Been confined for 5 freakin' days!
And the torture does not begin and end with the IV line being inserted, removed and reinserted... The thing is, I got sick with Dengue -- a stupid disease brought about by the sudden decrease in the platelet count, accompanied by dehydration and in worse case scenarios, accompanied by bleeding and hemorrhage. Yes, it's one hell of a serious disease -- But the thing is, dengue has NO CURE, so technically, the approach of most doctors would be to constantly rehydrate their patients. Minus the tradition, being hooked with 13 IV fluids is NO JOKE, plus you have to drink LOADS (and that would mean liters to gallons) of H20. And to add MOOREEE injury to the incident, I had to drink that homemade concoction, "tawa-tawa" because it is believed to help raise my ever depleting platelet count.
ugh! imagine the pain.
you do realize that drinking "tawa-tawa" does not do anything good to your body, except make you squint your eye, hold breath and wish you wouldn't vomit because of the after taste.
Being stuck in the hospital for 5 days made me realize that I do have some love for my profession. Considering that I am a Registered Nurse, I know the do's and don't s of the disease... apart from that I know how to manage stuff ( such as the time I had an epistaxis ). This and many more are the reasons why I somehow managed to go on for 5 days without getting crazied. :)
Now that I'm out of the hospital, I missed out on a lot of stuff with my hospital duty. It may be a burden to be confined, but it did give me time to rest, and to rethink things over. Maybe being stuck in the hospital for 5 days has it's benefits too. :)
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