Sunday, February 15, 2009

Dengue Scare

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I woke up at 9.30am with rashes on my body. I wasn't feeling well yesterday and gotta take a tablet of paracetamol. So I alerted my parents and they asked me to go to Tawakal Hospital immediately as I might need hospital admission if Aedes really bullied me.
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Then I was wondering, how could mosquitoes nowadays travel so high up to my 13th floor apartment or 15th floor office? Please don't tell me that they have University of Mosquitoes to teach them how to take lift or duplicate a passcard to enter to my office.
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Mosquito the fund manager? _

Anyway I did flag down a cab immediately and ask him to send me to the hospital. The doctor referred me to the 3rd floor lab for a blood test. The result was ready within 10minutes and I brought it to the doctor for analysis. My platelet level was in the low-side of the normal range. He said it could be a virus and asked me to come back again tomorrow for another blood test. If my platelet falls again, then it's dengue. If not, then it could be a normal virus. "So what medication you'd prescribe?" I asked. He said there was no medication for most viral conditions and I'll have to depend on my own body to fight off the virus. How I wish the virus defects from their political party and become Yakult's good cultures.

So I mentioned that I just told my parents, right? You know, I received so many many calls from my family and relatives after that. Multiplier effect huh? Hey, I'm 21 okay? I know how to take care of myself. No worries, I'll drink lotsa lotsa water and go back for another blood test tomorrow and keep them posted!

I'm really unhappy that I'm sick, but I need to be positive. See what I've got --->

Another day of good rest (and blood test).

12 comments:

Suying said...

awww~hope u get well soon!
so much for lottery winning huh?
btw, did u win?=p

Daniel S.H. said...

i reli wanna recover asap, i wudn't wanna be a record-breaking intern who worked only 4 days, then already taken more than 3days MC.

i wud rather get side-tracked easily cos drinking too much water expands my bladder and it makes my stomach smaller- thus, can't eat as much as i want. remember Daniel's Theory that i taught u? ;p

btw nope. the 'Valentine's Day' was too shy to appear on the paper.

Anonymous said...

So pity...
wah haha.... looks like u can have a nice long holiday... haha..

Suying said...

Hahaha...like i said, mid 40s u'l b fat anyway. Suying's Theory.so jz enjoy being thin!hahaha~n eating watermelon 2!yummm~;p

Daniel S.H. said...

> suying: hmm, but the validity of Suying's Theory gotta depend on the personality of my the other half.. so my weight in 40s is still very much a mystery. lol. btw, watermelon is so good. apparently it increased my platelet level and stopped me from getting 4th day of MC. =)

> anon: i think you are ng chee hong!! ;p

hiddenmcky said...

hahahA record breaking intern.

(erm sorry, that statement cracks me up)

so.. are you ok now?? :/

Blur Pei said...

joanne theory: if ur dad wont fat in his 40s, means u also wont be. is inherited!! hahaha
So, i think u r fine now. luckily my mum cant get u the papays's leaves huh,if not...i dono wat it taste like. >.<

Blur Pei said...

is *papaya's* oops, typo error

Daniel S.H. said...

mcky> i reli hope i didnt break the record. btw yup, thanks to watermelon. it reli increased my platelet level, rashes subsided very soon after that too. a very minor dengue perhaps. ;p

joanne> since ur dad managed to gain weight during his 40s, i might be the same too as i see him kinda frequent too! heh.

aite, i've 2 theories here- suying's and joanne's. lets come back to this posting 25years later to publish the findings!

Anonymous said...

haha, u r rite. is me...

~燕。飞翔~ said...

那你现在应该好了吧?

Daniel S.H. said...

anon> aha, gotcha!! ng chee hong the new anonymous! ;p

kimyen> yup junior doctor! no worries, i'll knock ur msn door for free medical advices if i'm not alright. heh. =)

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