His platelets are on the up with a reading of 90 but we still have another night to spend here so that another blood test can be done in the morning hoping for a larger increase. We have also been told that this extra day will help to get all our insurance documents sorted so that we can leave in the morning. In other news, Matt took his first step out of the hospital room today to accompany Char to lunch. And Char gave him a guided tour of the private hospit...

Day two in Bangkok Phuket Hospital. We managed to have a better sleep last night due to the nurses only checking up on Matt every 4 hours instead of 2. They check his blood pressure, heart rate and take away the numerous bottles that he leaves on the side in the bathroom. Matt too had his first hot power shower in months today to blast away the grime of the last few days of being hooked up to the drip. On a positive note, the doctor decided that he would be ok...

With the nurse coming in to monitor and observe every two hours it was pretty hard to sleep. However better than the Dengue taking Matt's body into shock. Always a silver lining.... Char finally got her hot power shower. When the doctor visited on the morning round he informed us that Matt's platelet count had drop a lot more. 104-81.Not good as the risk of internal bleeding is very high. So it looks like we have a few more nights here. With Matt stuck in...

We couldn't wait to leave this morning, a hospital trip was definitely on the cards with Matt still not feeling himself. We thought a second opinion apart from Google was needed. With insurance documents in hand we got a boat to Krabi, checked our bags into a hotel and headed to the hospital. There was not a private hospital in Krabi so we bit the bullet and arrived at the general one. First impressions were not good when we weren't sure where to go and walked in...