AFTER THE WORRIES

Comes the good news…

I HAVE MY VISA ALREADY!!! Wohoooo….

So very happy. At least all the anxiety and stress from waiting and waiting has finally ended.

Thank God very much for the opportunity that you’ve given me. I’m no more waiting in vain.

Now, it’s time to hit the books and review for the CRNE exam!

Guys, I’m going to Canada!

PICKING UP THE PIECES

After the confirmation of the 3rd batch’s departure date, I was so downright depressed.

I guess, people who have been through the elation of knowing that your goals and dreams are finally going to come through and then suddenly have it slipped through your hands in an instant, knows how I feel.

There’s nobody to blame really, but myself.

I was honest in the medical questionnaire that was given to me during my medical exam and that was the reason for the delay.

But, I have been receiving words of encouragement from people. I was able to extend my resignation until August 15 of this year and people at my workplace now have been showing their appreciation and happiness for my stay. That makes it much easier to cope with the depression.

Yes, I won’t be going until September.

Yes, I won’t be able to catch up with the other RN’s who have been there since April.

And yes, I will not be able make my plans a reality, for now.

But, I know that we all have our own time.

God is giving me a much longer time to be with my husband and my family.

Things happen for a reason. I may not know the reason at this very moment. But soon, I know I will.

Thank you all for the encouragement.

Thank you for making me feel good.

Thank you.

CONFIRMED

It’s definitely not going to happen this month.

SAD….

Just found out that the 3rd batch of deployment for nurses who hasn’t received their visas yet will be on Sept. 1, 2009! wwwaaaahhhhh…..

I don’t know what to feel. Depressed, sad, numb. It’s all mixed feelings.

I’m sure God has a reason for all these things happening. I’ve already submitted my resignation letter to my present employer thinking that by end of this month or even early next month, I’ll be going but now, I have to ask if I can extend my resignation until August.

Super sad….

SAD INFO

I just heard from a friend that the possible 3rd batch departure (which includes me, of course) to my destination will be in September!

OH MY GOSH!

Sad sad sad….

How can this happen? I was all psyched up to start anew.

Stupid typhoid fever! Stupid salmonella! Waaaahhhhh….

MEDICAL EXAM UPDATE

Well, after the wait for the result of my medical exam, last week, I received a call from the designated clinic saying that I had some findings with my stool (due to my history of Typhoid fever)

According to them, I need to see a specialist at Makati Medical Center for the treatment and once clearance is obtained, they can submit my papers to the embassy.

A couple of days after the call, I went to see the doctor at Makati Med. He advised me to undergo a 4 week antibiotic treatment for Salmonella. I was shocked!

Four long weeks!

I asked the doctor if it’s possible to shorten the time because I have a deadline of departure. He smiled and said that after 2 weeks of the antibiotic, I can go and have my stool re-checked at any laboratory, clinic or hospital and once the result is negative, he can give me the clearance.

I was thankful. Although I won’t be able to make it to the May 12 departure, I am still happy that I don’t have to complete the 4 weeks treatment to have my stool exam repeated.

For now, I have to wait for everything to be ok and the waiting game for the visa will start.

Wish me luck!

MY MEDICAL EXAM

I’ve waited so long for this.

After the medical exam, comes the visa.

But all hopes and dreams are shaky at the moment.

When I went for my medical exam, they added stool cultures twice, 1 week apart, because I declared that I was hospitalized in year 1997 for Typhoid Fever. According to the doctor who examined me, the embassy usually requires stool exam for those who had history of typhoid and dengue.

So, I obliged to the stool culture. Collected the first specimen the day after my medical exam.

I thought after the stool exams, I can relax and be happy. But unfortunately, I got a text message from the clinic saying that I need to come back for a repeat chest x-ray!

I was soooo depressed and sad…

I asked the person who texted me why I had to repeat it and she said it was requested by the radiologist and usually, it means that they need to verify or confirm something. That something, I should say is Tuberculosis.

I know I don’t have it. But only the doctor can say otherwise.

Now, I had to go and repeat the x-ray tomorrow.

Scared to death.

And sorely depressed.

THE MUCH AWAITED

At last…

After how many weeks of thinking whether or not I’ll get my medical referral, I was able to get a text message from my agency yesterday telling me that my medical referral is ready! Yahooooo!!!

I just need to wait until Friday before I can go to the preferred clinic of the embassy and then, I just need to wait for the visa.

Hoping against all hope that my medical exam will turn out A-okay. It’s really terrifying to know that they’ll find some dreaded disease in me that would cause my dream to be kaput!

Pray for me guys!

PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE

Why?

Well it’s because, I’m still waiting for my medical referral from the embassy!

According to my agency, they filed my papers last Feb. 5 and supposed to be, it will only take 4-6 weeks of processing and I will be getting my medical referral but 6 weeks had passed and still, no referrals!

My other co-nurses bound for the same place already had their visas and they are now waiting for the deployment date which is tentatively April 7. Well, I’m not ready to leave by 1st week of April but then, I’m getting anxious waiting.

I’ve been putting my concentration on work just to get my mind off the waiting game and surprisingly, it’s working!

Been busy busy busy.

Last week, the HR team went to a resort in Laguna to have our team building/strat planning activity and although I’m a “virigin” when it comes to corporate HR activities like this, I actually enjoyed it!

We had fun with the activities prepared by our HR director and supervisors. I also enjoyed the company of my HR colleagues. We had some fun and laughs.

I shouldn’t really make myself be close to them because in a few weeks time, I might leave the company and we all know that it’s very hard to leave a place when you like the persons you’re working with but I just couldn’t help it. I would miss all of them when I leave but then, I already know that it’s inevitable.

Anyways, summer’s here. Where I’m going, I’m going to miss summers like today… *wink*

But I’m excited to work in a hospital setting again. I totally miss it.