Last Tuesday, mateo started complaining about tummy aches after lunch. He slowed down a bit, but didn’t quite lose his usual happy mood until he fell asleep. However, when he woke up before dinner, things got a bit serious. He continued to complain about the pain in his tummy but every time we asked him to point out which part hurt, he pointed at a different area in his tummy. While eating dinner, he barfed and wasn’t able to continue eating anymore. We thought it might be just gas but he’s passed gas several times without any signs of relief afterwards. By 9:30 he’s vomited 4 times already and that’s when we decided to bring him to the closest hospital.

On the way to the hospital, he was closing his eyes already, perhaps weakened from not having to eat anything since lunch. The only thing that was giving us a bit of a relief is the fact that he didn’t have any fever so we know it wasn’t Dengue. But we were still worried.

We didn’t have a lot of money in the wallet. We also didn’t have any Blue Advantage or any other health card for that matter. So we were running a bit tight. Fortunately, when the doctor (a female ER doctor) came to see mateo, he perked up, started jumping on the bed, and started flashing me silly grins.

The doctor told us that he must have eaten something in school that didn’t go well with his stomach. All he really needed was to get rid of it on his own and he’ll be back to normal.

The day after, I asked mateo if she remembered the doctor that he saw last night. He said yes. Then I asked him if he found her beautiful. He smiled sheepishly and said yes again.

Thinking back about what happened, I’m now certain it was something he ate that gave him an upset tummy. However, what I’m not sure of is what made him feel better. Was it really the vomiting or was it because of seeing the lady doctor. I wonder.