A horrible experience !

Hello my dear friends! Here i am writing again :) It`s been a while since i last posted (maybe two months or so). Anyways, i had not been in the mood of blogging, though! If you asked me why, at first glance i`d simply say that nothing exciting has happened to me, therefore, there`s no reason to write, or maybe that I`d been way too busy . However,  i have been experiencing an "ups and downs cycle" during these couple of months, or maybe i should call it an "emotional rollercoster".

I am not going to talk about some of the reasons yet it`s been a tough couple of months for me; nevertheless, i will be sharing what i had been going through the last three weeks, which made everything much worse. I can`t believe it but i had to battle against a sickness called Dengue Hemorragic Fever, something not funny to experience. 

I always had considered myself to be a pretty healthy lady! I had started to train for triathlons in July and I was very  ahead in my internship project (which i already finished in order to graduate in November if the university manages to do all the paperwork by then). Nevertheless, I remember going to the beach the last week of September without knowing that my life was going to turn a martyrdom the following 2 weeks. On Tuesday morning i went swimming and everything seemed normal though that afternoon i started to feel very sick, and sad at the same time. I thought i was about to explode because of everything that had been happening to me. 

 

Out of a sudden, I started to tear down and my parents asked me what was wrong with me, I said that i didnt know but i was feeling tired of everything, i felt really emotional and at the same time, and I had fever. That night I could not sleep at all and the fevers wouldnt stop, my whole body was sored and my eyes were suffering too. I told my dad what was going on and he said that maybe a virus was attacking me but it would go away within 3 days, he suggested me to do a CBC (complete blood count) test though. Even though the results ended up to be on normal levels, more sympthoms started to appear in the following 6 days. For example, sored eyes, swollen glands, massive headache, intense fever, chills, difficulty of orientation whilst driving, sleeplessness and pain in every single bone! 

When my parents saw me suffering like this and realised that the fever wouldnt give in, they started to get worried, they did another CBC test and the results got to lower levels than the last test but it wasnt that serious according to another doctor. Sooooooo i had to put up with all those symptoms two more days until i really hit rock bottom. After more than a week  going through this situation, on Monday night, i felt that my heart was pumping way too fast and i had hard time trying to breath, i also  had sort of sting feeling in my chest and i was cramping so bad that my muscles lost their shape and got deformed. I started to panic and my mum&dad took me to another doctor, she saw me and immediately said that i was being attacked by Dengue, as a result, she ordered another CBC test and the results turned to be very scary. I was seriously feeling so bad that i couldnt even walk because of the cramps, i had high blood pressure and i couldnt breath. The outcome:  4 days in the hospital :( !!

I was taken to emergencies in a wheel chair because the cramps wouldnt let me even stand up!! The dr ordered another blood test and a Dengue test, which would confirm that i was actually suffering from Dengue. The resultts were alarming because my platelets levels were extreamelly low and kept decreasing the following day ( 50, which the normal rate should be 250 ), a body rash in my face and tummy also confirmed it. Worried, the dr. ordered an ultrasound to see whether my organs were functioning; the ultra showed that i had a damaged liver and i was bleeding from the inside. I never thought everything was going to end up this way, it was quite serious and i still couldnt asimilate what whas happening inside my bod,  I`ve never been this sick before, the only think i knew was that i was in total pain! Luckily, the dr. did an excellent job and rescued me from the worst. She said that if i had wait one more day, I would have suffered convulsions and a heart attack, in the worst scenery.  

CBC tests everyday :( 2 times !!

Hemorragic Dengue Fever is common in tropical  countries like mine, where the wet season plus humidity suits up a great enviroment for these deadly mosquitoes. It only takes a BITE and you get infected.The sympthoms start a week later i think, Its called the "breakbone fever", which is a very suitable name!!!

I really have to thank my parents, the dr. and all the ones that were always there for me. Seriously, it means a lot :) 

I also learnt that everybody can be vulnerable to any disease regardless of age, gender or fitness. Anybody could become "Mr. or Ms. Misfortune". It was not easy to recover from it because my body felt really weak and i would feel really  tired from walking 2 blocks. However, it is responding little by little, it`s just a matter of time i guess. 

dormia con mosquitero! :S

Tomorrow will be my first swimming session after this horrible experience but i am happy i got through it. I would really advice everybody who lives in these tropical-like regions to take certain precautions in order to avoid these incidents. Get rid of the puddles, sleep with mosquito nets, and fumigate your house to scare the mosquitoes away. It is so sad that the institutions here in El Salvador don`t move a finger in order to combat this disease, there have been many casualities due to Dengue, so i thing the government should do something and  Dengue can be better controlled next year.  

So here i leave this message to everybody who reads this!!! Cheers !! :D

last day ! yes i was happy!