Our Best Protection to Our Children

It's been a long 7-month lag when I'm supposed to give a whim-wham and shots of this not-so-ordinary life of mine. While I was reading my previous posts, I realized I'm being nautical of what should be me as a mom and what I'm expecting from Xam as a person that I forgot that it's more important to share the process more than the result (although most of us wants to hear the ending of the story). Bottomline is I was too much of an anticipant.

Meanwhile, I'm composing myself with a cup of coffee to regain stimulation and pick up and give a run-through of what was left behind my stories.

This is a very gloomy day to start with yet hoping for vitalized nerves to activate and finish to-do list for today.

Going back, (please let me start this week then I will try to summarize the 7 months in the next several posts) Xam had a Tuberculin test last Saturday to check whether or not he is already treated from primary complex as he is finishing his 6-month treatment this June. Mom and Dad took him back to the clinic yesterday for the result and thank God it turned negative so he just needs to finish of what is left in the 2 bottles of the Refam Duo medicine he's been taking since December.

At last we're free from fussy and messy mornings, and most importantly, from fear of Xam taking too much chemicals from these medicines that could later harm (hope not) his system. I was all along very cautious of what food and medicine to give him because of his deficiency and yet, I have still have no control of other environment-induced illnesses, even if vaccines are already available for almost all types of children-related diseases.

As a mom, I always make sure Xam is protected to the common stresses in children like cough, colds and flu, especially nowadays when the AH1N1 virus scare is spreading. I make sure he takes his regular Vitamin C daily in the morning and the appetite-boosting Propan in the evening before bedtime. He'll be vaccinated for dreaded flu on Saturday and will update other vaccines and boosters for the next scheduled months.


MOM'S STANDPOINT

While we are after insusceptibility of our children to diseases, we must start with their protection. It's perfectly okay to let them explore their surroundings as some doctors say that this is one way they will acquire their immunity. Yet they need more of shield and follow-through advises of what to do to protect themselves while we're not after them to look out. For me, this is the best protection we can give to them as they grow up so they consequently understand the do's and dont's and what is harmful and what is safe to them.