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March 6th, 2007 by charlottedianco
I was in a cab with my editor earlier on our way to a meeting. We updated each other on our personal lives and I told her about my ordeal just this weekend. You see, my son- who is only 1 and a half year old- got terribly sick that my world stopped– literally.
It started Wednesday night, when I felt his body warmer than his usual temperature. The next day he already had fever so I consulted a doctor and gave my son some meds. By Friday I personally brought him to a doctor for check-up. But despite taking the prescribed medicines- there was no sign of improvement. By Sunday, I brought him to a "hilot/quack doctor" who lives nearby.
According to the "hilot," some unseen element (force or whatever) played with my son. Of course- that freaked the daylights out of me! But as a mother- I became alert and suddenly turned into a Kill-Bill mode with a nobody-mess-with-my-son-or-else-I’ll-call-Linda-Blair-attitude! I agreed to have a healing ritual (a.k.a. Tawas). After the process, I brought my son home but soon, he started shaking and he started biting his inner cheek that it bled. I was so scared but I had to stay calm and focus. I rocked him to sleep and stayed up just to check on him. By Monday he was jumping and laughing again. Thank God he’s now okay.
So I told my editor about what happened- including the episode with the quack doctor. She was actually surprised to learn that I even went to a hilot- she thought I was a city girl who doesn’t believe in what others think as weird stuff.
Well- I do. I believe in elementals, hilot, albularyo, diwata and those who belong to the other dimension. I grew up in the province where these things are normal and despite staying in the city for so long- I never turned away from my superstitious beliefs and tradition.
Besides, a mother would believe anything and do everything- if it is for the sake of her child. And I am a mother.
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