Part II

25 Jan

Cabbed to the clinic for blood test.
Doc jabbed the needle in and I cried out in pain and jerked my arm. Failed attempt. $&?!
Second try on the other arm.
Needle poking sensation on my skin still.
Cabbed back to TK to water the plants. The basil and bamboo are still alive.
Felt like I ran 10 km.
Tried to nap. Got bitten by a mossie. Shetland on the 2nd floor kept barking non stop at the balcony. Really felt like throwing an egg down from my balcony.
Went down to knock on their door. Told lady who opened the door politely that I am sick and need to rest. She was very apologetic and said she was spraying insecticide as there are many mossies, and thus locked her dog out at the balcony, and thus the barking dog. Jeez. Thanks.
Cabbed to tampines.
Horrible taste in my mouth and thus porridge taste horrible too.
Diarrhea.
Back still stiff and achy.
Bored and a little grumpy.
Craving for pasta and lasagna. Hehe.
Didn't take any meds for the whole day but horrible taste in the mouth still.
Ate teppanyaki flavored Maggie Mee cooked by mum at 1130 pm. Maggi Mee never tasted so good.
No fever I think.

26 Jan

Blood count dropped to 188,000. Doc said " it's neither here nor there". Well I think his comments are neither here nor there too. Anyway he said it should drop drastically if it developed to dengue hemorrhagic fever.
And he said it would take weeks to recover my strength. Thanks, how encouraging.
Diarrhea-ed twice.
My palms are very itchy
Made the dough for pineapple tarts. Mum made them into little heart shapes while I spooned pineapple jam onto them.
A bit light headed at times.
Terrible bitter taste and dry mouth.
I didn't even steal a single tart cos of the lousy taste in my mouth.
Peanut hung around the kitchen the whole time we were baking the tarts and cooking the jam. So much so that he didn't take his usual afternoon nap. Lol.
Anyway the jam was only sufficient for 3 little jars of cookies so mum went to buy more pineapples.
Wanted to help with grating the pineapples but my palms were really itchy. Soles too.
Stupid dengue awareness advert showing on tv now.
No more fever tonight. Yay.
Slight headache.
Nauseous.

27 Jan

Woke up at 6am. Soles and palms were so itchy I could not sleep.
Ate an antihistamine. Slight relief. Dozed off.
Had a few spoonfuls of porridge. Broke out into cold sweat and threw up everything.
Finished abit of porridge.
Huge red spots on my arms.
Generally grumpy and listless the whole day.
Swollen fingers and feet.
Spooned pineapple jam onto the tarts listlessly.
Mum kept asking me questions about the tarts, dinner later, whatever. I was really too weak and snapped.
She does not know how to operate the oven, so I had to do it.
Too much activity in the kitchen. Could not rest much.
Had a few spoonfuls of porridge for dinner.
11pm. Headache is starting again.
Researched on 'dengue recovery'. What I'm experiencing is apparently the second wave. What kind of virus is this?!
"After about 3 days, the symptoms often subside, only to return a few days later. This second phase lasts 1 to 2 days and is accompanied by a skin rash and similar but usually more forceful symptoms than in the first phase."
I wonder if I would be well enough to go to work on Tuesday?

28 Jan

Slight rash and itch still.
Mum went with me to doc's for blood test. Again. Thank god it was the gentle Malay nurse who took my blood. Didn't feel a thing.
Took a large vial of blood. Apparently doc ordered some extra tests.
37.2 degrees. Doc said 'neither here nor there'.
Doc said to go to the supermarket and buy and eat all the sweet things that I have ever wanted. He said I need all the energy.
Also added that "if the test today is no good I don't want to see you anymore. You go straight to hospital".
Went TK to water the plants.
Blood platelets has dropped to 179,000.
Mum went to buy canned Cai Xin for me to eat.
Could not eat much.
Listless and weak.
Headache started again at 8pm.

29 Jan

I still can't taste anything other than sweet foods.
Still not much appetite.
Diarrhea-ed twice.
I have strength to disturb Peanut today. Hehe.
I must say mum has been most patient and trying her best to get me to eat.
Ironically, Peanut did not climb up my bed to whine today. But he kept doing that the past 2 days.
Both corners of my mouth are cracked.
I hope my plants are alright.