God's Way

Have you ever tried to collect urine from a baby girl? It is not an easy task. You will have to position the plastic collector in just the right place so that the urine will not spill. Since Cerise needed a urinalysis I was bent on collecting this by hook or by crook.

It took awhile for her to pee. Right before lunchtime, there was a little in the plastic. Just in time! Mier was about to go downtown for a dental appointment. I instructed the driver to send the sample to the hospital's Lab 2. But an hour after, the driver texted that the lab technician refused to accept the sample because it wasn't enough. How disappointing!

The 2nd time we collected by mid afternoon, the urine was even less than the first collection. Much was spilled in the diaper. I didn't even try to submit it. By the 3rd try, I carefully positioned the plastic making sure that it covered most of her labia. At 530pm we were able to get a good amount of sample. Hooray! Since the driver left already for the day, I instructed my Yaya Anie to take a cab down to the hospital. The urine needed to be in the lab in less than an hour or it will stale.

She rushed down in vain. Again the technician said it wasn't enough. They needed 20ml to do a urinalysis, according to her. WHAAT??? Did they expect a 2 month old baby to excrete 20ml? What stupidity! I texted our pediatrician but she didn't reply at that time. I told Anie to just come up. The next day I called up my pedia and told her the situation. "That's crazy!" she said. She told me she will ring up the lab to check it out. I also told the neonatologist and he looked at me incredulously and said that if they are able to get a urinalysis from a premature baby, why not a 2 month old.

I put the urine collector for the 4th time at around 3pm the next day (We went to see the neonatologist that morning) and was able to collect a sample by 430pm. I was hellbent in bringing the sample down myself but since the driver wasn't back from an errand, I was willing to drive downtown myself with all the kids and Anie holding Cerise. But as we exited the subdivision gate, Cerise started wailing. I knew I wouldn't be able to make the drive hearing her cry at the backseat the whole time.

I suddenly just thought of calling up my friend, Yen, who lived in the same subdivision. Her husband was a medical representative and had flexible time although I doubted that he would be home at that time. Lo and behold, he was home! And he was about to leave to go downtown! I asked if Anie could hitch a ride to the hospital and he was more than willing to give her a lift.

Right before he arrived to pick Anie up, I made a spur of the moment decision to go to the lab myself with Cerise in tow. I could just take a cab on my way up afterward. In the car, Dan and I talked and he said that he usually doesn't go home at that time. But Yen was concerned that their water dispenser was leaking so he had to go home even if he wasn't done with his work. I called just in time because he was about to leave for downtown. It was a blessing from God!

When we got to the hospital, only then did I realize that one of the orders of the neonatologist was a blood sugar test for Cerise. It was a good thing that I decided to bring the urine sample myself so I could have Cerise's test done too!

Both the urinalysis and the the blood sugar test came out negative. But I am amazed how everything just came into place. Dan was right there at the right time and we were able to go down to have all the tests done. I think this was God's way of saying that all will be well, that He is in control, that He will take care of us, especially of Cerise. :-)