01/01/2023
I am writing this next post as an update or MIGHT BE an aftermath of stress when an entity put you in a situation that you do not want or intended to be in. What we went through or what we are having now might not be correlated to it. You decide.
After the failed Boracay trip on December 16, 2022 where we waited at the airport for gruesome almost 12 hours due to the mistake done by Jam Jude Travel Agency (duplicating my husband's name and omitting my sons name on the ticket) and later cancelled flight by Cebu Pacific as stated in my previous post. That night we had to figure out where to go at 9:00 in the evening. We are not from Manila so it will take 3 hours for somebody to pick us up from the airport. I decided to just put my family to a cheap hotel and wait the next day due to exhaustion. Thank you Cebu Pacific employees that were no help at all. (You know that I am being sarcastic right?!)
December 17, 2022
My mother was able to bounce back to herself after a lot of fluids and and almost 12 hours of sleep. My son was another story. He started complaining abdominal pain and later on started having a fever. We were able to get my brother in law to pick us up from the hotel. Next day my son started having diarrhea together with fever and abdominal pain. This is not the vacation that I wanted for my mother, husband more so for my son. The fear as mother not being in your comfort zone was all the feeling I had while caring for my son at the same time feeling defeated, depressed and questioning myself. All the IF's were occupying my days. After a visit to a pediatrician, a prescription of antibiotics and fever reducer we continued our other plans. Again not being at ease and constantly asking myself if I am putting your son to a grave danger for he never had this days of diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain ever. When I asked my son how he was doing he will just tell me that he does have stomach pain and maybe tomorrow it will be better. I only felt comfortable that he was feeling better on December 24th. Finally he was eating without complaining of abdominal pain and diarrhea. Fever finally subsided.
December 25, 2022
Merry Christmas right!? My mother complained of chills and feeling of having fever that wont come out. She looked weak and just want to sleep. Just a re-cap my mother is a 76 year old woman with a lot of comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipemia, history of stroke and cancer with mobility problems. I brought with us a PCR home covid test, tested my mother and there you go, two solid red line. Sigh!.
I can not help but laugh. A frantic, uncomfortable laugh like I am getting crazy. We were suppose to get back to US in the 26th.
So long story short my mother was left to recuperate in the Philippines. I am thankful for my family that took care of her.
It was a hard decision for we know that it will cost a lot to get a direct flight ticket on holidays.
My husband, my son and I went back to US since we do not have symptoms and with negative Covid test.
December 26, 2022 back in US.
My husband complained of feeling congested and fatigue. So what do you think happened next? He tested positive from Covid. Isolated himself right away. My son and I tested negative.
December 30, 2022
I woke up with a headache, sinus congestion and cough. So again tested myself and there you go, Covid positive. The only one not positive at this time in my family is my son.
Now I can not go back to work. As all knows NO work NO pay.
December 31, 2022
Mom was able to get back to US after her isolation and finally getting better. We had to cancel her previous flight without refund and ate the cost for that. Since she had nobody with her to assist her we had to book her to a direct flight for a whooping $1600+.
Is this a coincidence that December 16th when we were force to stay in the airport for 12 hours to have Rosyl Macatangay work her magic as a travel agent is how long COVID's incubation period on a person depending on his/her health takes?
Is it also a coincidence that its only the four of us who suffered an enormous stress on that day got sick?
I am leaving this question to you my dear readers.
Happy New Year to the hard working honest people that will NOT just stand down and roll to just have someone step on them and crush them like a piece of garbage.
I encourage people to speak up if have been wrong by Jam Jude Travel Agency run by Rosyl Morales Macatangay.
Attached photos of my family at the end of that horrible day at the airport.