It had been and will be a busy period for us at work. One of our Team Managers, who was pregnant, had a threatened premature birth and was put on Hospital Leave for 17 days. She could be asked to extend the Hospital Leave till her Expected Delivery Date in January next year.
There also seems to be a stomach flu virus going around in the office. One after another, became a victim of this virus. Almost every other day, we have at least 2 staff on MC due to the same sickness. Even the Managers have to "turun padang". We all felt like agents all over again. Haha!
I became one of the victims of this virus the past few weeks. I strengthened myself to work my way through the past 1 week, refusing to see the doctor. Finally, on Friday, fever seeped in. It was Hubby who noticed that my body temperature was a lil warm when he hugged me to sleep. He advised me to see the doctor. As stubborn as I am, I just told him, I will go the next morning if the temperature is still there. And yet, I still went to work despite the fact that I am starting to feel the aches. Went home straight after work. Had to miss a cousin's engagement feast. Slept the afternoon off after taking Paracetamol.
Sunday morning came. My body was aching. Had another dose of Paracetamol in the morning. Hubby told me to rest. No need to do anything else. In the afternoon, Boss called me, asking if I was feeling better as she needed someone to go to MT to escort the vendors for some testing. ML was away in Batam for the weekend, I knew. CSY would probably be busy studying. So, in my groggy state, I offered to go. Went back to the office for about 2 hours to escort and supervise the testing and then, met hubby to go back together. On the way back, we got dinner. I had difficulty sleeping as my body was aching all over. Hubby couldn't sleep either as he had to entertain my whining and my "twist & turns".
Monday morning, checked my temperature. It was ok. Come afternoon, I started feeling cold and my body temperature rising again. That was it! I went to see Dr Goh in the evening. As usual, he gave me medication which were pregnancy-safe cos he knew I was planning to have a baby. He wanted to issue me 2 days MC but I requested for only 1.
And, this morning, temperature was measuring at 37.2 degrees. Took another dose of Paracetamol and slept. I am now going to continue to draft a document to be submitted tomorrow. I will be going back to work tomorrow. Yes, I know! But, work will be piling up if I continue to rest at home.