We were alarmed last night because on of our neighbors was diagnosed with dengue. Her platelet was down to 27 and we are all worried because the doctors said she needs blood transfusion. We are one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and we absolutely follow what the Bible says and it clearly says : abstain from blood.
Our elders talked to the doctors about our belief and our firm decision not to have any blood transfusion. They are still monitoring her condition and we were glad to hear that her platelet count went higher this morning.
We were all alarmed because she is a stay at home mom and most probably she got bitten by the mosquito in our compound. So we had a general cleaning this morning and made sure that there are no breeding grounds for mosquitoes. I am worried because we have three kids in this compound and it would be devastating if they’ll have dengue too. You can view all the good tips to prevent dengue here.
An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure. Hopefully, we’ve got rid of the pesky mosquito.
8 Responses to “Dengue”
- 1 Pingback on Feb 12th, 2008 at 11:19 am
- 2 Pingback on Apr 15th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
nakakatakot yang dengue
my cousin also had dengue..nku umabot sa 30 ung platelet count nya. But buti he recovered, ingat kau djan.
tnx for the tip…ako din paranoid na sa mosquitoes bec of dengue
Sinabi mo pa Apols kasi madami rin namamatay dahil wala naman talagang gamot dun. Dapat lang makayanan ng katawan.
N!cE
Ay ambaba rin nung 30 ah. Thank goodness naka survive.
Yeah Issa. Better safe than sorry. Andami 600 nga daw ang reported cases this January lang.
N!cE