Zaco has dengue. He came down with roasting fever at 1am on New Year's Day and has been battling it since then. At first I thought... Sun stroke (we were down the islands after all). Fever, headache, vomiting. Made sense. But then it rolled into day 2 and day 3. Decided it must be the awful virus going around.
On Thursday morning he complained of feeling itchy. By Thursday evening he had an awful rash all over his body. And it was spreading fast. Friday morning - visit to Dr. Bratt first thing, blood test confirmed positive for dengue. Curiously, it also confirmed that he'd had it before. I do recall him coming home from Talmas once last year with a rash and fever but it cleared up quickly. We figured it was just a random allergy.
His platelets were at a decent level so Bratt said just watch him and try to control the itching with Alegra, Piriton and Calamine Lotion. Poor boy was going crazy during the night. Midnight found me coating him in calamine again. He seemed to get some relief and fell back asleep eventually.
By 2am he was up with a tummy ache. He groaned and curled up in pain for the rest of the night. Frequent trips to the bathroom. Attempts to sleep. My poor boy.
Sunrise found us curled up on the couch dozing until pain woke him again. Met Dr. Bratt at his office at 11.30am. (Between 9 and 11 he was in agony. I felt useless. "Mummy it hurts. I can't breathe. I don't know what to do." And my only useless response ... "I know baby, I'm sorry. I wish I could take away your pain.")
He threw up at the lab, most likely from the pain killer Bratt gave him via injection. We don't do too well with strong meds.
I'm sitting at the lab waiting for his test results, which they wanted to give me on Monday. "Monday!? The doctor wants them now. Is there anything you can do?" So I'm sitting. Waiting.
And through it all my baby has been such a trooper, and me... I've been useless!
I'm so proud of you Zaco!
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