It must be a trying time for RK who has been here for
several days now with Ebola test running from indeterminate to negative then to
positive. She was eventually transferred
from the Probable Ward to the Convalescent Ward. Today she had another positive test and she
would be moved to the Confirmed Ward with Doris. In the beginning Doris showed no symptoms but over the cause of 2
weeks she gradually manifests the natural course of Ebola infection. RK has no symptoms now; it would be wonderful
if she indeed has a minor form of Ebola.
She is pregnant and Ebola infection will put her fetus at risk.
Doris has been weakened so much that she no longer
could walk without assistance.
Thankfully she is not actively bleeding and her diarrhea has stopped at
least for now. She still continues to
say she is fine. When I asked her what
she would like, she requested couscous and soft drinks. If she does eat couscous and drink, this may
be signs of a turning point. She was in
respiratory distress last night but today she is able to lie with her head only
slightly elevated without feeling short of breath.
In the early afternoon, 2 young brothers Ishmael and Emmanuel, ages 4 and 2 were admitted from the Observation Interim
Care Center (OICC) when they spiked a temperature after staying there for 2
days. Their father had died not long
ago. The younger one was eating until he
caught sight of us in PPE. Although he
did not cry, he was obviously shrinking from us and did not like to be fussed
over. He stopped eating. He had a fever and was a little more restless
than his older brother who ate heartily.
Later on a 3-day-old baby, Abu, whose mother died of Ebola was also admitted. Our ETC is suddenly filled with very young patients.
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