Friday, July 03, 2009

day two

maybe you are wondering why the title of this post is day two. well, it's the 2nd day of our stay here in Poro Point, La Union. i will tell you why i was not able to blog about day one yesterday.

yup, finally our trip pushed through this time. we arrived yesterday at about 1:45pm. a few minutes before our check in time. it was a long drive from manila going to la union. probably 6 hours because we had to make a few stopovers to pee and for lunch. i was feeling okay in the morning of july 2 while waiting for the last participant of this trip to arrive. i even had my temperature scanned by the guards in our building when i entered. my temperature was okay. was... because when we arrived here in thunderbird resort, i started not to feel well. i thought i was just exhausted of the long drive. so, i just took 2 paracetamols for that day while i was working on my problematic accounts while wearing the striped bonnet abba gave me. yup, i was on a vacation and yet still working. slept at about 11:30 i think. i know i had fever because i can feel my body was hot. i woke up feeling a little okay this morning and forgot about all of these when che and i started to explore the place while taking photos. when we got back to our room, i tried to sleep again then the morning snack was served. my throat had been sore since june 30 i think, i was just gargling it with astring-o-sol but yesterday and today was different. i had a hard time swallowing but i did not pay a lot of attention to it. while i was eating the morning snack, i noticed that i have a lot of small red dots in my arms and also my body. good thing they have a clinic nearby and was advised to consult their company doctor in the nearby hospital and so i obliged. so i was brought to the hospital. che accompanied me there and was joking around with the hospital staff and the friendly nurse who helped us go to the hospital. it was found out that the left side of my throat is swollen and has white spots on it. i forgot how the doctor called it. so there, i was injected with anti-histamine and was made to drink paracetamol and claritin i think. i was drowsy after that. they even extracted blood from me for platelets test. they even said that i might have a h1n1. good thing, my platelets count was okay and i was released after a few hours. i stayed there i think for 3 hours or more. good thing i have an HMO card to cover the hospital bills. i had to shoulder the medicines though and the antibiotic that was given to me was too pricey. i was even advised to do any activities. great. tomorrow we will be checking out at 12nn. another long drive going back to manila. it's just like not taking a vacation after all. hehehe...

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