Weekend Chronicles: January 11-12, 2014

After the long Christmas vacation, I was really excited for Neil to go back to school and re-establish the routine around the house.  That did not happen last week because he had on-and-off fever for 5 days.  I was disappointed that he had to miss classes, even if he seemed energetic and generally fine, but we had to monitor his temperature and medicate as needed.  He had a blood test on Wednesday, was prescribed medication, and another blood test on Friday night because the fever was still recurring.

We went to the Makati Med ER on Friday night for CBC. This has been a week of medical visits for the kid.

He did not cry during blood extraction.  The results showed nothing alarming so we were sent home.

Neil was feeling a lot better on Saturday and no more fever since then.  Rich also got the car back from Honda which was perfect timing for the kid's dental appointment in Alabang.  We tried 2 dentists in Makati but none we like better than his Alabang dentist so we make the trip for his regular cleaning, etc.  

Neil lost his big front tooth some time back and we're concerned about the one that came out in its place because of the odd shape. It wasn't flat but angular in front. The dentist thought it might be an extra tooth, not a permanent one, which we were able to confirm after the x-ray. That's the good news. The other news is that the permanent tooth underneath seems to be twisted sideways and he might need braces in the future. There also seems to be overcrowding in the bottom row, like mine. We'll deal with those when the time comes!

Taking a panoramic xray at the dentist's.

We spent the rest of the afternoon in ATC, our old playground.

We had late lunch at Banapple, then "mandatory" bookstore time at Fully Booked.

Then we had drinks at Jamba Juice (first time) and he had too much fun on this bike.  The blender turns as you pedal.

The first order of our Sunday was attend service at VCF. I feel really blessed to be in a church where the preaching is always encouraging, meaningful and challenging. The current series is called Fight, about fighting the good fight of faith, based on 1 Timothy 6:12.

Then we went to Mandaluyong to meet up with Rich's mom and her siblings.

Then more family time at Power Plant mall -- coffee shop, bookstore, toy store and appliance store. Something for everyone.=)

How was your weekend?

Comments

  1. GingerdveraNovember 13, 2014 at 2:02 AM

    Ohh, your post is interesting. I read something about dental treatment/dentist, I think you really found the dentist you really trust, like what I have now - the Estetico Manila clinic in Makati.

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