It has been days since I last posted here.... It has been a busy week... the two girls fell sick one after the other, with the little one having fever (up to 39.8 degrees Celsius) for a week!
It was a horrible weekend ... Although the Halloween Play Date went well... well that is another story (will post the photos later on).
Being a mother of two now, I thought I would get pass that period where I would react too much over small things that happened to the girls. I used to bring my first daughter every time she was sick. With the second girl ... I am more relax and 'lenient'. A bit of runny nose and cough for a few days does not worry me too much; or low grade fever for 2 days doesn't worry me much too as long as the children are still happy and active.
So, when the little one fell sick, I was still thinking ... arrghh nothing serious, just a few dose of paracetamol and she will be alright. The little one never had high fever before in her entire 13 months of existence. I know one day she would have high fever ... It will happen and I know it, however, I never thought it would come now! On the 2nd day, her fever just goes up and up... 3rd day which was last Friday, I decided to bring her to the clinic. Doc gave antibiotics, some other stuff for her phlegm. Fever still high even on the 5th day which was Sunday. At first I wanted to wait till Monday, to bring her to the doctor again ... but seeing the little one getting weaker by the hour. I decided to bring her to KKH.
KKH is like the last resort (in my mind). I had bad experiences there ... long waiting time, crying babies and kids running around. You don't see happy faces there because everyone is just 'tense'. However, they do have all the equipment specialised for young children. The head doctor is very experienced... (very).
When we brought my daughter on Sunday night (around 8pm), there wasn't many people at the registration area ... I thought ... hmmm the lot of the people are already inside which is usually the case. Our number was called within a minute or two. When temperature was taken, the fever has gone up to 39.8 C. I was shocked ... she just had her temp checked an hour earlier and took medicines and antibiotics too. My heart just sank... The nurse told us to register and go straight to counter 11.
I know the horrible experiences before (with the 1st one), this time we had to use the nebuliser on her since she is having difficulty breathing. Then, we had to do some tests.... seeing your darling daughter's face when her finger was pricked for blood test ... Urrgghh... made me want to cry too. Then there is the chest X-ray, where I have to hold her limbs against the seat so that they can take the x-ray ... I am just glad that it is all over. Doctor said the blood test only shows viral infections... the x-ray confirmed of the infection in the chest. It was written as 'pneumonia' but a mild to moderate one. Just to be on the safe side, she has to go for another X-ray next month at a polyclinic.
I am still monitoring her health now, because the Doctor said if she still has fever after 3 days, I got to come back again since it might be something else. Today is the 2nd day ... and she is recovering slowly, but I can still see she is still weak, but more active ... I can see a bit of smile.
One more day .... I hope she recovers well.
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