Matthew Sick with Dengue Fever
Wikipedia defines Dengue Fever:
Dengue fever (IPA: /ˈdɛŋg/) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics and Africa, and caused by four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae. The geographical spread is similar to malaria, but unlike malaria, dengue is often found in urban areas of tropical nations.
My eldest son, Matthew, has been suffering Dengue Fever (or at a mild variation/strain of it) when I arrived here in Canada. I’ve been in Burnaby for a week now, and thank God my Matt is checking out of the hospital tomorrow morning or any time tomorrow (Philippine Time).
He’s been confined in St. Michael Family Hospital in Marilao, Bulacan for 5 days now. According to them there were already 10 cases of Dengue Fever confined.
Sept 2 was the day of my flight, and the day after that, Matthew still has a fever so my wife and mom decided to check him in. Which is true, Matt really do have a low blood platelets count.
Buti naagapan.
Good news is he is doing good now and may come home any time tomorrow since his Dengue fever lab result is negative. All they need are pens, cash and to sign the release papers… I don’t like Dengue.
[...] are actually waiting for Sean to burn up again (coz we haven’t put aside the possibility of a dengue)… And thank God he is good… Up till today, he’s healthier and no [...]