Long VL Diaries: Day 12 - 13

Day 12

This was the day that we had to leave Pagudpod. I didn't want to leave yet but it was really time to go. :( /cries

Before we went back to La Union we had numerous stop overs to buy pasalubongs and souvenirs for friends and for ourselves. We ate breakfast at Batac, Ilocos Norte where the famous Ilocos empanada is being sold.

I wondered what's the craze about this empanada until I saw the ingredients: egg, longganisa and some monggo sprouts. It's different from the usual empanada I buy at work (ham and cheese empanada, chicken empanada, etc).

Kuya deep frying the empanada

Other stuff they sell

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Recommended empanada in Batac

Yummy!

We also ordered longganisa

 You should really try it. I ordered for double double: 2 eggs and 2 longganisa. It costs Php70. But if you order for special, it only costs Php 35. :) Buwis buhay talaga yun double double. If you're hypertensive, I think you better settle for the special empanada na lang. Hehehe.

Next: Vigan. We've been here before. It was sad because we didn't go to the Heritage Plaza. I was hoping I could take pictures of the old infrastructure. We only had our stop over at Marsha's delicacies. The best ang leche flan!


Then we went to Baluarte as well where all the wild animals of Governor Chavit Singson are. In fairness, ang yaman niya!

The place is like a zoo so nothing special to write about except this is where I bought the halo-halo that caused me my loose bowel movement. On our way back to La Union, I suddenly felt the gastric pain that made me uncomfortable during our travel. When we arrived in La Union, I rushed to the toilet and pooed. I didn't want to take Imodium but because we're travelling back to Manila, I was forced to take a capsule. Whenever you have an LBM, it's best that you don't take Imodium at first. You need to let it all out! Hehe. Make sure you hydrate yourself more to replace what you've lost.

We were home at 12:30 am with two stopovers due to my LBM.

Day 13


I tried to observe myself first before I asked my father to rush me to the emergency room of our hospital (where I am working). I couldn't take the stomach upset anymore. I was actually hesitant to ask my father a favor at 2 am because I know he's tired from driving but there was no choice.

In the emergency room, I told them that I am an employee. It was a co-trainee back in 2010 (now an ER staff) who took my initial vital signs and data. Unfortunately, I was disappointed of the staff. I know that I am a nurse who knows the stuff that they do so me being a patient is not their priority because I'm just having a fucking LBM. It's always a prioritization in the hospital, remember? But... If I didn't tell them I was having gastric pain, no one would approach me. I just slept there for an hour. I was asked to pass a specimen for fecalysis/stool exam but to no avail. And then I told the resident on duty that I needed something for my pain (I'm quite a drug dependent... I mean for pain relievers) but she told me that they can't give me for now because they wanna know the result of my fecalysis first. Sad... I went home with a specimen cup and tongue depressor and a prescription of Hydrite and request for fecalysis which I was advised to pass as OPD.

At 10 am, I finally got to pass a specimen for the fecalysis. I went to the nearest clinic for a checkup and fortunately, the result said that I don't have an infection. It's just that maybe my stomach wasn't able to tolerate the milk or maybe the other ingredients of the halo halo. The doctor prescribed a few medicines that I would take for 2 days. Sadly, for Php25 worth of halo-halo, I spent Php900.00 for my treatment.