King of Comedy Dolphy (or Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. in real life) remains in critical condition at the Makati Medical Center as of Thursday morning.
Dolphy's son Eric Quizon said his father's condition is somewhat better, but still critical.
"Actually ‘yung daddy ko parang nag-stabilize siya. So ‘yung condition niya of course hindi pa rin siya natatanggal sa tinatawag nating critical state. Hindi pa rin siya pinaalis doon. But somehow nag-normalize ng kaunti," he said in an interview on GMA News’ Unang Balita on
Thursday morning.
"Mas maganda ‘yung lagay niya today. So far ngayon, ‘yung oras na ito, mas maganda ‘yung lagay niya kaysa exactly 12 hours ago. Although hindi pa rin siya talaga tinatanggal doon sa sinasabi nating critical state," Eric said.
"Iba talaga ‘yung power ng prayers," he added.
Eric said that members of their family are taking shifts to watch over their father. "Meron kaming mga shifting. Parang mga two hours, two hours. Pagka merong medyo inaantok or medyo nagugutom or ano, talagang nagpapalit-palitan kami," he said.
He shared that although the doctors say Dolphy is not in pain because of his medications, it is still difficult for the family to see him in the ICU.
"Of course kapag nakikita natin ‘yung mahal natin na nandoon sa isang ICU at meron mga tubes na nakadikit, siyempre nag-aalala tayo na baka may nararamdaman siya... Ang sabi ng mga doktor wala siyang nararamdaman but of course he's going through a lot," he said.
Eric added that his siblings in America are set to come home to visit their father.
"Natawagan namin ‘yung ibang mga kapatid namin sa Amerika. ‘Yung ibang kapatid namin magsisiuwian talaga at pinipilit nila na talagang makasama pa ang aming mahal na ama," he said.
“[The doctors] didn’t really give us a specific window [of time]. It can happen anytime," Eric said in a previous report.
Dolphy was brought to the hospital on June 9 because of pneumonia. The comedian suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
On Thursday, Malacañang asked Filipinos to pray for Dolphy.
Filipinos expressed their concern for Dolphy on Twitter, making #PrayforDolphy a trending topic on the information sharing platform. –Carmela G. Lapeña/KG, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
