Grandpa's got the Dengue

[Household6]

I have 6 family members stuck in some podunk hospital in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. They can't travel back home because their platelets have dropped so low.. Grandpa (retired cop, great health) is 72, been posting during his vaycay on Facebook. I've been watching this over the last few days.. He's a very tough old man, but this one took him down for the count.

February 26--
We are having fun on our great Costa Rica adventure! Went ziplining today!

February 27
Today was spent recovering from yesterday, tomorrow off to a volcano for an overnight new adventure

March 2
Would you believe that our vacation is now half over? Went to volcan arenus which is further south From here. Rain forest wet, rainy, cooler and green.

March 3
Yesterday was a not very good day. Spent all afternoon shivering and shaking and at night had wet sheets from sweating. Nurse britt said that I was dehydrated and heat exhaustion. I was we'll enough by this evening to go on a sail boat sun set cruise.

March 4
Today Greg comedown with the same thing I had the other day. We gave him a snort of red wine and sent him to bed. I did the same And it worked for me.

March 5
Greg and I are still not up to snuff.

March 6
Well another one down with the crud. Lanette is now down that only leaves Hazel. Among the living but she is covered up on the couch with a sweat shirt and blanket so she may be next.
I am having night sweats yet which means our Bedding gets a daily washing.

March 6
We are all dragging now, sleep. Sleep sleep. Have supper all set up but no one wants to eat. Maybe we will all loose weight this week.

March 7
Well it is official we all have the dengue fever, went to the DR and Greg ended up having an IV after he passed out in the examine room. Dehydrated go back at 4 for the results.

His posts continue, they've all been getting worse over the last three days, Grandpa's son (also a cop) had a platelet count of 82K/ul yesterday. We've made arrangements for them to check into a Level 2 as soon as they get home. We're hoping they can fly out tonight sometime.

What a crappy way for the old man to spend a vacation. I don't want to let him leave the house ever again, my nerves are shot, I'm worried about the plane trip for him, if the altitude changes are going to have any effect on them..

 

[Summit]

That's pretty unpleasant... they don't call it "bone break fever" for nothing. There are some good tourist/expat hospitals in CR... lots of people go there for medical tourism.