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Hi I’m Austin, 24 years of age, a simple guy yet an extraordinary one. I just want to share something, anything and everything about myself and it always comes in 10s. 10 will be the significant figure in my stories….

10 hours of my life changing experience….

It was June 8, 2001 7 o’clock in the morning I started to wake up because I must help my grandfather. (kailangan ko syang tulungan sa pag-aayos ng kanyang mga paninda sa kanyang maliit na tindahan). After that, we had breakfast and everything seemed to be alright. Until, I went upstairs to rest and sleep.

In my room, I started to feel something weird. “Parang unti unting sumasakit ang ulo.” I didn’t mind it for it’s just a usual feeling when you woke up early from a late sleep. I slept in my bedroom but it seemed my head started to ache.”Grabe ang sakit!!! As if my head was hammered. Around 10 to 10:30 a.m., I stood up to go to the comfort room but it was so strange. Biglang bumigat yung ulo ko. At first, I didn’t know what to do but I just ignored it and went down in our house. I asked my mom about my headache and she just said to sleep again and take a pill to relieve the pain . I went upstairs again and tried to sleep but this time I went to my sibling’s bedroom. Mainit na kasi sa kwarto ko dahil doon na sumisikat araw. I couldn’t slept, my head became heavier and heavier. It’s excruciating!!! Hanggang sa biglang umangat ang kaliwang kamay ko ng di sinasadya at nanginig. After that, my half body became numb. I couldn’t felt anything in my left arm parang hindi ko kamay yung hinahawakan ko. I screamed mommy and she attended to me immediately. She started to panic and cried for help. That time I felt I was floating in the air. Di ko talaga alam ang gagawin ko. I cried and spoke of anything. Nagpapaalam na ako at naghahabilin ng kung anu ano. My younger brother came home from school and saw my situation. He couldn’t believe what had happened to me so I called him and asked to punch me very hard. He said he won’t but I insisted and so he punched me. Oh my God!!! There’s no feeling at all. Wala na lang nasabi ang kapatid ko at di makapaniwala. I understood him in his very young age. My sister also came and was shocked. She cried and became speechless.

I was so helpless; the people in our house didn’t know what to do to me. 12:00 noon I was brought to the hospital in our town. It took me almost an hour before the doctors there decided to transfer me to manila so that they could assist me. They haven’t enough facilities and specialists that would attended to me. I suffered from a stroke the doctors said. May pumutok na ugat sa ulo ko at kailangan maasikaso agad sa mas magandang hospital. We immediately went to manila at 1:00 pm. In the ambulance, I continued to vomit and became fainted. Hinang hina na ako sa dami ng sinusuka ko. The food I’ve eaten on breakfast was pulled out. I couldn’t speak and tears continued to flow in my eyes. I prayed and asked for intervention. When we arrived at the hospital on manila around 4:00 pm, my dad was already there waiting for us. Pagbukas pa lang ng ambulance, nakita ko agad si daddy, his eyes was teary at nagmano agad ako. I held his hand very hard and exclaimed-“Daddy wag nyo po ako iiwan.” “Dito lang ako anak hindi kita iiwan” he answered. On that moment I felt I’m not alone, I’m at eased. I was headed to the emergency room and was examined. Pakiramdam ko okay na ko kaya di ko namalayan na nakatulog ako.

When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t remember anything. Everything was changed. I have many ivy's in my arms and oxygen in my mouth. While I’m sleeping, they took test like blood test, ct scan and others. It was 8:00 pm in the evening and my life was changed… I just realized that everything was so fast that what had happened to me would be for almost 10 hours only. Life's a mystery. You can never tell what's happening so be ready.....