boon's log 4507.07: Ab's day out... and Ab's day in...

Last Saturday, we decided to bring Ab down to the wadding pool for the very first time. Se we pumped up the Tortoise (or turtle - can you tell?) a.k.a. float, and headed down.


Ooo-Kwai...

She was afraid for a little bit at first, but soon got aquainted with the pool and and the tortoise, and was enjoying herself. We were in the pool for about almost half an hour before heading back up. IL's sis and cousins joined in too. It was fun...


Ab's day out...

but the fun soon wore-out, come Wednesday when we got an emergency call from our aunt (who also babysits Ab), saying that Ab's got elevated temperature. We rushed over from work in the AM to bring her to the doc. She (de doc) did not rule out dengue, but took a urine sample and gave us some medication and asked us to go home and monitor for 2 days and bring her back on Friday if the conditions did not get any better.

Sure enough, on Friday, her temperature was still >100F, in fact on Thursday, it went up to 104F. We had to stuff her with the medicine and brought out the ice-pack...

Ab was admitted on Friday, but was allowed "home-leave" after the doctor confirmed that there was no UTI, and after taking some blood for tests. "Home Leave" means she can go home, but under close supervision. It's amazing how specialists centers make money these days. They tell you that you can go home if you want to but you will still have to pay for the room. I mean, WHO would, in the right mind, WANT to stay in the hospital IF the doctor says that you can go home... (???) I mean, not like the nurses here are like those in, say, Pearl Harbor... right? ;)

So, we took Ab home with a needle thingy sticking out of her left hand - poor thing. Took a while for her to get used to the needle, but she did, eventually. The, miraculously, on Saturday, her temperature took a dive and returned to normal (~98F). No anti-biotics administered, just the usual paracetamol... De doc also confirmed the dengue tests to be negative (i.e. not dengue), just a viral infection. So, I guess the viral infection decided to take a hike after lepaking in Ab for 3 days... damn it. Well, we'll still need to go back to the Hospital to get her discharged tomorrow. Yup, officially, she's still "hospitalized" per se, but she's at home... amazing, but true...


Ouch!

By the way, business is so good until the poor kids need to sleep along the corridor... Made me wonder if there's going to be a "Jesus Moment" where a lady (say her name is Mary) whose husband (yup, Joseph) comes to the hospital to give birth... all the rooms (and corridors)are filled, would she have to give birth underneath the shed in the car park? (!!!)


Familiar scene - like that found in pearl Harbor...

thanks to those who've been praying for poor Ab. And God DOES answer prayers...

Happy Deeps to All who celebrate and Happy Holidays to the rest - drive safe...

boon out...