And So She Goes Home...

Day 3 - Dec 7, 2011

After a looooong night without sleep, I finally tried to get some shut eye waking up every after 10-20 mins to open the door for nurses checkin in or to look after Olivia. Finally, an answered prayer arrived in the form of my mom in law who arrived early so she told me to get some sleep and she handled everything. I got to sleep a little and got up around lunchtime. Did some daddy duties once more and had late lunch around 4pm.

At that point, I knew we were going home as told by our Dr. So I went out to prepare and get whatever I needed for the Hospital discharge. And what's the number 1 requirement to leave? Money.

I rushed out to make it to the bank because with everything that was happening (and my mind still floating from a lack of sleep), I failed to prepare the money with me. I rushed to the nearest bank of mine to withdraw over the counter because we can't go over the daily limit and we're paying for hospital bills here. Unfortunately, I didn't make it during bank hours. Now, this was the time that my prayers doubled hehe But seriously, I was already praying to God how can I be able to pay for everything when I've got a lot of pending collectibles and due to some previous emergencies, we had to use our money. I was honestly in a bind that afternoon. It was me and God and as much as the thought of not having enough was there, I knew God will get me through it. I rushed to the mall knowing that mall banks close at a later time and made it. I was able to withdraw enough to get out of the hospital plus the fact that I could still charge some on my card, which kind of helped me a bit to get out. In a shallow way, I kind of felt already how we see desperate parents in the movies or television are when they have nothing and they need it badly for the hospital :/ Anyway, this post should be happy right? hehe so we got out of the hospital, I dropped my new family off the house along with the lolas and rushed off to the drugstore to get Bernice's medicines. 

I got back and had time to shoot some photos already :)

OLIVIA NOTES: She was behaved in the car going home. I was actually quite concerned how she would be and I was so happy she was ok on the drive home.

REALIZATIONS: I've already mentioned part of it above but it was just a continuous realization and revelation how God is faithful in our lives. I was really desperate that afternoon. I had to be strong to my wife even if she kept asking how were we going to pay for everything. I just told her let me worry about it and just reminded her to look after Olivia and herself. But seriously, my mind was trying to instill fear into my heart but I had a bigger God who replaces fear with faith. I may have wondered or even questioned myself but at the end of the day, regardless of the condition we were in, God gave me the solution to be able to go through it. I know that we may not still be out of the woods this early, I'm just glad God is with me inside the woods :)

Welcome home, Olivia. I hope you like this little world I got for you...