虚惊一场False Alarm

今天早上被全身的燥热惊醒。一直以来担心是否会被传染H1N1而搞得神经兮兮的我免不了开始担心了起来。至于没有出国的我为什么那么担心呢？原因就是上个星期日我与龟龟去参加友人的婚宴而坐在我旁边的学妹（龟龟的学妹）正是从墨尔本的Swinburne大学回来。正好上个星期砂劳越第一个案件就是从墨尔本的Swinburne大学回来的大学生。

This morning I wake up as I felt my body was “on fire”. Lately I did contact with gui gui’s school mate (at gui gui’s friend wedding dinner) and she was from Swinburne, Melbourne whereby it was the same place as the first confirm case of H1N1 at Kuching, Sarawak. That’s why I was very worried.

我是从上个星期三就开始觉得喉咙不舒服。然而，由于我这一个星期才开始实习，所以喉咙因为适应不了而开始闹革命。不仅如此，这几天我开始觉得很疲倦，还有其他感冒的轻微现象开始一一展现出来。结果，就在第七天（H1N1潜伏期大概7天上下，这段时间期间会有感冒的迹象而高烧多于38摄氏）也就是今天清晨，由于全身燥热而被惊醒的我因为担心而赶快下去楼下拿温度计测量体温。不量还好，一量就吓得我花容失色。我的体温竟然高达38.5摄氏！！不信邪！再量几次结果还是一样绕转于38.3-38.5之间。想去医院检查但是又怕被逼隔离两天起来。顿时，我六神无主所以决定打电话给未来大嫂问一问，看看她有什么想法。七早八早五点半我就打给她（以为她起床准备去医院了）结果没有人接电话。最后，我便转换目标改打电话给哥哥。和哥哥道出了我的问题后，哥哥也是认为有应该去医院查一查较为保险毕竟我现在接触的是一群小瓜！

I start to have sore throat since last Wednesday. However, it might be cause by the overuse of my throat during teaching. Besides, I start to feel very tired since past few days. So, today is the 7^th day after I contact with the friend. After I wake up as felt very uncomfortable this morning, I went downstairs and test my temperature with the thermometer. I was shocked when the thermometer showed that my temperature is around 38.5 Celsius! After test for a few times and confirm I was having fever at that moment, I checked with my brother at 5:30am. Brother gave me the suggestion that I should go to General Hospital to confirm whether I was infected or not for safety purpose because recently, i need to teach at primary school.

梳洗一番和家婆聊了两下（家婆也是觉得去趟医院较为保险），龟龟就带我去挂急诊了。到急诊室的接待处,我把我的忧虑告诉了接待处的工作人员。工作人员听了之后就赶快叫我到接待处旁边的隔离区（隔离区入口四处被铁花围绕……简直象关监牢）等而医生待会儿会用电话来和我联络。等呀等，医生终于打电话来了。问了我之后，医生叫我再等一回儿并且吩咐我叫龟龟不要和我一起在隔离间内。此时，接待处的工作人员向我索取身份证来登记资料。这时，我发现接待处的窗都紧紧的关闭起来（之前开得大大的……）而当我交给他们身份证时，他们还拿一张纸，让我将身份证放在纸上（以便不会和我的身份证有直接接触）。

After I consulted with my brother and my mother in law, I decided to go to A&E department to check up what happened to me. When I reached at the receptionist at A&E department and told them my problem, the staff led me to the quarantine area (look like jail... ...). The doctor did not consult me directly but they consult me through phone by asking me about my symptom and why I suspect myself. After that, the staff at the receptionist ask the IC from me for the registration purposes. They even ask me to put my IC on the paper so that they will not have direct contact with my IC (just in case I have the virus......)

登记好后我又得回去待在“监牢”里。等了好久护士都没来帮我做检查（由于是医生，护士们的换班时间……）。龟龟不忍心看到疲累不堪的我在“监牢”里没得休息而跑去和接待处的工作人员变脸。这时，才看到两位护士穿上了象电视里的蓝色防菌装，口带口罩，头发上戴着防菌帽，手上带着手套 还有脚上穿着一对白色塑胶鞋（只差没有穿防弹衣……）进来。其中一个护士过来帮我测量体温，血压及问我是否出现一些有关的症状。之后，吩咐我坐在一旁等医生的来电后便和另一位护士闪得远远去。

After the registration I went back to the jail to wait for the nurse for body check up. The nurse was wearing anti bacteria costume (with cap, mask, glove, and plastic shoes) when they helped me to check my temperature, blood pressure and my symptom. After they finished checking, they told me to wait for the doctor to call me and then quickly walked away from me.

不久，医生便打电话来了并且要我从新说一边为什么我怀疑我自己被感染到H1N1的病菌还有所有症状的发展情况。解释一遍后，医生就问我学妹是什么时候回来的因为我正好是在第七天发病而学妹回来马来西亚的时间便是关键的答案来决定我是否染上H1N1。最后，告诉医生学妹是在一个月前回来之后，医生就宣布我只是普通的感冒而放我回家。

A while later, the doctor called me and ask me for the detail of when i start to feel uncomfortable and the reason why i suspect myself. My possibility of being infected is high as today is the 7^th day after i contacted with the friend unless she was not in the same flight as the first confirm case. That’s why the doctor urged me to check with the friend on when she reach Malaysia. After gui gui called the friend and confirmed that she had reach Malaysia for nearly a month already, the doctor told me that it is unlikely for me to be infected and prescribe me with some medicine and let me go home.

就这样在医院里折腾了两个多小时而换得了一个令我安心的答案。整个过程中，我觉得我就像一只毒虫那般被医院里的工作人员躲得远远的。如此般的经验呀，我只能说，一次就够了！

The whole process took me around 2 hours and I was exhausted. The whole process make me feel that I am a poison bug as every staff doesn’t dare to come near me. Hopefully this is the first and the last experience of being a poison bug...... it is lucky that I was not being infected or else I will be quarantine by the hospital for a few days......