ANTICIPATING THE END OF THE WAITING GAME
Nico’s been experiencing an on-and-off fever since Saturday and for fear it might be dengue, off we went yesterday afternoon to the nearest hospital in our area for a complete blood and platelet count. We had the results interpreted by the doctor early this morning, and thankfully, the values were within the normal ranges and no cause for alarm. That would however be, as of now.
As it is known, this dreaded disease that often is prevalent during the rainy season is a waiting game. The progression of dengue occurs after 3-5 days of fever and the time when the fever has often come down, this may mislead many to believe that the patient is heading towards recovery. This is the most dangerous period that requires high vigilance, which is why, we’ll have another round of blood tests tomorrow to find out if the values had change and if these are significant to conclude it’s really dengue.
We’re keeping our fingers crossed that the results tomorrow will be insignificant and that it’s just nothing but a plain viral infection that would wore out of Nico’s body on its own soon. It doesn’t help that Nico’s still in his kulit self the whole day, only to be more worried later in the afternoon when his temperature rises to 39 to 40. Continue Reading »
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