Sa Yakiniku Like sa Mega. May fur parents na nagpainom sa aso nila ng tubig gamit sarili nilang bowl… pero after non. Binuhos yung tubig sa rice bowl. Nahilo ako 😵💫😵💫😵💫. sinumbong ko sa staff
“His shift ended 16 hours ago. He's still here, sleeping on the hospital floor—because he made a promise to a 7-year-old.
At Children's Hospital yesterday, Dr. Ben Lee should have been heading home. His shift was over. His body was exhausted. But then his phone rang with news that would change everything for little Maya Rodriguez.
A donor liver—a perfect match—had just become available for the girl he'd been treating for months. Maya, just seven years old, had been fighting for her life since her diagnosis. Dr. Lee had been there from day one. He'd held her small hand through every chemo session and looked her in the eyes when he promised: "I'll be the one to get the bad guy out."
He wasn't scheduled for the surgery. He wasn't even the lead surgeon. But there was no universe where Ben Lee was going to break that promise.
The operation began at 4 PM and stretched through the night—14 hours of intense, unrelenting work to give Maya a fighting chance. Dr. Lee never sat down once, assisting lead surgeon Dr. Anya Sharma through every critical moment. His scrubs were drenched, his hands shaking from exhaustion, but he didn't falter.
When they finally stabilized Maya's new liver at 6 AM, Dr. Sharma turned to her colleague. Ben was pale, swaying on his feet. "Go rest," she told him gently. "I'll call you for closing."
He just shook his head and slid down the OR wall, grabbing the nearest pillow. Within seconds, he was asleep on the floor—refusing to be more than ten feet from his patient.
A nurse captured this moment, overwhelmed by what she was witnessing. "He'll wake up the second she needs him," she whispered. "That's the kind of doctor he is."
When reporters later asked Dr. Lee about sleeping on the floor, he simply shrugged: "I made a promise to a little girl. Everything else is just details."
Maya is recovering well. Her surgery was successful.”
Credit: Monika Smith
PLEASE WAG NA TAYONG MAKALIMOT THIS TIME.
Itong laban na 'to goes beyond today. Alam kong mahirap pagsabayin ang lahat ng ginagawa natin araw araw sa bahay, pamilya, trabaho, sarili, tapos dadagdag pa itong problema sa mga KURAKOT na opisyal. but let us not forget: THEIR CORRUPTION AFFECTS HOW WE LIVE OUR LIVES EVERY DAY. mula sweldo, traffic, public transport, baha, eskuwela, bilihin, gastusin, everything is political. let us continue to make our voice heard and hold them accountable.