Monday, February 18, 2008

CNY 2008 - the not-so-pleasant part

Then came the third day. Rayden had fever and it didn't go down despite the medicine. It got worse on Sunday morning so I brought him to the GP downstairs. He was given Brufen- a stronger fever medicine and Oralcort - a cream for his ulcers in the mouth. I suspect that he had HFMD but the GP wasn't sure.

His ulcers became worse. More started appearing in his mouth, on his tongue, gum and lips. He was so cranky that he couldn't sleep or feed. He didn't even want to suckle. He was still having high fever of 39 degrees.

Then on Monday morning we brought him to see Doc Sim. He said the poor boy's mouth was full of ulcer and that he was in a lot of pain. My heart felt so pained. He said to spoonfeed him with milk and to let him have ice cream and yoghurt. These will help to soothe his throat. He was given Difflam- a gel for ulcers and Tonimer- a throat spray.

We spoon fed him with cold expressed milk and Heinz fruit gel. He quite liked it. Despite being sick, he could still clap his hands when we asked him to. My little brave boy.

Then came the many sleepless nights cos the little one refused to sleep on the bed and needed someone to carry him all the time. Both Asri and I were completely exhausted.

Now my only hope is that Kyan doesn't infected by it.


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