's on the table. I guess that's one thing Anicia will always have, appetite.

If you want to visit her, just let us know. We will give you the information so you can spend some time with her. She trully enjoys seeing friends and family.

Thank you so much for your prayers. Please keep on praying for Anicia. She is improving everyday.

March 17, 2009

Anicia is progressing very well. Last night was her first solid food meal. You should have seen the smile on her face, her eyes... it was priceless! Therapy is going well. She is saying more tagalog words.

Please keep praying. Someone's watching out for her.

March 3, 2009

OMG Anicia is doing so well. I brought rice and chicken tinola, she ate about 1 cup of it, regular food, NOT puree'. She looked really cheerful and full of smiles. So Anicia, I was feeding her and she kept making faces. Mom and I were wondering what was wrong with the food. She kept looking at me and finally, I think she couldn't hold it anymore, she laughed! She was teasing me, then gave me a thumbs up, she liked the food.

Therepist are starting to ask us to bring solid food. She stood up, on her own for about 2 minutes. She can sit without help for about 1 hour. She is really trying to talk. Still kinda frustrating though because it won't come out most of the time.

Rodge arrived and when he said, "I", Anicia replied, "love you!"

Thank you for all your prayers... please keep on praying...

Feb. 22, 2009

I cut her hair. She looked younger. Para na ako yung Ate! Carmen prepared misua and she loved it! Didn't really cared for tapioca pudding. Carmen and Sharon were with me. We had a nice visit. She sang do-re-mi to us. She spoke to an old high school friend Chona. The smile on her face was priceless...

Thank you for your prayers. Please keep on praying...

Feb. 18, 2008

It was a fun day. Sharon, Keith, Karina and I visited Anicia. Of course, Rodge joined us as well. I think Mark, Megan and Kailani followed towards the evening. I brought her a jumbo deck of cards from Las Vegas. We played recognizing the numbers. It was fun. We practiced counting.

She finished her meal fast. She sure didn't loose her appetite, making up for the time she was not able to eat!

Doctor's visit was fine. Doctor's were very happy with her progress. Bone flap will be put back in about 3 months.

I called Mike our cousin to talk to Anicia. The laughter was priceless! Mike and family will come in the summer to visit Anicia. She also enjoyed Cheetos...

Thank you for your prayers. Please keep on praying.

Feb. 13, 2009

Happy Birthday Anicia! It was a great day. Mom, Sharon, Buds, Connie, Gerrieca, Mark,Megan, Josh and Sasha visited Anicia and brought cake, balloons and pancit (noodles). When they were approaching her room, a lot of the residents followed them and sang happy birthday to her. It shook the nursing home! She ate some noodles and cake. She sat for 45 minutes on her own, stood up for about 2 minutes without help. She played with the little ones.

Thank you for all your prayers. Please keep on praying...

Feb. 10, 2008

It is really a joy to be with Ate. I arrived with Mom and she gave us a big smile, hug and a kiss. She was going to tell us something, but she was not able to say it just yet.

I asked her what my name was and she knew Jim-vi. She had to fool around of course and I 'd say, Jim and she'd say vi for about 4 times then she giggled. She finally said, JIMvi! She enjoyed the arroz caldo I brought, she finished the whole thing. She ate all her dinner except for the veges.

I told her I was going to Las Vegas to watch Jojo test for this 4th dan bb. She said,"wow" with a big smile. I wonder though if the wow was for the Las Vegas trip or the testing!

Thank you for all your prayers. Please keep on praying. Anicia is doing well...

Feb. 8, 2009

Anicia is definitely improving. She can say almost all our names already. She continues to learn to talk and eat at least 80% of what is asked of her to eat. Sometimes, she makes faces but she still tries to finish her food as much as she can. Really determined to get the feeding tube off!

She had a manicure and pedicure done... care of Buds... Soon, we will have her hair cut...

She is improving everyday. Thank you so mcuh for all your prayers... Please keep on praying, it is working!!!

Feb. 4, 2009

Really exciting news. Therapist says Anicia is counting 1 - 100, we heard her say 1 - 40. She says the alphabets, months of the year and days in a week. She has been eating bowl foods and sitting about 30 minutes on her own. Karina was really thrilled, she sang Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star to Auntie Anicia then they did a duet the second time around!

Thank you for all your prayers. Please keep on praying...

Jan. 27, 2009

Didn't realize, traffic starts at 2 in Hwy 4. Next time we know to eat on the road on the way to Emerald Gardens. It was such an awesome feeling when Anicia greeted us with a big smile and said "ano" (what?) and when she saw Mom, she gave her a hug and said "Mom" for the first time. She was very talkative during our stay. Renee, Damien, Jon-jon and Sasha joined us shortly.

Hi and hello comes natural already when she answers the phone. When we asked her where Megan is, she said "Mexico" and when we asked her if she was starting to eat soft diet food, she said "this morning".

Dinner consists of 7 different kinds of stuff from soup to jello, mashed potatoes with gravy... she ate about 3 different kinds, the rest she didn't really care for. She got excited when I told her Iwill bring arroz caldo when I get back. Maybe, we can puree some mongo with rice or sinigang... just kidding!

It was such a good feeling when we went home. It's too bad, Sacramento is so far, we can't stay any longer or visit as often. But we will try the best we can.

Thank you so much for your prayers. Please keep on praying...

Jan. 24, 2009

It was early when we left. Anicia was still asleep when we arrived. Then the therapist came. There was movement in Anicia's right leg, how cool is that! OMG I was in tears, not only once but when the therapist asked her. Ok don't get carried away, it was with a little help from the therapist but this is the beginning. It was long way to Sacramento but it was so worth it!!!

Roger also said that last Thursday, when they were watching TV, Anicia just put her right arm on her chest to elevate it. Roger got so excited and asked her to do it again. But Anicia just smiled. The doctor said, you will see these things happen when you least expect it. If she is not thinking about it, it can happen. It is a regular thing now when you talk to her on the phone, she says "hi".

Thank you so much for your prayers. But please, keep on praying.

Jan. 22, 2009

Anicia is doing fine. It was a long day for her today. It was a long trip to Sacramento! Yes, Anicia was transferred to Emerald Gardens Nursing Home in Sacramento.

It's going to be a long drive to Sac. Thank you Lord for keeping the gas price low...

Please keep on praying. Thank you for all your prayers.

Jan. 20, 2009

Anicia has been going to the garden almost everyday when the day is nice and sunny. "Hi" comes out naturally when you talk to her on the phone. Yesterday was great to see her attempting to call Rodger then said "am, am" 2 or 3X times trying to tell him something. We had to guess and guess but at least she was trying.

Today, they tried to give her some pudding. She coughed a little but she seems okay. They will try again tomorrow. You should have seen the smile on her face, priceless!

Thank you for all your prayers. Please keep on praying...

Jan. 14, 2009

Long day for Anicia today. Doctors decided they will drain... She has been wanting to talk but nothing comes out, imagine that! Doctors says a lot of the fluid is sitting on the speech side of her brain so they finally decided to do the procedure. ctscan in the morning, then she was brought to the OR at 1 p.m. She went to OR room #5 at 2. Doctors told us procedure was done around 4:30 and everything went well, but they had to do another ctscan to make sure everything is okay. There was a waiting list to do ctscan, oh my... so after everything was said and done, Anicia is finally back to her room at 8:15 p.m. We didn't stay very long because she looked really tired. I hope she was able to get some rest.

Thank you for all your prayers. We hope, with this procedure, this will the beginning of her speech come back. Please keep on praying...

Jan. 10, 2009

Roger says, "It's such a nice day. Meg and I took Anicia outside to the 3rd fl garden. Anicia was so happy taking in all the fresh air and enjoying the scenery. It was awesome!"

Pray, Pray, Pray... thank you for all your prayers. Please keep on praying, she is doing very well and getting better everyday!

Jan. 9, 2009

No surgery, doctor said she is doing so well! Horay!!! Jojo visits and he says Anicia looks so good. She is full of life and she looks like Anicia wearing a big smile and very alert!

Please pray, pray, pray for full and complete recovery and don't forget to say thanks for no surgery!

Jan. 8, 2009

Beautiful day. Anicia was happy and just giggling away. She even said "hi and hello" to Roger, Sharon, Connie. She read magazines, stared at pictures... She also did everything the therapists asked her to do. But after the therapist left, she was tired.

Thank you for your prayers. But please keep on praying... Someone up there is listening....

Jan. 7, 2009

Thank you Roger for being at the hospital at 7:00 a.m. to be with Anicia on surgery day. Unfortunately, surgery was rescheduled for Friday. The OR was pretty busy... but like anything, everything works for the best... Anicia sat down with a little help from Roger and therapist. She followed all of therapist commands, yappie! She is definitely improving and communicating.

Thank you for all your prayers. Please make an extra one for Friday. Thank you to Obet and Chida for offering mass for Ate on Friday.

I will keep you posted.

Jan. 6, 2009

Anicia was doing fine. She is so responsive, it's incredible! Any yes/no questions, she'll give you an answer. You can give her choices too, write the choices and she can tell you what she wants.
Yesterday seemed a long night for her. Late in the afternoon, she had her MRI done. I am so glad I was with her the whole time. In and out of the xray room, she held my hand. I told her, I was going to leave once she falls asleep. Guess what, she couldn't sleep, worried about the surgery the following day. Finally, I had to go at 10:30. I was getting tired. She would let me go but you can see her eyes getting red so I just couldn't leave.

Hope everything goes well... Please say an extra prayer for her. Surgery is around 1 p.m. Jan. 7.

Jan. 5, 2009

MRI will be done tomorrow. Doctor was very happy today. Anicia actually showed him 2 fingers, thumbs up, knodding yes, no to questions. She did everything doctor asked her to do, Roger was in tears! Roger wrote yes and no on the magic doodle. Anicia can let us know if the question is a yes/ no answer. Horay she is really starting to communicate... Patience is a virtue.

Pray, pray, pray... let's keep on praying... it's working... someone is definitely watching out for her!

Jan. 2, 2009

Anicia, Anicia, Anicia... Sharon, Connie and I were at the hospital chatting away. Anicia saw Sharon drinking water and just looked at her. Sharon gave the bottle of water to her and she tried to drink. She laughed because the cap was on. We didn't think about it and kept on talking. Next thing we knew, she was coughing/choking from the water. She tried to drink! And she laughed... She kisses back already.

Jan. 1, 2009

After our family served soup to the homeless at the transit terminal in San Francisco, we decided to visit Anicia. This is actually the first time all our 6 children saw her. She smiled and was just looking at them. She was tickled when Carmen told her we have laing and ocra with bagoong waiting for her at home. She seemed a little tired. We were there pretty early. After we came back from church, she was asleep so we had to go. My other siblings visited in the afternoon. They said she was laughing away, giggling and all.