its been awhile again.
my lil fabo, contacted HFMD. seriously, i have no clue how it got there, but i was angry at myself for being a careless mum.
i dunno if its me, or its just a mum's instinct that i felt different abt the fever he contacted just days ago. he was well and babytalking much, running around in the day and night till he self-sleep on the bed while playing wit me and hubby. i got awokened by his usual small cooing at 3+am, and i decided to just give him a quick kiss, like i normally always do. i felt a lil warmth on his cheek and placed my palm on his forehead to be sure im hallucinating. "hmm.. warm or is it me?" so i shook the hubby, and made him tell me.
Hub : aaahhhh...
Me : ahh wat dear? ahhh is fever or not?
Hub : ahhhh fever.
Me: ??!!!!! fever!!!!
i scurried to the kitchen, opened the fridge, got the paracetemol out, left it to chill. switched on lights. got the thermometer. 37.8c. so right, it could be the aircon, blasting too much and he could be a lil cold, so lets just monitor abit more ok ayu. things like "teething fever?", "changing month fever?", "overactive fever?" all played in my mind. and i couldnt fall asleep till abt 6am, IA woke up cranky and noisy. i decided to check his temp again. 38.5c!!!! oh doct pls open early. im so nervous and hubb has left for morning shift. shoved a good 5ml paracetemol after his milk and he went back to sleep.
rushed my boy to the clinic, 2nd in queue, his body got even warmer and doct took his temp. 39.1c. my heart died on me for a beat. oh my poor child, pls stay strong. and doct told me to monitor and gave him medications as prescribed. and so i did and my boy got so much better in the evening and started playing peekaboo wit me and even said " chhhaaaaaaa". he even sweat much. so this stupid gal thought, ahhh he must be having "demam nak pandai". complacency sank in.
next afternoon i got a good shock to see red dots appearing on his legs, hands. smaller ones all over the rest of his body appeared like goose bumps. again, this silly gal thought .. "after fever rash" and i let it be.
next mornin came, as we both woke up i decided to check on the condition of his skin. my eyes widened to see his soles with bigger red marks. and without further adue, i washed up and rushed him to see the doctor.
doct : one look at it and i noe its hfmd.
me: *gasps* wat?!
doct : lucky thing his fever is gone and he has not much blisters or even no ulcers in his mouth.
me : thank GOd!
doct : still have to be monitored and keep him in for at least a week so he wont come into contact wit other kids and also other diseases that will worsen his condition
me :*quarantine time* my poor baby. so wat do i look out for?
doct : lethargic reactions, not drinking or eating well, and bring him straight to kk if these symptoms appear, he needs to be hydrated
DRIP? oh no. no way Jose! i still remember the agony when he was hospitalised for rotavirus. my heart kept pumping fast and prayers muttered underneath each breath. pls save my child oh Allah. and so, before we had to be "quarantined", i brought him to macd to enjoy a bit of time together. i have no freaking idea how uncomfortable this disease is, so all i knew is i had to make my lil one happy. hashbrowns it is.
sterilisations and disinfecting of everything began. whole house seems super germ-free suddenly.
and so i had to miss a few events or no plans to be executed for the next 4days now. till my lil fabo gets out of hfmd. and im pretty sure he is a strong boy, as i noticed the marks beginning to diminish slowly.
its 2am now, my heart still prays and worry for my lil one, and i noe, i need all the strength to keep us both going. and above all these, i know, ur my ultimate strength, IA.
my lil fabo, contacted HFMD. seriously, i have no clue how it got there, but i was angry at myself for being a careless mum.
i dunno if its me, or its just a mum's instinct that i felt different abt the fever he contacted just days ago. he was well and babytalking much, running around in the day and night till he self-sleep on the bed while playing wit me and hubby. i got awokened by his usual small cooing at 3+am, and i decided to just give him a quick kiss, like i normally always do. i felt a lil warmth on his cheek and placed my palm on his forehead to be sure im hallucinating. "hmm.. warm or is it me?" so i shook the hubby, and made him tell me.
Hub : aaahhhh...
Me : ahh wat dear? ahhh is fever or not?
Hub : ahhhh fever.
Me: ??!!!!! fever!!!!
i scurried to the kitchen, opened the fridge, got the paracetemol out, left it to chill. switched on lights. got the thermometer. 37.8c. so right, it could be the aircon, blasting too much and he could be a lil cold, so lets just monitor abit more ok ayu. things like "teething fever?", "changing month fever?", "overactive fever?" all played in my mind. and i couldnt fall asleep till abt 6am, IA woke up cranky and noisy. i decided to check his temp again. 38.5c!!!! oh doct pls open early. im so nervous and hubb has left for morning shift. shoved a good 5ml paracetemol after his milk and he went back to sleep.
rushed my boy to the clinic, 2nd in queue, his body got even warmer and doct took his temp. 39.1c. my heart died on me for a beat. oh my poor child, pls stay strong. and doct told me to monitor and gave him medications as prescribed. and so i did and my boy got so much better in the evening and started playing peekaboo wit me and even said " chhhaaaaaaa". he even sweat much. so this stupid gal thought, ahhh he must be having "demam nak pandai". complacency sank in.
next afternoon i got a good shock to see red dots appearing on his legs, hands. smaller ones all over the rest of his body appeared like goose bumps. again, this silly gal thought .. "after fever rash" and i let it be.
next mornin came, as we both woke up i decided to check on the condition of his skin. my eyes widened to see his soles with bigger red marks. and without further adue, i washed up and rushed him to see the doctor.
doct : one look at it and i noe its hfmd.
me: *gasps* wat?!
doct : lucky thing his fever is gone and he has not much blisters or even no ulcers in his mouth.
me : thank GOd!
doct : still have to be monitored and keep him in for at least a week so he wont come into contact wit other kids and also other diseases that will worsen his condition
me :*quarantine time* my poor baby. so wat do i look out for?
doct : lethargic reactions, not drinking or eating well, and bring him straight to kk if these symptoms appear, he needs to be hydrated
DRIP? oh no. no way Jose! i still remember the agony when he was hospitalised for rotavirus. my heart kept pumping fast and prayers muttered underneath each breath. pls save my child oh Allah. and so, before we had to be "quarantined", i brought him to macd to enjoy a bit of time together. i have no freaking idea how uncomfortable this disease is, so all i knew is i had to make my lil one happy. hashbrowns it is.
sterilisations and disinfecting of everything began. whole house seems super germ-free suddenly.
and so i had to miss a few events or no plans to be executed for the next 4days now. till my lil fabo gets out of hfmd. and im pretty sure he is a strong boy, as i noticed the marks beginning to diminish slowly.
its 2am now, my heart still prays and worry for my lil one, and i noe, i need all the strength to keep us both going. and above all these, i know, ur my ultimate strength, IA.
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