something's wrong

I've been terribly sick for two days.

My fever fluctuates from 38.5 to 39.5. My special gurl has placed me under bedroom arrest. I sleep most of the time.

The uncomfortable part of being ill is that nobody knows what's wrong with me. My mother thinks I have a viral infection.

I don't know. But let's eliminate some symptoms.

I'm not coughing and there's no tummy pain. My head's not aching. But I take paracetamol every 4 hours to cure my fever.

What totally sucks about this is that today is Tin's birthday. She sent sms invites because there's a lil party at her house.

If only we were neighbors, maybe I'd do a Houdini trick and see what she prepared. Anyway, I've asked my special gurl to call up Tin and ask if she's serving spag or pansit.

So she did me a favor and called up Tin's number. Turned out that Tin's party is held at the house of relative who lives nearby.

I have a special gift for Tin. I plan to treat her to a body spa complete with milk bath and a whirlpool experience. She'd like that very much.

I think my special gurl will bring me to see the doctor tomorrow should my health not improve. She decided not to go to the clinic tomorrow even though I told her I'd be fine all by myself.

This morning she reprimanded me because I got out of bed and I was in the backyard with Rufus. She told me to stop moving around and to simply stay put in the room.

I decided to invite Rufus in. She didn't mind.

And, yea, why am I blogging? I'm using the laptop that she borrowed from her brother. She warned me not to be online for a long time.

I wonder what's wrong with me.

I showed her the small red dots on my arms and legs. I'm not sure if those rashes mean anything. Well, we'll find out tomorrow from the doctor. I have a feeling I'll be sick for a few days more.

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kids should know that...

A symptom can more simply be defined as any feature which is noticed by the patient. A sign is noticed by the doctor or others. It is not necessarily the nature of the sign or symptom which defines it, but who observes it. Clearly then, the same feature may be noticed by both doctor and patient, and so is at once both a sign and a symptom. The distinction is as simple as this, and therefore it may be nonsensical to argue whether a particular feature is a sign or a symptom. It may be one, the other, or both, depending on the observer(s). Some features, such as pain, can only be symptoms. A doctor cannot feel a patient's pain (unless he is the patient!). Others can only be signs, such as a blood cell count measured by a doctor or a laboratory. (wikipedia)