When You Thought It Wouldn't Happen To You

For about two weeks now, I been having an on and off fever. It started two Mondays ago. But after Tuesday, fever was gone. The Saturday that came after, Biboy and I met in Megamall. However, I went first to LRT Northmall to buy some supplies. I didn't realize how heavy the stuffs were that half of the way through Megamall, I felt pain in my right arm. I was perspiring a lot so my shirt was all wet. Not to mention that it was also raining then. When I got off the MRT, I decided to ask Biboy to fetch me because I really couldn't hold on to the baggages anymore.

In Megamall, we went to see a movie. T'was cold inside the theater especially with my shirt being wet. After dinner, we went home. That was the time I had the fever once more. Feeling ko nabinat ko. The next morning, my right arm was hurting a lot. But the pain eases about two days after, But the fever was on and off. Throughout the whole week, I was feeling so weak. I have lost my appetite, as well. I just eat so that I could put something in my stomach and to gain some strenght. I've been feeling dehydrated, too, the whole time.

I thought to myself that I must've had an infection: pulmonities, probably. But it wasn't. I didn't have the obvious symptoms so I was feeling lucky that I didn't have the dreaded disease these days. As it turned out, after the blood tests, I had the dengue strain! Probably, during the first time I had the fever, I got it. However, there are already anti-bodies produced against it in my blood. That is not to say, though, that it won't develop into a different dengue strain. I have to be wary with the changes that may occur in my body like bleeding and rashes. The good thing is, my platelet count is normal and far from danger.

By tonight, we'll be going back to the hospital to have my platelet count. As of the moment, I was given supplementary medicines.