The Cowans

Hello from Bangkok Hospital

Posted by The Cowans | 18th August 2009

I figured this would be the best way to update the masses. As many of you already know, Jon came down with a fever our last day in Ko Phangan. He started to feel worse during our journey to Bangkok and we were having trouble managing his fever with Tylenol, so we decided to go to the Bangkok Hospital Medical Center shortly after we arrived in town. Jon was diagnosed with Dengue Fever and admitted. For those of you who don't know, Dengue is a disease transmitted by mosquitoes and is characterized by a high fever and a rash (though Jon's was difficult to discern from his sunburn). It also causes a low white blood cell count and decreased platelet count, which the doctors wanted to monitor from the hospital.
After a few days of generally feeling pretty lousy, it appears that Jon is on the mend. He hasn't had a fever for 36 hours now, and his wbc and platelet counts are coming back up. The doctor anticipates that we will be able to catch our originally planned flight tomorrow, so long as

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