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.