Now it's my turn to kena dengue

My worst fear came true. I was down with dengue after countless times of mosquitoes bites. I'm very prone to mosquitoes bites and the niozzies always target me rather than my friends or my colleagues.

My hospitalization stay was not unpleasant though rather depressing. It makes my life colourless. Almost everyday I had clear soup (absolutely NOTHING in the soup), clear coloured jelly and apple juice which is clear as well. Doctor's orders for every meal. It's bad enough dat I dun have much appetite to begin with. And I was on the drip throughout the stay, even until the last day I was allowed to be discharged.

As standard procedure, the nurses/doc came to draw my blood up to twice a day.. sometimes wake me up in the middle of the night. Check my heart rate, pulse rate, blood pressure and temperature at every 3 hours interval. How to sleep like dat??? Once I was waken up by the medical staff and was taken to X-ray Lab at midnight!

I was told later I had liver inflammation due to dengue hence the x-ray was needed to check on the condition.

An Auntie in the same ward also kena dengue. Seeing her condition, I considered myself very lucky. She wasn't doing too well. Her blood count kept dropping for two consecutive nights. Had fever as well. Doc instructed nurses to put her on blood bag drip. 0+ type was labelled very clearly. The nurses had to sit by her bed to ensure all 3 blood bags were drained throughly and the flow had to be consistant. However if you see her in the day, she looks alright on outside. Poor woman suffered most at night. And her wounds somehow did not heal well and refused to clot. The nurses tried to stop the bleeding by compressing hard and changed wrapping few times. The last time I left the ward, her hand was still bandaged. Wonder she has discharged by now?

I have gone for blood test at polyclinic to follow up and the doctor said the results were good sign. I have lost 3kg due to sever dehydration and insufficient food intake (i kept vomitting water and food before I was hospitalized) On positive side, it helped to resolve my high-water retention problem. Less round n less bloated on tummy area now. Next wk, I'm going for X-ray to check on my liver condition. Hopefully I'm in the clear in due time.