Open house, viral fever and stomach flu

Panglima's log Thu 2 Dec 2004 1430 hrs

greetings..! it has been almost a month since i last posted. what has happened since..? well, let see... first it was raya. spent a whole week in kuantan. on second day of raya my elder son underwent circumcision. first he was apprehensive.. but as soon as he was given an injection and the needle bent, all went well. actually the doctor bent the needle but i told him the needle bent because he was tough. that's when he felt better. he sat through the whole event awake and even watched the skin being cut away. only the injection hurt.. but then, even for adults, even the thought of an injection at you-know-where would hurt. ouch!

the following days were just me taking care of him. by the third day he was already running around in sarong playing with his cousin. two days after that he was running around in trousers. see... the trick to early healing is by strictly following the doctor's orders. no oily, fatty and gatal food. keep dry at all times. air it when ever possible as it keeps the area dry and accelerates healing. no gamat ointment either. drink lotsa fluids. oily and fatty food stalls healing. gatal food including eggs will make the healing unbearable. water and moisture stalls healing. by two weeks he's off pantang and can take regular bath already. and now.. i've got to get the skateboard i promised him.

got back to kl friday. did nothing much but laze around. went to aunt and cousin's open house. by monday back to work. monday morning greeted with news that two of my good friends each got a new baby daughter. had lunch and that's when it started moving down hill. got migraine after work. two panadols did the trick. tuesday was better but got sick again after work. wednesday slightly better but cannot tahan so went to the clinic near the office. doc said got fever with temperature of 37.8C or something. gave me a bunch of medication with antibiotics. went home immediately. slept. that night, my body temperature went up to 39.2C. yikes!!! i was away from work for the rest of the week.

by weekend i was already feeling better. went to five open houses on saturday but didnt eat much. took more fluids in than solids. monday back to work. tuesday evening i vomitted my guts out. thought it was food poisoning from the briyani at lunch. wednesday after morning meeting, vomitted again, this time mostly spit and water as i had nothing in the stomach except water. went to clinic after morning meeting and a series of vomitting. doc said, post-fever viral infection and dehydration. sent me packing home with another course of antibiotics, anti-nausea, oral rehydration salt and a couple more types of pills. got home and slept until morning. woke up just for dinner of nasi bubur. doc said, no spicy oily fried food. no milk and caffeine either.

that brings us to today thursday. still feeling shitty... like getting up after being hit by a 20-tonne truck! but alive... and that's a lot to be grateful for. i'll be on leave tomorrow for the wife's cousin wedding in perak.

till then, take care.