On April 24th I received a message from my Precious Godsend during school hours. Her text said that "Hey Bubu... I'm not feeling well, my tummy hurts and my body is pegel. Also I feel like my head hurts a bit. I think I'm warm too. I'm in the UKS, haven't picked up lunch yet". I immediately texted the teacher and picked up my baby at school. Yes. She had the fever. And it didn't go away eventhough I did all the usuals. On the contrary, her fever went up and the weirdest thing was Kukka said that her whole body was really sore. She wanted me to keep massaging her, especially the legs, with minyak kayu putih. Then Kukka asked me if I could sleep in her bedroom and we hugged all night... When I had her in my arms I tried very hard not to cry because of the high fever. It was pretty scary 😢
After 2 days Kukka's condition didn't get any better. She was so weak. It wasn't just because of the fever. But also the not wanting to eat nor drink part. I was confused because it never happened before. I mean eventhough she was down with the flu or even a sore throat, Kukka never rejected any food. But now? No wonder she didn't have any energy at all 😢 On April 26th I decided to take Kukka to RSPI Bintaro. Finally the nurse called her name and we met dr. Liza Fitria, Sp. A. The doctor examined my girl thoroughly and asked both of us a lot of questions. At the end dr. Liza said that Kukka had to take a blood test and she would contact me as soon as the result came out. Late afternoon I received an e-mail from the hospital and dr. Liza called. Just as she had predicted: D E N G U E 😢
Long story short and a couple of blood tests later, on April 29th SiBapa, Kukka and I went to see the doctor. During the check up, dr. Liza gave us a very clear explanation about the dengue fever and why it can be dangerous. Her description about how the dengue fever works was easy to understand. AND I RECORDED THE WHOLE THING! YEAY! 😆
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"Kukka ketemu saya tanggal 26. Demamnya Kamis berarti Sabtu hari ke-2. Jadi sekarang hari ke-5. Di awal datang tromobositnya udah di bawah 200 ribu. Lekosit rendah. Normal minimal 5000. Hematocrit berhubungan dengan Hb. Biasanya DBD turunnya lekosit seiring dengan trombosit. Jadi lekosit turun, biasanya trombosit turun juga. Tiap orang beda-beda. Cuma kalau lekosit lagi rendah, virus lagi aktif-aktifnya. Makanya lekosit turun, trombosit turun sampai mencapai titik terendah lalu akan naik. Hb akan naik sendiri padahal ngga dikasih apa-apa.
Yang dikhawatirkan pada DBD adalah Plasma Leakage: pembuluh darah seperti selang air. Kalau selang air ngga bocor, air ngga keluar sehingga tetap bulet. Karena DBD, ada radang, selang bocor kecil-kecil. Air di dalam keluar. Tergantung bocornya. Ada yang kecil, ada yang besar. Plasma leakage, hb naik. Kalau cairan keluar, pembuluh darah jadi kempot.
Obat DBD: CAIRAN!!! Untuk ganti cairan yang keluar. Kalau pembuluh darah bagus, sirkulasi ke tubuh bagus. Kalau kempot: SHOCK. Hari ke-4 dan ke-5 adalah di saat DBD kritis. Kebocoran paling tinggi. Apakah 86 titik terendah Kukka? Kalau dirawat, periksa darah 1x sehari. Kalau ngga dirawat, sehari 2x. Kalau dilihat dari hasil lab, lihat kondisi Kukka dipantau di rumah masih aman. Karena tekanan darah bagus, tangannya anget. Biasanya yang khawatir tangan kaki dingin, nadi ngga keraba kuat, pipis berkurang. Bintik-bintik sekarang ngga selalu. Begitu ada perbaikan tromobosit naik sendiri. Cuma kalau makin rendah, makin ketat pemantauannya.
Tanda bahaya: makin lemas, tangan kaki dingin, dibangunin atau diajak ngomong susah, pipisnya sangat-sangat berkurang. Harus cepat-cepat dibawa! Kalau ngga, ok lah... Salah satu sign penyembuhan: lekosit naik. Tapi ngga selalu berbarengan. Kalau lekosit tinggi sama dengan bakteri. Bakteri obatnya antibiotik. Kalau DBD pasti virus. DBD juga sedikit ada peradangan ringan di liver. Dipencet sakit. Tapi ngga gede."
When asked how she felt about food, Kukka: "Ini si buat makanan, sometimes aku rasa kaya ga mau makan. Kolo makan kayanya aku si cuma suka kolo yang tidak besar banget kaya roti kaya gitu. Kayanya si aku mau sup hari ini."
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Kukka's question to her doctor: What do I do to get my ini up? (Trombosit)
SiBapa: Promise to yourself never play cellphone again.
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At the end dr. Liza let us decide: rawat inap or rawat jalan. SiBapa and I, and of course the patient herself, decided: outpatient treatment. But Kukka had to come to the hospital every day and take the necessary blood tests. Because it was more comfortable for Kukka to sleep in her own bedroom and obviously easier for me to take care of my girl, we said okay. SiBapa also said to dr. Liza: "Deket banget." Yeah... It takes less than 5 minutes from our house to get to RSPI Bintaro. Alhamdulillah.
Anyways... In total my strong girl took 7 blood tests like a champ! There was this one time when she had to take blood tests twice a day! Eventhough there was no whining about the tests, the dengue fever did make Kukka sob like a baby. There was this one day when my baby was so frustrated. She got angry and cried and cried and cried then yelled "Kukka ga mau sakit!!!!" 😢😢😢 She also complained with a sad face that she really missed her friends. Aaaaaw 🥹 Yuli said: "Emang kalo lagi DBD jadi mellow banget bu! Yuli nangiiiiis melulu waktu DBD!" Oh my....
Well Bubu was frustrated too... 😭😩 There was nothing I could do for my Precious Godsend... I kissed. I hugged. I gently massaged her whole body and said all the things a sick person would love to hear to make it a little bit better. I fed her like a baby, made sure she drank plenty of water and finished the fresh guava juice which Yuli have prepared until the last drop. At first Kukka didn't like it. She almost gagged. But I practically shoved the big glass of guava juice in Kukka's mouth and made sure she finished it until the last drop 😆 After a couple of glasses later Kukka said that the guava juice wasn't that bad after all 😄 Still... I could not make the pain and itchiness go away 😭
Yes! Kukka's whole body was very itchy but she couldn't tell where and how to make it go away! It felt like the itchiness came from the inside 😢 Lucky us dr. Liza is the kind of doctor who is willing to be contacted and bombarded with questions by her patients!!! Just like The Rocksy! 😉 I immediately texted dr. Liza. Her explanation: "Itu namanya Rash Convalescent bu. Salah satu tanda2 sembuh dari DBD."
Alhamdulillah.... And finally on May, 3rd morning Kukka took the final blood test, Bubu texted dr. Liza and she replied: "Udah bagus bu. Ga usah cek-cek lagi. Boleh sekolah." For real??? ALHAMDULILLAAAAH! Both of us screamed happily and I sent the doctor tons of thank yous and many other things!
On May, 5th Bubu's strong girl finally went to school and met her friends who welcome her with "Wow Kukka! You're back!"
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