Then we went to Sacred Heart Hospital,without any idea what will happen next.And here's the doctor trying to cure my Dad.His CBC and UA were normal. Dr. Uy mentioned we must not relax just because the lab results were all normal because my Dad is still suffering from myalgia, frontal headache, abdominal pain and high grade fever raging from 39-40 degrees centigrade.He advised that my Dad must be admitted because he suspected that my dad is suffering from Typhoid fever and they must perform Blood culture to confirm his diagnosis but we can't decide right away.His parents must be informed first and let them decide what to do next. So we decided that he will go home.
September 18, 2007 none of us remembered that it was our 54th monthsary because of the situation..I was the first one to remember.I just kissed my Dad and I greeted him and we just cried.By afternoon we went to my Dad's house and waited for his Daddy twas already past 6pm when his Dad arrived so we directly went to his Mother and headed straight to Cebu Doctors Hospital. Now it's already 9pm. Dady's vital signs were checked everything was normal except his temp.Then for the second time blood was extracted from my Dad for his CBC.It was a painful experience for him because it was done twice the lady performed arterial extraction(it was his 1st tym).We waited for the lab result until 2am.huh..were kinda tired already. At last the result came and it was normal but the attending physcian advised that there's a need to repeat the CBC, meaning repeat extraction.Ouch!
September 19. His temperature went up and down, even got a pattern, after 4 hours it will go up to 40 degrees centi then it will normalize.
September 20 at 7pm.My dad's 8th and 9th extraction for CBC and his platelet count went down to 96,000 from yesterday's 150,000.I was terrified. That's really below normal and a drastic decrease from the previos result.Now the Doctor diagnosed that my dad is suffering from Dengue fever so we need to monitor his platelet count everyday.The doctor advised that there's no need to admit my dad at the hospital because he can still eat well and move normally. But his fever is still there. Its quite hard for me to take a deep sleep by that time. I even didn't made it to our team dinner at Patio Isabel. I have to work 11 hours then check my Dad after work.
September 21 at 8pm.We went back to CDH and this would be my Dad's 10th and 11th blood extraction for his CBC.Shockingly the platelet count even went down to 51,000. With that count my Dad can still move well without even experiencing high grade fever.Huh, kinda weird..The doctor then advised that still there's no need to admit my Dad. His mother and the doctor made a deal. If tomorrow my dad's platelet cnt would went down to lower than 50,000 then he must be admitted. Imagine the anxiety that were feeling right at that moment. It was really tough!
September 22 @ 6pm. Long waited moment. My dad got his 12th and 13th blood extraction. By 8pm finally we got the result.My dad even teased me.When I saw the result WHEEww what a relief.. His platelet count went up to 100,000.Yeheeyy.God is indeed Great..he saved my dad from a terrible disease.
September 23.Now I'm here writing this blog.OBVIOUS BAH..
