I was worried. High fever since Sunday evening. Mosquito bites on her last week and me killing a blood-filled aedes mosquito. Sure, the doctor said the other day (see earlier post) that most probably it is not dengue as Shona has a running nose. But it doesn't mean it is definitely not!
It was heart-breaking to see her last night, so lethargic and so tired. She is always so full of energy and fun.
So off we went, me with a heavy heart.
The bad news - they had to test her blood, to see if it is a viral infection or a bacterial. And since they are drawing blood, they will also conduct a quick test to rule out dengue. It would take around 15 minutes.
When Shona found out they had to take blood from her, she started crying in fear. Poor girl. It probably took very fast - thankfully the doctor was pretty good and took the blood very quickly - but it felt so long holding her and trying to comfort her.
Then the following 15 minutes felt even longer! Thankfully by then, Shona was fine. She had a nice cute bandage to show off and the doctor gave her more stickers for being such a brave girl.
We were outside, waiting for the results and the girls were having fun on the rocking horses! Then Shona played with the slide (it was quite a child friendly place) - and then we were called in again.
Good news! Confirmed it was not dengue. Thank God, thank God!!!!
We had to wait until later in the day before finding out if it is merely a viral infection or a bacterial one - the latter would mean that she would need to have a course of antibiotics.
The call came shortly after lunch - again with the best possible news. Not bacterial. We just have to wait for her to recover then.
So thankful to God and to the friends who prayed. Hate seeing Shona with the fever but am thankful its not dengue.
*The title song of her debut album.
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