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- Last night was my first time to admit a patient who had a fetal demise. In other words, the baby died couple of hours after birth because of a condition or a congenital anomaly called "Potters Syndrome". (Here's more info about this disorder.) This is a condition wherein the baby was born without a kidney or has a malfunctioning of it. So last night, the mom requested to have her lifeless baby with her inside the room until the mortuary comes and transport the baby. I went inside the room and assessed the mom, while she's holding her baby. Baby was dressed up and swaddled. Looked like a real baby, but this time it's not breathing, not moving, grayish in color and lifeless. It was my first time to see a dead baby up close. I know it sounds so grotesque in a way but it was what happened last night. It was a little eerie and it took a while until I got the images out of my head. It was just too sad. Life is too short. And sometimes it's really short, for a baby who wasn't even given a chance to live. People must live their lives to the fullest. :(

- I'm still not feeling well. Today I decided to call-in for work. Since I better stay home than get the babies sick. Still congested, have sore throat, and headache. DayQuil for the day and NyQuil knocks me out at night. Sure I need to get plenty of rest. But I think I have to rest another complete day to be able to function 100% at work again. It's the hardest thing if you work and you're not feeling well. And it sucks to be sick when you're alone in the house.

Today I still managed to make some Arroz caldo for lunch. I know I needed soup, and it is always good if you're not feeling well.

So this is just how I made it..

Boil the rice with 6-8 cups of water. Dapat "sticky rice" or "kaning malagkit" but if you don't have it, regular white rice is okay.

While doing that, boil the eggs on a separate pot. Afterwards, peel the shells then add the hard-boiled eggs to the soup.

Then sautee chicken thighs with onions, ginger, and garlic until the chicken is brown.

When chicken's all cooked, add the chicken and onions and everything in the boiling rice. And also add the hard-boiled eggs. If you have green onion leaves, that would be good too. I just didn't have it.

There it is. Arroz caldo..made me feel better. :)

And it always helps to drink hot tea. This is the cup that defines what I do, but who wants to nurse this nurse?

Hope tomorrow I will feel so much better.

Have a good day/night everyone!