June 2011 - Page 8 of 8

It was early morning, had my usual 2-3 cups of cold coffee.. then suddenly the whole world went spinning. It was not my first time to feel that way and usually a good chunk of sweets can take the spinning away. I always thought it was my need for sweets that’s making me dizzy that if I did not take a lot of sugar, I feel jelly like. That morning, the dizziness was a bit worse.. I feel like my head is about to explode or that I will stop breathing soon. Unfortunately my husband was not around, so I have to brave the hospital by myself.

I realized though I cannot go alone, afraid I might end up like a jelly fish somewhere around the road.. had to ask my sister to accompany. I really thought my sugar level is going down and also my blood pressure. All along I was praying hard that nothing would happen to me..

At the hospital, they took my vital signs, temperature, blood pressure and even my sugar level. The doc told me to lie down and he performed some visual test to me.. And the diagnosis is Vertigo Dizziness. My sister who is with me also has vertigo.. argh! It runs in the blood! MAde us thought of building a vertigo blog LOL Thinking about it now, how can we blog when we are spinning? hmmmm

The photo below is my sister during her vertigo moment:

I am too lazy for explanation so here’s a good one I found on the web:

Vertigo, or dizziness, is a symptom, not a disease. The term vertigo refers to the sensation of spinning or whirling that occurs as a result of a disturbance in balance (equilibrium). It also may be used to describe feelings of dizziness, lightheadedness, faintness and unsteadiness. The sensation of movement is called subjective vertigo and the perception of movement in surrounding objects is called objective vertigo.

What trigger my Vertigo that morning? I guess it’s the coffee as the doctor said anything with caffeine and salt can trigger it. Salt intake can trigger vertigo because, as explained by the doctor at the hospital, our ears has water on it and when we move, it moves freely.. increase in salt intake can make this water thick in consistency thus the water inside does not move as freely as it should be when we are moving, hence disturbance in the balance.. The effect of caffeine was not established and how this triggers vertigo.. but studies shows that it is indeed a trigger.

So what does it mean for me? no more Frappe!!! argh!!!

now expect me to rant over and over again.. (I used to say venting out with venti)

Yes, Finally, nakahinga din ng maluwag.

Last Sunday, my third born was sick. It was around 4 PM when I checked on him his fever is at 38.1 C. We’re kinda paranoid, no, we’re PARANOID about it. You see, my husband’s nephew died because of dengue. It was not your ordinary dengue, his fever did not last for 3 days and there was no symptoms. Just imagine how paranoid we are over Chico’s fever. We brought him to pedia Monday morning. His fever is on and off every 6-8 hours. His lungs we’re clear, his throat is clear too and even his ears. There’s no sign of infection. Which made us more paranoid about his fever, We asked the pedia if we can have Chico tested for dengue… just to make sure you know. Good thing, there’s a dengue test now that can determine dengue at an early stage. It’s called Dengue NS1 (more to that later). The pedia issued a dengue test and cbc request and we brought Chico at Medical City after lunch.

We did not know that for a request to be honored by our HMO, it should come from a pedia that is affiliated to them. And since Chico has no fever when we brought him at TMC, we were referred to another Pedia. The pedia at TMC concluded throat infection and prescribed an antibiotic for him.. but since we were there not for a second opinion but for an NS1 and cbc request, I just told her to give us the request that we need.

To cut the story short, the Dengue NS1 result was negative. His CBC showed that his WBC are high which means his body is fighting off some bacteria or virus. Our pedia here suspected UTI so Chico has a urinalysis and the result was negative. At this point I am going crazy.. Dengue NS1 has an accuracy of 80-90 percent.. not 100%, thought the pedia explained to me that his CBC result shows no sign of dengue.. I’m still paranoid.

His fever is still the same, on and off every 8 hours.. and at 38.2- 38.7 C range. Dengue NS1 and CBC was done Monday. Tuesday was Urinalysis. I thought by Wednesday, it would be insanity test for me.. because my mind is slowly exploding with what ifs.. Around Wednesday 2 AM.. Chico has fever again. We woke up and gave meds for his fever.. at this point, I am at my most praning mode.. cried and prayed that nothing will happen to my baby boy.

By Wednesday afternoon, his fever went away..but not my worries.. we’re still not sure why and what happened to him. By Thursday, I noticed rashes on his body, arms, face, back, legs.. which made me worry more. I had to ask my husband to go home that moment and we went back to the clinic. Good thing, the older pedia was there.. (And if you happen to live in Pasig City..I highly recommend Dra Conde) She said that it was viral infection (and not bacterial so no need for antibiotics)..it’s viral exanthem (more to that later too).. And she said that there is no need fro treatment not unless the rashes becomes super itchy..

At sa wakas, natagpuan din ang saralin.. at makaktulog na ng mahimging ang nanay… ay hindi pala!

because I need to catch up on my blogs.. I have so many blog posts that needs to be published. And even my MILK WEEK posts were put behind.. sorry guys.. may next week pa naman..

The worries and sleepless nights take a toll on me.. I have never been this tired my entire life.. and I can’t blog and think.. so tired that I can’t even sleep.. but that’s all behind me now.. at least now I can breathe.