Thursday, June 5, 2008

Dengue fever ordeal Pt II

Well, I promised to tell the rest of the story right? But after I thought about it, it's just too bitter for me to remember.


Two days after I got admitted, my wife was allowed to go home. My older sister also admitted to hospital on the same day as I was and the bed next to mine was then taken by my sister. We stayed in that room from Sunday and by Friday morning on May 30, we've been told that we can go home because our thrombocyte level have climbed. The info was right, for my sister but I got my blood taken again since my lab result was inconclusive.
By noon, the lab result concluded that my thrombocyte level still dropping and I couldn't leave hospital.

I was so angry and having nosebleed in the process. The thing with dengue fever is that you need to remain calm, but I was so angry, so upset that I kept on moving to express my emotions. It took me sometime to get a grip on myself.

On Saturday and Sunday, I felt that I'm strong enough to walk to the bathroom but the nurses weren't share my opinion and gave me strict order to stay in bed, reasoned that if I move to much I''ll be having a shock and could be fatal. I don't know if it was a paranoia of dealing with dengue fever, but I don't think that helped me a lot.

By Monday, June 2, my thrombocyte jumped up to 160.000 and I quickly asked my infuse to be removed. I went home that day and I felt aches in all over my body because I haven't used my muscles for 9 days!!!

My drumming is becoming very very poor, my hands and feet still felt numb, my coordination is messy...oh Lord, so many things I got to do to return my playing state to normal. Thanks to 9 days of hospitalization!

Seriously people, don't ever catch a dengue fever, it's not good at all!!!

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