Drum Roll Please…Dengue Fever. I had so many thoughts going on in my head that I didn’t realize he already told me what it was. I was thinking too much and not listening, what if I don’t get to do this? What could happen to me? Will I get to have some crazy experiences. I wasn’t scared or afraid, well maybe a bit after he told me in some cases in Thailand there are some serious cases of Dengue and there has been fatalities. I was bummed because I had a feeling that this was not going to go away over night and this was going to hinder how I wanted to see the month go. So the Doctor said I can go home and He wanted me to come in the next day to get some blood work done. So I guess that was somewhat good news that I got to go home. I guess I didn’t have a serious case of it.
Next day I really felt paralyzed. I couldn’t sleep a wink that night. I was sweating and my head was throbbing. It literally took me 3 minutes to roll over from one side to another. Bryan came in that day with me to get some more blood work done. Praying everything would be fine and maybe news that I will be back to normal in a couple of days. The Doctor came in with the results “you will have to stay here in the hospital overnight The Dengue got worse. My platelets got really low. So what could happen”
I was grumpy; I gave the nurse a hard time, the doctor, Bryan, everyone in that room. I was not staying in hospital for Manistry month. So after debating and arguing with everyone. Bryan finally convinced me that the best option was to stay. Its only for a night, really a room with some A/C , a bed, some good food. So they rolled me away. I looked up a sign saying “WOMENS ward”. I looked around and all I saw was bunch of Thailand Senior men in Pink pajamas? My eyes were like this O.o . I didn’t have my own room and There was no A/C. Then I saw pink? Why is everything Pink? The walls, the curtains, the bed sheets had these hearts on them which made it pretty masculine for manistry month (sarcasm) and even the toilet paper was pink. I guess it was the hospitals way of cutting on cost or something.
Manistry month in Pink. PERFECT!!
The guys are in mud and I am surrounded by pink. The nurse took me to my bed and asked me to put those pink pajamas on. I said “ yeah surely you jest” I don’t think so. She gave up and I was stayed in my comfy Jesus Culture t-shirt and basketball shorts. The same uniform I wore since the beginning of the race and haven’t washed once. Kidding!!
Funny, lying there I was thinking about the way I was acting and if they could read my t-shirt and maybe understand it. Im sure they would say “what kind of Christian is this guy.”
The next day was rough. i did my best to make the most of it. To find joy and allowing Jesus to be my strength. I will admit it was hard. It was going pretty well until they did more blood work and the doctor said It had gone down some more so they were keeping me for the week. Now I was getting mad. I started to think this was some foreign scam or something trying to get some money out of me. The doctor had enough and walked away.
I witnessed to one of the nurses later on about Jesus. It was going pretty well,
UNTIL….
Philipphians 4:4-5
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all
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Dengue Fever, Nurses and Pink Pajamas? Is this Manistry Month? Part 3
