december 23, 2010
i was in the holding area while waiting for my next case as a scrub nurse, when a STAT case was suddenly endorsed to me by an ER nurse.
patient on a strecher and i, helping out the ER nurse and the clinical aide in pulling the stretcher in, stared at each other for few seconds…
*patient: kilala kita e…kilala kita!
*me: ms.D!
*patient: jocell!
*me: (tomooo!) haha..yes, cantos po!
*patient: oo nga..tama! sabi na kilala kita e!
glad she still recognized me even with my cap and mask on!
*ER nurse: magkakilala kayo ni mam?
*me: yea! adviser ko sya nung high school!
*ER nurse: ahh talaga? wow! ang saya naman! oo nga sabi nga ni mam principal sya!
oops! i didn’t know! i was surprised too!
wayback SY 1999-2000 teacher aida was our class adviser then… 1st year St. Vincent de Paul.
i just can’t imagine how fast time flies. i miss the surprise quizzes…
“maglabas ng 1/2 crosswise… itupi sa gitna, bilangan ng 1-10 sa unang hati, 10-20 sa kabila. sa likod ng papel muna tayo… gumuhit ng tatsulok at palibutan ng bilog, etc…”
i also miss the daily “sermons”… “Vincent… Vincent… Vincent!!!”
well, all these things paid off. DISCIPLINE..the thing she taught us that we’ll surely never unlearn. MARTIAL LAW, ika nga!haha!
2 of her vincentians are at AHMC actually. one is me at the OR, the other is karen at MS-ICU.
sayang she didn’t get to meet karen before the surgery,i just didn’t know if they met afterwards. pero ok na rin, thankful na rin at least di sya sa ICU naadmit! hahaha!
it was such a pleasure serving back a person whom i once considered as my second mom. get well soon, teacher aida (Ms. D)!
