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May 31st, 2012

Online Randomness

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What Now?!?

One good news and one bad news…

Little Zoie’s ear infection has been cured, that’s the good news.

And the bad news?

She has the symptoms of skin asthma.

Yes, another complication to my Little Zoie’s health. And I’m not really happy about it.

Who would, right? It seems that everything’s piling up this month of May, even as it ends.

Anyway, but there’s still light beyond the tunnel, I know, because we (me and Little Zoie) went to my dermatologist to have her checked. We already seen her pedia last Tuesday, but since the pedia said that once the rashes can’t be contained she’ll have to refer us to a dermatologist for it. So instead buying the pedia’s prescription, I let my dermatologist see her first.

What I like about my dermatologist is, she really explains everything. Where it started, how to deal with it, gives you alternative prescriptions which will fit in your budget but with effective results, stays with you until your skin problem goes away or until you don’t have anymore complains about your skin.

I trust my dermatologist so much because with her help, a lot of help exactly, she made my acne breakouts stop for the second time already. ^_^ First, my teen years and now, as I have my PCOS.

Now, I’m handing her my Little Zoie’s case of skin asthma, she changed our pedia’s prescription. She knows what the pedia gave without even seeing the prescription. ;-) We bought her lotion and cream for Php 700; we bought Dove sensitive soap for Php 45; and we’re going to buy an anti-histamine syrup later, it’s worth Php 200+.

My dermatologist said, expect expensive medications for treating skin asthma. Her meds are effective as even though it is not branded. I recon they are cheaper but even though they become expensive I’ll still buy them because I have proven her meds to be very effective, no doubt about that. I will be very keen on following all her instructions, from meds to food to other stuff that makes skin asthma worst, for the next week. I am praying that this skin problem won’t become worst.

I am now blaming the my genes for passing my asthma, bronchial asthma which have been controlled in my teen years, to her. Now, I am going to control her skin asthma as well.

May 30th, 2012

Mommy Time

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Invest Wisely

Have you tried your hands in trading?

I am an accounting graduate, and honestly, I don’t like my accounting subjects with tradings and investments in it. ^_^ Shh… that’s our little secret.

But since I’m a stay-at-home wife and mom, the idea of getting income while staying at home is not always at the back of my mind. Forex Trading and Penny Stocks keeps popping in my thoughts for making money online. I might need to go back to my college notes for the Forex Trading and learn more online, as well as penny stocks.

As for penny stocks, I would like to read some of Tim Sykes reviews about the topic. It is said that Penny stocks are traded by the penny.

As per Invetstopedia.com says:

A stock that trades at a relatively low price and market capitalization, usually outside of the major market exchanges.

Other information says:

These types of stocks are generally considered to be highly speculative and high risk because of their lack of liquidity, large bid-ask spreads, small capitalization and limited following and disclosure.

Some people are having confusion over penny stocks. Some understood it as as stocks traded for pennies or under $5. Some consider it as any stock trading off of the major market exchanges as a penny stock.

For this trading system, a great deal of research and reviews should be done before investing into it. Or for any investment for that matter. Making online is not such a bad idea, but it is wise to know where you are investing your money first before plunging into the unknown.

Invest wisely.

May 29th, 2012

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Little Zoie and Her Ear Infection

Last Thursday we finally the long-overdue-schedule of cleaning the ears by the ENT doctor was done, but…

Yes, there’s a BUT.

But… the doctor only get to clean the right side and not the left side, the problem ear. We all thought Little Zoie is liking the cleaning she’s getting. The doctor was using a tube with air sucking the earwax build up. As soon as the doctor finished the right ear and starting on the left one, she started to cry again! She said it hurts…

The doctor said she’s not liking the noise she’s hearing from her ear, sucking thingy, because the doctor tested the air tube to her arm just to get the feel that it doesn’t hurt a bit. Maybe she didn’t get comfortable with the cleaning process, that’s my guess. So, again the ‘softie’ parents made the doctor stop and reschedule the cleaning for the left ear.

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Wrong move.

Because last Sunday, the little girl was feeling pain on her left ear. She’s crying when she woke up that her ear hurts. As I checked it, it was all red inside. :-( Good thing, I have the doctor’s # and asked him what to do since we can’t see him in the clinic because he doesn’t have any schedule on Sunday. He’ll be checking in on Monday morning. He told me to subside the fever first, because he still need see the ear first before prescribing any medicine. That’s what I did the whole Sunday. I also, talked to her about what’s happening and why is it happening. I told her that since she’s not letting the doctor clean her ear, she can feel the pain the infection brings. I tried to make her understand the consequences if we are not following what the doctor is telling us to do. Only the doctor can make the pain go away.

Yesterday, first thing I did was to get Little Zoie ready for another check up. I told her if the doctor said to clean her ears, she needs to be brave and let the doctor clean it. She said yes, but with teary eyes. When we got to the clinic, there are other patients lined up to see him before us.

When it was our turn for the check up, the good doctor greeted the little girl and asked her to sit down on the patient’s chair with hubby, while I told him what happened. After looking inside the left ear, the doctor said that it was an infection. The left ear really needs cleaning but since it got infected and she’s having fever, we need to subdue the fever and the infection first before cleaning it. He gave the needed prescription, antibiotic and pain reliever, before bidding us good bye.

But since the doctor touched the hurting ear, Little Zoie’s tears she was holding back finally let out when hubby and her stood up from the patient’s chair. To make Little Zoie stop crying, hubby promised that we’ll let her play the bowling game she like playing in the mall. That means after the check up, we head off to the nearest mall to fulfill hubby’s promise. The little one stop crying.

We ate lunch first before letting her play, but instead of bowling she ended up riding kid’s ATV. We made her choose to play only one because she’s still not feeling better and we need to buy her meds. But of course, as a little consolation of letting the doctor check her ear, we let her play for a while, let her have fun. :-)

Of course, she’ll choose the pink ride.

As soon as she drank all her meds when we arrived home that afternoon, I made her take her afternoon nap. That afternoon nap came good to her. Finally she got her well-rested sleep because she didn’t get to sleep because of the pain the previous night.

The night came and she was feeling better already…

We need to continue her meds until tomorrow. I pray that her ear be healed and asked to give her bravery to face her fear of cleaning her ear (by the doctor).