Boyfriend Sick, Need Help

[Captain Swing]

I was going to add "Send Money" to the heading, but it's not about that. Beloved is very sick in a hospital in Si Racha. His cousin, who informed me, said he couldn't tell me in English what was wrong with him. He said "Like malaria, but not malaria." I suspect it might be dengue fever, but cousin didn't know that term. He said he asked people at the hospital for the name in English but they didn't know (which is a little troubling in itself). Apparently BF is in an isolation room--would a dengue patient require that? Can anyone tell me the Thai name for dengue fever, with phonetic pronunciation? I know the disease is prevalent in Thailand now, and BF had been home to Khon Kaen a week or so before he got sick. Cousin tells me not to worry, and that BF will be out of the hospital in 4 or 5 days. I don't think his condition is life-threatening and there's not much I can do from 10,000 miles away, but naturally I'm concerned. I'd feel a little better if I knew for sure what was wrong with him. Any helpful advice?

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Phone the hospital

[Sen Yai]

Dengue = khai saa

not wishing to alarm you but

dysentery = rohk bit
gastroenteritis = rohk kraphaw ak-sehp
influenza = khai wat yai
pneumonia = rohk pawt ak-sehp

but

indigestion = ahaan mai yawy

Why not ask the cousin to tell you the Thai name and we can guess again!

chicken pox + ee sook ee sai

Beriberi = neb-sha

Diphtheria = Khaw-teep

Encephalitis = Samong akseb

Mumps = Khang thoum

Rabies = Roke klua-narm :grommit:

TB = Wanna-roke

Varicose Veins = Sen leuad khord

[Aunty]

Anything (Thai) for bald fat old cunts?

Anything (Thai) for bald fat old cunts?

Rak-si-am

[Lunchtime O'Booze]

Anything (Thai) for bald fat old cunts?

Rak-si-am

back to Thai language school for you both-hans..

it's actually : hom-in-tern

#these boys do get sick at times..why don't you ring the hospital and arrange to pay the bill.

The hospital may not / should not tell you - as Sen Yai suggested, ask the cousin, get him to ask a doctor the English name, or check when he will be in the hospital next visiting your friend, call him when he is there, and then speak to one of the staff.

If he will be out in 4 or 5 days it could be dengue fever, as that lasts about a week, but it could be something totally different; he may be in ICU, not isolation - or both!

Guessing is pointless.

[Captain Swing]

I just spoke to BF's cousin. t42 was apparently on the mark with "ee sook ee sai"--chicken pox. BF, happily, is feeling better and should come home Saturday. Many thanks to all who tried to help.