43 weeks after Knee ACI
No progress report on the knee, but I did not have any serious buckling or locking during the month. Went to physiotherapy session only once earlier in the month and had to cancel all appointments for the rest of this month.
On Sat 15 Mar afternoon, I was quite energetic and decided to replace a faulty wall fan. Suddenly, I felt giddy, followed by fever. I went to bed early. Woke up on Sunday morning feeling well, but the fever returned in the evening, reaching a high of 39.5 C. That evening, I went to the neighbourhood clinic and the doctor said I had throat inflammation and prescribed antibiotic and lozenges. As the fever did not subside and I also had gastric pain, muscle and joints aches, I went to the same clinic again on Wed morning – another doctor changed the medicine to a stronger antibiotic. He also took blood samples for tests – but ruled out dengue, as my blood palette count was normal. However, my haemoglobin was abnormally low and white blood cells high. He warned that if fever still do not subside in another 2 days - to go to hospital. Couldn't sleep the whole of Wednesday & Thursday owing to severe back pain, fever and some breathlessness. On Good Friday, 21 Mar, I went to NUH’s A&E and was kept inside an isolation room. Portable x-ray and ECG machines were pushed into the room for my examination. Later in the afternoon, the duty doctor informed me that I had pneumonia and took blood samples for testing. I was subsequently hospitalized in an Isolation Ward for 3 days. Here, everyone who visited me, including doctors, nurses, visitors and even the cleaners have to wear mask when entering my room. Three young doctors came in on Sat morning and observed that I looked well with no fever, and asked whether I want to be discharged. Told them my symptoms of recurring fever in the afternoon and they told me to stay another day. True enough, the fever returned that afternoon. My consultant doctor, who is a Prof, visited me on Sunday and said my condition has stabilized and prescribed a strong antibiotic. I told him I also had blood in my sputum, but he said it is normal and should go away after a few days. He said I could stay until Monday or I could also be discharged and rest at home – I went home on Sunday and the doctor warned that I should stay home for the next 7 days and finished the full course of antibiotic and cough medicines.
No progress report on the knee, but I did not have any serious buckling or locking during the month. Went to physiotherapy session only once earlier in the month and had to cancel all appointments for the rest of this month.
On Sat 15 Mar afternoon, I was quite energetic and decided to replace a faulty wall fan. Suddenly, I felt giddy, followed by fever. I went to bed early. Woke up on Sunday morning feeling well, but the fever returned in the evening, reaching a high of 39.5 C. That evening, I went to the neighbourhood clinic and the doctor said I had throat inflammation and prescribed antibiotic and lozenges. As the fever did not subside and I also had gastric pain, muscle and joints aches, I went to the same clinic again on Wed morning – another doctor changed the medicine to a stronger antibiotic. He also took blood samples for tests – but ruled out dengue, as my blood palette count was normal. However, my haemoglobin was abnormally low and white blood cells high. He warned that if fever still do not subside in another 2 days - to go to hospital. Couldn't sleep the whole of Wednesday & Thursday owing to severe back pain, fever and some breathlessness. On Good Friday, 21 Mar, I went to NUH’s A&E and was kept inside an isolation room. Portable x-ray and ECG machines were pushed into the room for my examination. Later in the afternoon, the duty doctor informed me that I had pneumonia and took blood samples for testing. I was subsequently hospitalized in an Isolation Ward for 3 days. Here, everyone who visited me, including doctors, nurses, visitors and even the cleaners have to wear mask when entering my room. Three young doctors came in on Sat morning and observed that I looked well with no fever, and asked whether I want to be discharged. Told them my symptoms of recurring fever in the afternoon and they told me to stay another day. True enough, the fever returned that afternoon. My consultant doctor, who is a Prof, visited me on Sunday and said my condition has stabilized and prescribed a strong antibiotic. I told him I also had blood in my sputum, but he said it is normal and should go away after a few days. He said I could stay until Monday or I could also be discharged and rest at home – I went home on Sunday and the doctor warned that I should stay home for the next 7 days and finished the full course of antibiotic and cough medicines.
My fever has subsided since Sat, but the coughing is still bad, although there is no more blood in the sputum. I still felt weak, after two weeks of illness, but is anxious to return back to work tomorrow. Hope everythings turn out well...
