Well, it is now 2013 and my family has spent
most of the last few days in bed, feeling pretty sick. First Marcus got sick on
the 30th of December, and by the 31st I was down with a
cold as well. We couldn’t even muster the energy to stay up to welcome the New
Year, and went to bed around 9:30 (!)
By January 1st poor Luke had
joined us in the sicky department and has had a high fever off and on since.
Marcus though was really so sick and didn’t seem to be improving, so he went to
the hospital yesterday for some blood work and it turns out he has dengue fever
and amoebeasis :( Poor guy, he is feeling so miserable. He was allowed to come
home last night but nausea has set in and he was finding it impossible to keep
water or other liquids down, so this morning we had him admitted to the
hospital so he can stay hydrated intravenously. (There’s no medication for
dengue, unfortunately, but it is imperative that patients remain hydrated). His
white blood cell count is pretty low but hopefully after a couple days of rest
and hydration his body will start fighting back.
Our next worry of course was that Luke might
have dengue too. He had blood work done this morning and he does have a viral
infection, but his WBC count isn’t abnormally low so we’re hoping the infection
is just the flu. Will keep monitoring his health and am hoping and praying he
will improve soon!
My cold isn’t so bad but of course in all
this we’ve been worried that baby girl might make her appearance. I am full
term now and though my due date isn’t until January 21, my doctor thinks baby
girl may arrive early. I had a check up today and thankfully, am not at all
dilated at this time and my doctor thinks it will be about another week before
labor starts. Really hoping we can all get healthier before our little girl
joins us!
Thank you all so much for your thoughts and
prayers and words of encouragement. We are hoping that 2013 can only improve
from this point on!
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