Adlan was down with a very bad flu last night. Very high fever at 39 degrees celcius & terrible coughs. I started getting really worried when he started to feel lethargic and refused to eat his dinner (this is very unusual!). 2 days ago 18 students from his class were absent from school due to severe flu. So, I knew we had to take him to the hospital immediately.
Putra Hospital A & E was packed with people, mostly down with flu! It didn't look good. I was informed that the night before, 70 students from a college were brought into the hospital with flu symptoms & it was chaotic. When the doctor examined Adlan, he said that it was possible that Adlan might be having the dreaded H1N1 as the virus is just everywhere now, plus the fact that St David High School had a few suspected cases. I felt so weak when he said that. But he reassured us that complications only happen in 1 of 500 cases. In most cases, the virus will stay & die off after 5-7 days. He prescribed Adlan with some medication, some strong antibiotics & requested that he be quarantined at home. He finally said that if Adlan starts vomiting, we have to immediately send him to the General Hospital.
Apparently the swab test to determine whether or not one has H1N1 is only available in government hospitals. The test kit is expensive, costing about RM1,250 per person and it takes 3 days before the result can be confirmed. I guess this means that the numbers of people infected with virus in Malaysia must be so much higher than the 1,400+ as published by the government. I'm sure there are many more people who must have been infected but didn't get the chance to undergo the swab test to confirm their status! This is so worrying..
Well, at home, Alhamdulillah Adlan is feeling so much better today. His fever has reduced to 38.2. He is still coughing with some runny nose, but no vomiting. He has started eating again at lunch time, although much lesser than normal, at least he is eating. I hope he will completely recover soon..
Just pray that the rest will be spared from the flu.. Shoo, Shoo H1N1!!
4 comments:
Dear Alang,
Thank God it doesn't escalate into something even more serious. The H1N1 frenzy is getting more and more dangerous >.<
Take care. And the rest as well.
Love,
Ngah
Thanks Ngah.. Adlan is so much better today. But Hakim and Anas pulak demam.. Alhamdulillah no other complications.. U take care in Uni..
Kak Dilla,
me here pun risau. Yday night i sms u kan..then at 4.00 a.m naufal's badan punyalah panas. I pun dah risau and nangis. He refused to tak ubat, that his major problem. Then finally i letak ubat dalam milk dia. So macam surut sikitlah panas tu. Ya doa semoga semua cepat sembuh.
Take care Linda.. Anas is still not well. At 4am pagi tadi temperature was up to 39.1. The rest are getting better. Doa lebih sikit..
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