Our exposure to this patient was first met with apprehension. Afterall, the patient has a potentially infectious disease eventhough she is undergoing treatment. But when I first saw Cathrina, I thought she is beautiful and it is unfortunate how she had acquired pulmonary tuberculosis. She was reserved around us, but became more sociable in our subsequent visit to her home.
In our first visit to their house, we interviewed the mother underneath a guava tree outside their door. It was near dusk and the house didn't have any electricity. Cat-Cat was playing with the neighborhood children, who are also her relatives. However, she shied away from us, so we contented with getting information from her mother about their family.
The family's sole breadwinner is the father, whom, unfortunately, we didn't get the chance to interview. He is a welder and doesn't have a permanent employer. He is constantly out of the house for work. With 4 children, his daily wage often is just enough to get the family through the next day. And the mother is strictly a housewife. It would have been better if she found ways to augment the family income, and improve their living condition.
On our second visit, we were able to observe inside their house, which consisted of a living room, one bedroom, where they all sleep beside each other, a kitchen and a small toilet. It was very pitiful to see, especially since it was raining hard that day and their roof, made of nipa had holes in it.
I'm not sure if they are contented with their way of life, or has simply accepted that they were not blessed financially. The children are also still young to help, although the eldest, being 15 years old, can already help out. They have a pitiful condition, but not one which they cannot overcome if they really want to.
In our first visit to their house, we interviewed the mother underneath a guava tree outside their door. It was near dusk and the house didn't have any electricity. Cat-Cat was playing with the neighborhood children, who are also her relatives. However, she shied away from us, so we contented with getting information from her mother about their family.
The family's sole breadwinner is the father, whom, unfortunately, we didn't get the chance to interview. He is a welder and doesn't have a permanent employer. He is constantly out of the house for work. With 4 children, his daily wage often is just enough to get the family through the next day. And the mother is strictly a housewife. It would have been better if she found ways to augment the family income, and improve their living condition.
On our second visit, we were able to observe inside their house, which consisted of a living room, one bedroom, where they all sleep beside each other, a kitchen and a small toilet. It was very pitiful to see, especially since it was raining hard that day and their roof, made of nipa had holes in it.
I'm not sure if they are contented with their way of life, or has simply accepted that they were not blessed financially. The children are also still young to help, although the eldest, being 15 years old, can already help out. They have a pitiful condition, but not one which they cannot overcome if they really want to.
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