On Monday, Senator Bong Go said President Rodrigo Duterte’s lack of sleep on his way from Russia back to the Philippines is because he is worried about his youngest child Veronica “Kitty”, who is down with dengue.
President Rodrigo Duterte and Kitty Duterte / Photo from ABS-CBN
After delivering his arrival speech and answering a few questions from the media, Duterte had to hurry from the airport to the hospital where his daughter was confined.
“Nakikita ko habang nasa eroplano kami, nag-aalala siya. Parati niyang iniisip at di nga raw siya po makatulog sa haba ng flight. For 11 hours ay di siya mapalagay dahil iniisip niya ang youngest daughter,” Go said.
Kitty contracted dengue even after she was reported to have been inoculated with Dengvaxia vaccine last year.
“Okay naman po siya. Dengue fever po ito at on her way to recovery na po siya. Sa awa ng Diyos maayos naman po bumabalik na yung, umaakyat na yung kanyang platelet and hopefully ay gagaling na siya,” Go said.
Asked how up to how low her platelet level went, Go said, “I think around 52 pero unti unti na hong bumabalik sa normal. Right now mayroon pa siyang dengue fever.”
Duterte's party in Russia learned about Kitty's dengue on Saturday.
“Di po namin masabi. Nasa russia kami nung nangyari ito kaya nung pagdating namin dumiretso agad kami sa ospital at bisitahin yung kanyang youngest daughter,” Go said.
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Source: GMA News Online
