Pedicab driver abot langit ang pasasalamat nang makita ang Doktor ng anak makalipas ang halos isang dekada

Nag-uumapaw parin ang pasasalamat ng isang Ama nang makita sa daan ang isang Doktor na malaki ang naging bahagi sa biyayang dugtong ng buhay ng kanyang anak dahil nalampasan nito ang sakit maraming taon na ang nakalipas. 

Hindi maitago ang bakas ng pagkagalak sa mukha ng isang padyak driver na hanggag ngayon ay tila tinatanaw parin niya bilang utang na loob ang buong pusong serbisyo na ibinigay ni Doc. Jimmy Dumlao para sa anak nitong may sakit. 

Isang nakakaantig na tagpo ang ibinahagi ni Doc. Dumlao, ito ang araw na hindi niya kailanman inaasahan na maaalala parin siya ng Tatay ng naging pasyente niya noong nagsisimula pa lang siya bilang Pedia resident sa PGH, taong 2010. 

“Earlier this morning, while in the middle of Intramuros, a pedicab stopped in front of me.”

"Good morning, Doc!" I didn't have a white coat or a stet or any identifying object which would say I was a doctor. So why did he call me "Doc"? 

Larawan mula kay Dr. Jimmy Dumlao  

Sa post ni Doc. Dumlao, masayang ikinuwento ng isang Tatay na nalampasan ng anak niya ang sakit na TB meningitis sa tulong ng kanyang pagkadalubhasa sa panggagamot at ngayon ay tuwang-tuwa siyang ibinalita na malaki na ito. Siya ring naging dahilan ng kanyang walang mapagsidlan na pasasalamat. 

“Malaki na po sya ngayon! Alagain nga lang sya dahil sa naging sakit, pero masaya po kaming nakauwi sya nun! Salamat po.”

Narito ang buong kwento ng kanilang pagtatagpo:

Earlier this morning, while in the middle of Intramuros, a pedicab stopped in front of me. Then I heard the driver shout out, "Excuse me po, Ser". I initially just ignored the stranger. Then I got freaked out when I heard him shout "Good morning, Doc!" I didn't have a white coat or a stet or any identifying object which would say I was a doctor. So why did he call me "Doc"?

Then he shouted, "Doc Dumlao!!". That was when I finally looked at him. All smiles sya, may kaway pa. "Doc, pasyente nyo po anak ko sa PGH! "

With a mixture of confusion, amazement, and pagkapahiya because I couldn't exactly remember him, I responded, "Ay kmusta po? Kailan ko nga po pala kayo naging pasyente?"

"Nung 2010, Doc!," he exclaimed, still with his big smile and glistening eyes. I, on the other hand, had to consciously keep my jaw from dropping. I was a newbie pedia resident in 2010, and he could still remember me?

While struggling to recall him and his child, I cautiously  asked kung kumusta yung anak. 

"Nalampasan nya po yung TB meningitis nya. Malaki na po sya ngayon! Alagain nga lang sya dahil sa naging sakit, pero masaya po kaming nakauwi sya nun! Salamat po. At kmusta din po kay Dra Santos Jo SA" (Dr Jo Santos Alban was one of the service seniors of the ward during that time)

It was an extremely inspiring and humbling moment for me. All my "big" worries became insignificant when I stood there in front of a father whose son was in their home, with developmental limitations no thanks to his TB meningitis, but nonetheless this father was expressing his happiness (after 8 years of providing..as a pedicab driver.. for all his son's special needs) because his son was alive, and was also so excited to send his thanks to his son's former doctor and that young doctor's senior. 

Oh, for the special, quick moments like this, the years of training and service in a government hospital become all worth the sleepless nights, blood, sweat and tears. 

In my mind, I said a little prayer. Salamat po, Diyos ko, at napagod at "nabugbog" kami sa PGH, kung ang kapalit naman ay ganitong mga tagpo.

PS

Ok na sana. Perfect moment. Pero may pahabol si kuya, "Mabuti nakilala ko pa kayo, Doc. Ang laki kasi ng itinaba nyo!"

#Thankful #ILoveMyJob #MyLifeIsTouchedByThoseWhoseLivesIApparentlyTouched 

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Source:  Dr. Jimmy Dumlao

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