Buti na lang at hindi nag-panic si Lani: Jolo muntik ma-coma!

Friday afternoon., Chit, my sister, and fellow entertainment columnist and reporter, Francis Simeon, was at the PNP Custodial Center in Camp Crame, para bisitahin si Senator Bong Revilla.

Senator Bong and his friend, fellow Senator Jing­goy Estrada, has been detained in the said detention center for at least, nine months now.

Also present were Senators Bong and Jinggoy’s res­pective wife, Bacoor Representative Lani Mercado and Precy Ejercito.

Unlike in the previous visit we had, particularly with Senator Bong, there was an atmosphere  of gloom na mararamdaman ka, as he and Lani entertained us.

Husband and wife said, they are glad na finally, son Cavi­te Vice Governor Jolo Revilla, according to his doctors at the Asian Hospital in Muntinlupa, is out of danger na. Unless magkaroon ng complications, which they, including us, keep praying for na huwag naman sana.

Kahapon (Saturday) daw, nakatakda si VG Jolo to submit to a series of tests. Hanggang ngayon pala, ‘di pa nahihilom ng tuluyang ’yang sugat na nilikha ng bala na tumama sa kanyang kaliwang dibdib.

Cong. Lani reveals it still gives her the creeps, each time pumapasok sa isipan niya ang insidenteng nangyari kay VG Jolo last Saturday, February 28.

Kasalukuyan daw siyang nagbibihis sa kanilang room ni Senator Bong at may pupuntahan yata sila ni VG Jolo.

Actually, tanging siya raw lamang ang older person, bukod kay Jolo, ang driver nito, at isang katulong ang nasa bahay.  The rest of those in the house ay pawang bagets, including VG’s eight year-old son, Gab.

Nang marinig daw niya ang putok ng baril ay napasugod na siyang bigla sa ibaba ng bahay. Laking gulat daw niya nang makita niyang naliligo halos sa dugo ang anak, at parang ‘di na humihinga.

Bagama’t gusto niyang mag-panic, pinilit niyang huwag mawalan ng presence of mind.

Obviously daw, the Holy Spirit was with her. She ordered daw the driver na ilulan agad si VG Jolo sa van at ni rush nila ito sa Asian Hospital.

At the Asian Hospital later, VG Jolo’s attending physician told her na kung natagal-tagalan pang nairating ang binata sa ospital, sa rami ng dugong nawala rito, kung hindi na-comatose ito, tuluyan nang binawian ng buhay.

‘‘God,” ani Cong Lani, ‘‘truly loves our family. We profoundly thank Him for his blessings.’’

Cong. Lani said she’s intensely praying na soon, too, mabuo at magkasama-sama uli silang pamilya.

We’ll pray with you, Cong Lani.

Nadia pagma-manage sa restaurant ang bagong pinagkakakitaan

Also at the said detention center that day was Senator Jinggoy’s wife, Precy, who was with daughter, Jill, who’ll turn nine years old Monday (March 9). The girl was with friends, Isah herself nine years old and Sofia, 7, daughters both ni Nadia Montenegro, former Regal Baby and Mom to aspiring actress, Inah Asistio.

From Isah, we learned that her dad, Boy Asistio, is still confined at the Philippine Heart Center, after suffering ng severe heart attack.

To sustain her family, Nadia, who occasionally do movies and TV, too, runs a restaurant in Greenhills, according to Precy.

We took the opportunity to ask Isah kung true na nanliligaw uli sa kanyang Ate Inah si Derek Ramsay.

Ang kanyang sagot: ‘‘Dati ho. Pero, ‘di na ngayon. Ganunpaman, nanatili pa rin siyang close sa amin.”