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Ten Filipino working mothers. Ten real health emergencies. Written honestly, from the heart — so no other mom has to feel alone at 2am.
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My son had dengue and I was stuck at work
Maria Santos, 32
DiseaseIt was a Tuesday afternoon when I got the call at work. My yaya said my son had been crying for hours and his temperature was 39.8. I had a presentation in 20 minutes.
I cannot describe that feeling. My manager was standing at the doorway and my son was somewhere across the city burning with fever. I excused myself, locked the bathroom, and opened the MAMA Ouentai AI concierge on my phone. I typed in my son's age and symptoms in a panic.
MAIA asked me three quick questions about his other symptoms and told me clearly that this level of fever in a four-year-old was not immediately dangerous but needed monitoring, and walked me through what to tell the yaya to do in the next hour. She explained the signs I needed to watch for that would mean he needed to go to the hospital right away.
I sent the yaya instructions, finished my presentation in a fog, and left the office the moment it ended. By the time I got home, his fever had come down with paracetamol and he was asking for lugaw.
What I Learned
“Having someone to ask in that moment of panic, even if it was an AI, changed everything. I did not spiral. I got information. I acted. That is what working moms need more than anything.”
Shared with permission on MAMA Ouentai · KidSafe PH
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