Louis is safe and recuperating at home since yesterday after Fri's op.
What was supposed to be a 2-hour surgery took much longer. I thought he would be out around 6 pm, but he came out of the OT slightly after 9 pm. Managed to see his doc cum surgeon as he left the OT and he said that he was happy with the outcome of the surgery. It took longer becos the MCL, that was meant to heal on their own needed repair as well.
He needs to wear his knee brace, which is locked at a 30-degree angle at all times for the next 2 weeks. Mobility is a little of a challenge, as expected, given that his left leg is at an odd angle all the time. Thankfully, the shot that they gave to numb his leg is still effective, so he doesn't feel the pain of the surgery very much.
Appetite post surgery isn't great. He felt a little nauseous yesterday and had only liquids like Horlicks and very watery porridge. Today, he's worked up an appetite for fishball kway teow soup and fish mee sua soup for dinner.
We decided to stay home and not join the extended family for the reunion dinner since it is difficult for him to move around. Thankfully, my MIL called in the evening and came by to pick Faith up, so that she can have reunion dinner over at my in-laws' place.
Unfortunately, Faith seemed to have some slight cough in the middle of the night and early this morning. No phlegm, just coughs that seemed to clear whatever that is blocking the air passage. Just in case, I brought her to see the outpatient clinic at Raffles Medical to get standby medication since its the holiday weekend.
This would definitely go down as one of the more "memorable" CNY we ever had. Yet, we're grateful that at least, Louis is home with us.
Showing posts with label sick. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Yicky yucky mucous
Faith had a one-week term break for both Julia Gabriel and Little Gym. I had originally signed her up for a summer camp, however, she came down with a runny nose and some low-grade fever, which lasted 2 days, since last Sunday.
Its been more than a week since she exhibited first signs of the runny/stuffy nose. Since I usually do not like to bring her to see the doc if its only runny nose, I've chosen to self-medicate her with the usual slew of medications that she would have been given, except for the antibiotics. As a result, the progress of it has been rather slow.
Let's hope she would recover soon, cos classes start this week and I doubt the schools would let her in otherwise.
Its been more than a week since she exhibited first signs of the runny/stuffy nose. Since I usually do not like to bring her to see the doc if its only runny nose, I've chosen to self-medicate her with the usual slew of medications that she would have been given, except for the antibiotics. As a result, the progress of it has been rather slow.
Let's hope she would recover soon, cos classes start this week and I doubt the schools would let her in otherwise.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Gastric flu or teething?
I'm a bit confused now about Faith. I'm not sure if she's having gastric flu or is her diarrhea attributed to a major bout of teething that she's going through.
Yesterday, she had a record number of diapers changed. We're talking somewhere in the region of more than 10 diapers in the day. She had her usual poops in the morning and there after, it seemed like she had diarrhea every half an hour or so.
I don't mean to be graphic on the blog, but by diarrhea, I meant that she's mainly "discharging" very liquidy, pooped stained diapers, with maybe a few "strings" of poop.
But on Sunday night, after the whole episode at KKH and as we were changing her for her bedtime, I suddenly saw that her left molar on the lower jaw has cut through her gums. And I could also feel bums where the remaining 3 incisors (two on the upper and the right on the lower jaw) around the areas where they are suppose to be coming out.
So, she might be having some major teething activity going on and that might be the reason for her diarrhea and milk strike.
She still squats down when she's pooping these days -- making us think that she might be ready to be toilet-trained -- but I don't see her pulling at her tummy or straining so hard anymore until her face turns red. Neither did she have any further fever apart from the one on Sunday evening. Which is why I'm thinking she might not be having gastric flu.
The other thing is that she's having a great appetite. In between her meals, she would be bugging either my mom, me, or louis (if he's at home), holding our hands and pulling us towards the main table or the kitchen cupboards where she knows where we put her cornflakes, rice crackers and biscuits, and asking us to give her some.
I'm certainly not complaining about the last point. Cos she eats her snacks but still finishes her main meals. So, maybe its the medication that's making her hungry...either that or she's got a bigger appetite now. Either ways, I'm glad. Now, what would make my day is if she would gain more weight! She eats and eats but she's still so tiny and weighs so little :)
Yesterday, she had a record number of diapers changed. We're talking somewhere in the region of more than 10 diapers in the day. She had her usual poops in the morning and there after, it seemed like she had diarrhea every half an hour or so.
I don't mean to be graphic on the blog, but by diarrhea, I meant that she's mainly "discharging" very liquidy, pooped stained diapers, with maybe a few "strings" of poop.
But on Sunday night, after the whole episode at KKH and as we were changing her for her bedtime, I suddenly saw that her left molar on the lower jaw has cut through her gums. And I could also feel bums where the remaining 3 incisors (two on the upper and the right on the lower jaw) around the areas where they are suppose to be coming out.
So, she might be having some major teething activity going on and that might be the reason for her diarrhea and milk strike.
She still squats down when she's pooping these days -- making us think that she might be ready to be toilet-trained -- but I don't see her pulling at her tummy or straining so hard anymore until her face turns red. Neither did she have any further fever apart from the one on Sunday evening. Which is why I'm thinking she might not be having gastric flu.
The other thing is that she's having a great appetite. In between her meals, she would be bugging either my mom, me, or louis (if he's at home), holding our hands and pulling us towards the main table or the kitchen cupboards where she knows where we put her cornflakes, rice crackers and biscuits, and asking us to give her some.
I'm certainly not complaining about the last point. Cos she eats her snacks but still finishes her main meals. So, maybe its the medication that's making her hungry...either that or she's got a bigger appetite now. Either ways, I'm glad. Now, what would make my day is if she would gain more weight! She eats and eats but she's still so tiny and weighs so little :)
Monday, August 18, 2008
Gastric flu
Yes, Faith has gastric flu. That's what the doctor @ KK Hospital told us after we brought her in yesterday after seeing that she's got some traces of blood in her stools and she's been having diarrhea, and perhaps some some amount of tummy ache. We think its tummy ache becos she would squat on the floor and refuse our attempts to carry her up, or you can see her entire body straining when she was pooping.
I checked my AAP book and also called her paediatrician for advice. He said that I should immediately get her checked with a doctor that's open the weekend and not wait until Monday to bring her in.
We didn't know what could have been the cause of it. She might have gotten it from anywhere or even the public pool that we went to yesterday morning. The doctor said it might spread in the pool if someone who had serious gastric flu had been in it, and the speed in which it spread could be almost instantaneous.
Thankfully, Faith ate moderately well yesterday even with the diarrhea. She was active and alert and still strong even with the bout of gastric flu. The last we know with great authority becos she was screaming her lungs off, and my ears too, when the doctor tried to touch her to examine her. Even the doctor remarked on the strength of her efforts to struggle out of the her [the doc's] reach.
We were given medications for fever, stomach pain and some probiotics for her diarrhea. Although she didn't have fever at the hospital, she developed a low grade one near dinner time and we gave her the paracetamol.
Nonetheless, we were grateful that she slept well through the night, with no further signs of fever.
Today, she merely had her normal poops -- twice -- and otherwise seems back to her usual self. But we have kept her food light and more liquidy still for the day, although she seems to have a good appetite -- been asking us for all sorts of snacks and fruits throughout the day.
I think we were lucky that she either had a mild gastric flu or that we caught it early on.
I checked my AAP book and also called her paediatrician for advice. He said that I should immediately get her checked with a doctor that's open the weekend and not wait until Monday to bring her in.
We didn't know what could have been the cause of it. She might have gotten it from anywhere or even the public pool that we went to yesterday morning. The doctor said it might spread in the pool if someone who had serious gastric flu had been in it, and the speed in which it spread could be almost instantaneous.
Thankfully, Faith ate moderately well yesterday even with the diarrhea. She was active and alert and still strong even with the bout of gastric flu. The last we know with great authority becos she was screaming her lungs off, and my ears too, when the doctor tried to touch her to examine her. Even the doctor remarked on the strength of her efforts to struggle out of the her [the doc's] reach.
We were given medications for fever, stomach pain and some probiotics for her diarrhea. Although she didn't have fever at the hospital, she developed a low grade one near dinner time and we gave her the paracetamol.
Nonetheless, we were grateful that she slept well through the night, with no further signs of fever.
Today, she merely had her normal poops -- twice -- and otherwise seems back to her usual self. But we have kept her food light and more liquidy still for the day, although she seems to have a good appetite -- been asking us for all sorts of snacks and fruits throughout the day.
I think we were lucky that she either had a mild gastric flu or that we caught it early on.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Poop alert...
After more than a week of runny nose with still lots of thick, gooey, slimy, greenish-yellow goo coming out from her nose, I finally brought Faith to the clinic yesterday. The runny nose and thick mucus showed no signs of abating nor improvement and we're leaving for Phuket on Monday. I knew then that its inevitable... we would have to start her on a course of the much dreaded bad word in my vocabulary -- ANTIBIOTICS :(
After a day of Augmentin and two other new medications (Sinupret & Polaramine), her nose seems better. It doesn't flow freely like a tap anymore and the gooey gunk is much much reduced, even though I can hear her blocked nose at times.
Unfortunately, she has been pooping more and having a little diarrhea too. All a result of her reactions to Augmentin. Today's garbage bag yielded a fully filled and heavily loaded amount of soiled and used diapers. My mom and I were on poop alert since yesterday, ready to change her anytime we discovered any poop or loose stools.
The current strategy that her regular paediatrician and I have agreed upon is to administer the antibiotics at a moderate dosage over 5 days instead of the usual 7, as well as to boost her intake of probiotics from once to twice a day -- we use Reutefene.
So far, her backside's doing alright. It was a little red towards late evening but we managed to catch her loose stools in the nick of time and washed and changed her diaper. Additionally, we're liberally smearing Sudocreme, an antibacterial nappy rash cream, after every nappy change.
Its now the end of Day 2 of the antibiotics course and I'm praying we will all get through the next 3 days without Faith having a raw backside! Please please please...
After a day of Augmentin and two other new medications (Sinupret & Polaramine), her nose seems better. It doesn't flow freely like a tap anymore and the gooey gunk is much much reduced, even though I can hear her blocked nose at times.
Unfortunately, she has been pooping more and having a little diarrhea too. All a result of her reactions to Augmentin. Today's garbage bag yielded a fully filled and heavily loaded amount of soiled and used diapers. My mom and I were on poop alert since yesterday, ready to change her anytime we discovered any poop or loose stools.
The current strategy that her regular paediatrician and I have agreed upon is to administer the antibiotics at a moderate dosage over 5 days instead of the usual 7, as well as to boost her intake of probiotics from once to twice a day -- we use Reutefene.
So far, her backside's doing alright. It was a little red towards late evening but we managed to catch her loose stools in the nick of time and washed and changed her diaper. Additionally, we're liberally smearing Sudocreme, an antibacterial nappy rash cream, after every nappy change.
Its now the end of Day 2 of the antibiotics course and I'm praying we will all get through the next 3 days without Faith having a raw backside! Please please please...
Monday, May 19, 2008
Frustrated
It is so very frustrating that Faith has just barely recovered from her last bout of viral infection and she's now down again :(
Since yesterday, she has been having a running (tap) nose and mild fever. This morning, she started drooling non-stop, probably becos she's teething. So now, she's dripping mucus and saliva from the nose down. Her fever comes and goes in the day, usually showing just around the end of the 4-hour interval when she is due for another dose of fever medication.
Last night was terrible. We alternated between switching the air-condition off (becos of her blocked nose) and turning it back on again when we discovered she had fever -- in a bid to cool her down. She kept waking up every half an hour or so and started crying. Most probably, its becos her nose was blocked and it was uncomfortable for her to sleep.
Towards the wee hours of the morning, I discovered that she was running a temperature. Hence, we administered a dosage of Progesic. Even then, the temperature didn't really go down by much. I managed to put a cool towel on her forehead for a while before she started swiping it off her head.
She might have caught a cold going from extreme temperature changes going in and out of the hot/humid weather these days into air-condition places. The weather recently is terrible. Just when we thought there was a respite from the hot weather, it returned again in full force. I really hope the weather would let up some but a recent newspaper article said otherwise -- the heat spell is likely to continue all the way till June with possibilities of temperature rising to a high of 38C even!!!
On one hand, I can try to think of all these as building her immune system to console myself. But very frankly, I can't help feeling frustrated and upset. I do feel some amount of guilt, wondering if there was something I didn't do or done wrongly that resulted in her getting sick so soon again.
Sigh... such is the responsibility of motherhood I guess... treading uncharted waters on child-rearing and hoping that you would wise up and learn all the tricks and tips so that your kid doesn't have to suffer too much along the way.
Since yesterday, she has been having a running (tap) nose and mild fever. This morning, she started drooling non-stop, probably becos she's teething. So now, she's dripping mucus and saliva from the nose down. Her fever comes and goes in the day, usually showing just around the end of the 4-hour interval when she is due for another dose of fever medication.
Last night was terrible. We alternated between switching the air-condition off (becos of her blocked nose) and turning it back on again when we discovered she had fever -- in a bid to cool her down. She kept waking up every half an hour or so and started crying. Most probably, its becos her nose was blocked and it was uncomfortable for her to sleep.
Towards the wee hours of the morning, I discovered that she was running a temperature. Hence, we administered a dosage of Progesic. Even then, the temperature didn't really go down by much. I managed to put a cool towel on her forehead for a while before she started swiping it off her head.
She might have caught a cold going from extreme temperature changes going in and out of the hot/humid weather these days into air-condition places. The weather recently is terrible. Just when we thought there was a respite from the hot weather, it returned again in full force. I really hope the weather would let up some but a recent newspaper article said otherwise -- the heat spell is likely to continue all the way till June with possibilities of temperature rising to a high of 38C even!!!
On one hand, I can try to think of all these as building her immune system to console myself. But very frankly, I can't help feeling frustrated and upset. I do feel some amount of guilt, wondering if there was something I didn't do or done wrongly that resulted in her getting sick so soon again.
Sigh... such is the responsibility of motherhood I guess... treading uncharted waters on child-rearing and hoping that you would wise up and learn all the tricks and tips so that your kid doesn't have to suffer too much along the way.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Updates on Faith
Over the last few days, we hit our highest record of going to the doctors since Faith was born. On the Labour Day holiday, we wasted our time at our family clinic with the locum doctor on duty that day and on Fri, Sat and Mon, we went almost consecutively to her regular paediatric clinic.
I decided not to bring her to see a doctor even though she developed fever on Tue becos I knew that so early on, it would be hard to make any diagnosis on why the fever came on. Besides, I had all the necessary fever medications on standby at home. Unfortunately on Wed night, she started to develop a bit of high fever in the middle of the night. Came Thur, it was too late to bring her to her regular paedi as it was a public holiday.
A decision was made to bring her to our family clinic, which Louis and I go regularly to. It was Faith’s first time there. While the regular doctor is a very nice and competent man, the locum on duty that day, to our dismay, on the opposite end of the spectrum. She was an elderly lady and to cut a long story short, was totally inept, clueless and most importantly, wasn’t even paying attention to most of what we told her. I find that a serious flaw for a doctor. Thankfully, we only paid $12 for consultation and no medication. Suffice to say that it was a totally wasted trip for us.
Friday morning when she woke, we brought her to Kinderclinic. Unfortunately, the regular doctor is off every Fri, so we decided to see the 2nd most popular paediatrician there. By then, the discharge on Faith’s left eye had spread to the right and now, the eyelids on both were a little swollen. The diagnosis was that it was probably some viral infection as the doctor had seen a few cases recently where the kids developed swelling on their eyelids. We were given an antibiotic eye drop to administer to her thrice a day.
Sat morning, we woke up and in the midst of changing her from her PJs to a shirt, saw the onset of rashes developing around the front and back of her trunk area. Decided to bring her back to the doctor again. The symptoms that she had for the last few days seemed similar to Roseola, which she had in February, while we were in Beijing.
The paedi said that it was closer to hives, as the sizes of the rashes this time around were not the same and were of different sizes. Thankfully, the rashes didn’t seem to itch, neither did they bother Faith in the least. We were told to give her antihistamine, which we again have at home.
It was a good thing that we brought Faith to Kinderclinic on Fri even though her regular doctor was not in. Cos when we were at the clinic on Saturday, there were so many patients there that the clinic was almost bursting at the seams! In fact, I found out from the staff on Mon that they worked until 4.30 pm that Sat, when they were supposed to only work half day. Indeed, the horrible weather of late has resulted in many a sick kid.
And that brings me to the reason as to why we brought her to the clinic again on Monday... becos she started to develop a chesty cough at night by Sunday. Worried that it would escalate to something serious and might require the use of a nebuliser like the last time, we decided to bring her in again for the third time.
It was a good call too. Cos the doctor said that her lungs have just started to develop phlegm. She recommended for us to try Singulair, along with Zenmolin. When administered earlier at the onset of the cough, can be effective in curbing or having the cough escalate further into something more serious. Given her past history and the tendency for her cough to develop into slight wheezing, we decided to give it a try.
After the medication, we are glad to report that last night, she had her best sleep in the last few nights. She coughed a lot lesser than the previous 2 nights and I stopped hearing the chesty cough that alarmed me on Sunday night. We are keeping our fingers crossed that she would recover with this round of medication. Her hives have also thankfully recovered after 3 days.
However, I am irritated to note that she was bitten by a mosquito on Sunday night – I had a total of 5 bites myself! She now has 2 prominent big red bite marks on the left side of her face; 1 near her temple and the other on the side of her cheek. It took more than a week the last time even with constant application of calamine lotion for the marks to disappear. Now, she’s going to have those 2 ugly marks on her face on my BIL’s wedding this Sat. Darn the stupid mosquito! I have since taken steps to “fumigate” the room.
Sigh…
I decided not to bring her to see a doctor even though she developed fever on Tue becos I knew that so early on, it would be hard to make any diagnosis on why the fever came on. Besides, I had all the necessary fever medications on standby at home. Unfortunately on Wed night, she started to develop a bit of high fever in the middle of the night. Came Thur, it was too late to bring her to her regular paedi as it was a public holiday.
A decision was made to bring her to our family clinic, which Louis and I go regularly to. It was Faith’s first time there. While the regular doctor is a very nice and competent man, the locum on duty that day, to our dismay, on the opposite end of the spectrum. She was an elderly lady and to cut a long story short, was totally inept, clueless and most importantly, wasn’t even paying attention to most of what we told her. I find that a serious flaw for a doctor. Thankfully, we only paid $12 for consultation and no medication. Suffice to say that it was a totally wasted trip for us.
Friday morning when she woke, we brought her to Kinderclinic. Unfortunately, the regular doctor is off every Fri, so we decided to see the 2nd most popular paediatrician there. By then, the discharge on Faith’s left eye had spread to the right and now, the eyelids on both were a little swollen. The diagnosis was that it was probably some viral infection as the doctor had seen a few cases recently where the kids developed swelling on their eyelids. We were given an antibiotic eye drop to administer to her thrice a day.
Sat morning, we woke up and in the midst of changing her from her PJs to a shirt, saw the onset of rashes developing around the front and back of her trunk area. Decided to bring her back to the doctor again. The symptoms that she had for the last few days seemed similar to Roseola, which she had in February, while we were in Beijing.
The paedi said that it was closer to hives, as the sizes of the rashes this time around were not the same and were of different sizes. Thankfully, the rashes didn’t seem to itch, neither did they bother Faith in the least. We were told to give her antihistamine, which we again have at home.
It was a good thing that we brought Faith to Kinderclinic on Fri even though her regular doctor was not in. Cos when we were at the clinic on Saturday, there were so many patients there that the clinic was almost bursting at the seams! In fact, I found out from the staff on Mon that they worked until 4.30 pm that Sat, when they were supposed to only work half day. Indeed, the horrible weather of late has resulted in many a sick kid.
And that brings me to the reason as to why we brought her to the clinic again on Monday... becos she started to develop a chesty cough at night by Sunday. Worried that it would escalate to something serious and might require the use of a nebuliser like the last time, we decided to bring her in again for the third time.
It was a good call too. Cos the doctor said that her lungs have just started to develop phlegm. She recommended for us to try Singulair, along with Zenmolin. When administered earlier at the onset of the cough, can be effective in curbing or having the cough escalate further into something more serious. Given her past history and the tendency for her cough to develop into slight wheezing, we decided to give it a try.
After the medication, we are glad to report that last night, she had her best sleep in the last few nights. She coughed a lot lesser than the previous 2 nights and I stopped hearing the chesty cough that alarmed me on Sunday night. We are keeping our fingers crossed that she would recover with this round of medication. Her hives have also thankfully recovered after 3 days.
However, I am irritated to note that she was bitten by a mosquito on Sunday night – I had a total of 5 bites myself! She now has 2 prominent big red bite marks on the left side of her face; 1 near her temple and the other on the side of her cheek. It took more than a week the last time even with constant application of calamine lotion for the marks to disappear. Now, she’s going to have those 2 ugly marks on her face on my BIL’s wedding this Sat. Darn the stupid mosquito! I have since taken steps to “fumigate” the room.
Sigh…
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Fever
Faith's gotten a slight fever today. Her temperature was about 37.9C when we measured at close to 2 pm today. Originally, we were supposed to go for a trial lesson at Kindermusik today. I called the school to cancel our trial lesson. Coincidentally, R smsed me this morning to tell me that Partha was down with cold too and wouldn't be able to go.
Usually, the signs of fever would give me the jitters -- after 13 months of motherhood, I still get upset each time Faith falls sick. What with the recent Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD) ongoing, I'm absolutely paranoid about it especially when all the newspaper articles on HFMD seemed alarming and worrying with the high number of kids infected with it this year.
I've given her a dosage of Progessic and her fever seemed to have gone down a little. Would monitor the situation over the next few days. Since last night, she had some discharge from her left eye and there was a thick, sticky clump on her eyelashes and eyelids when she woke up this morning.
My mom said that Faith could be "heaty" given the horribly scorching weather these past weeks. She could also have caught a cold going from a hot environment into air-conditioned places like cars and shopping malls.
Regardless, we've been giving her some herbal and/or cooling drinks like chrysanthemum with ginseng, luohan guo with chrysanthemum and the likes for the past few days and will continue to do so.
Meanwhile, am on alert and am checking her palms and feet every so often. Hope its nothing serious but just the hot weather *fingers crossed*
Usually, the signs of fever would give me the jitters -- after 13 months of motherhood, I still get upset each time Faith falls sick. What with the recent Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD) ongoing, I'm absolutely paranoid about it especially when all the newspaper articles on HFMD seemed alarming and worrying with the high number of kids infected with it this year.
I've given her a dosage of Progessic and her fever seemed to have gone down a little. Would monitor the situation over the next few days. Since last night, she had some discharge from her left eye and there was a thick, sticky clump on her eyelashes and eyelids when she woke up this morning.
My mom said that Faith could be "heaty" given the horribly scorching weather these past weeks. She could also have caught a cold going from a hot environment into air-conditioned places like cars and shopping malls.
Regardless, we've been giving her some herbal and/or cooling drinks like chrysanthemum with ginseng, luohan guo with chrysanthemum and the likes for the past few days and will continue to do so.
Meanwhile, am on alert and am checking her palms and feet every so often. Hope its nothing serious but just the hot weather *fingers crossed*
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Red Alert
Mentioned the word "antibiotics" to me these days and a sense of dread would overcome me. Especially when it means either Faith or I would be the one having to take antibiotics. As I've mentioned before, Faith is rather sensitive towards antibiotics as they cause her to have loose stools and a raw backside if the diapers are not changed quick enough.
Yesterday, she pooped a total of seven (7) times, inclusive of her normal poop and some loose stools. This is marks the highest record for her so far. And she's not even the one on antibiotics. I am. Or I was until yesterday morning.
I had a bout of dry cough nearly 2 weeks ago, which turned into a slightly chesty one, along with runny nose and a sore throat last Thursday. In a bid to recover quickly from the cold, lest I pass it on to Faith, I went to the clinic and was prescribed antibiotics.
It was the same antibiotics that I took a few months back and I remembered that Faith didn't have any averse reaction to it. Plus, it was safe to consume while I am still breastfeeding.
Perhaps it is a combination of diarrhea from teething and a reaction to antibiotics, passed through the breastmilk. Towards the late evening, her backside started turning red and by night, it had turned into a big angry red patch.
Thankfully, it didn't seem to hurt as much as previous times, when Faith was the one on the course of antibiotics. Regardless, I decide to stop eating them, even though I'm supposed to finish the course and its only been 3 days since I've started.
This morning, the angry red patch has subsided in both size and degree of redness. Thank goodness for small favours :) I wonder if she would grow out of it as she gets older. For her sake, I certainly hope so. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that.
Yesterday, she pooped a total of seven (7) times, inclusive of her normal poop and some loose stools. This is marks the highest record for her so far. And she's not even the one on antibiotics. I am. Or I was until yesterday morning.
I had a bout of dry cough nearly 2 weeks ago, which turned into a slightly chesty one, along with runny nose and a sore throat last Thursday. In a bid to recover quickly from the cold, lest I pass it on to Faith, I went to the clinic and was prescribed antibiotics.
It was the same antibiotics that I took a few months back and I remembered that Faith didn't have any averse reaction to it. Plus, it was safe to consume while I am still breastfeeding.
Perhaps it is a combination of diarrhea from teething and a reaction to antibiotics, passed through the breastmilk. Towards the late evening, her backside started turning red and by night, it had turned into a big angry red patch.
Thankfully, it didn't seem to hurt as much as previous times, when Faith was the one on the course of antibiotics. Regardless, I decide to stop eating them, even though I'm supposed to finish the course and its only been 3 days since I've started.
This morning, the angry red patch has subsided in both size and degree of redness. Thank goodness for small favours :) I wonder if she would grow out of it as she gets older. For her sake, I certainly hope so. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
RED! Ouch!
Faith is down again with bacterial infection. Sigh... this is the 4th time that she's sick and the doctor had to prescribe antibiotics yet another time. I hate when she has to take antibiotics. She tends to poop more as a side effect and when we do not notice and change her diapers quick enough, diaper rash occurs.
It happened the last time she took her antibiotics and it happened again last night. And we had been rather careful over the past few days. But seeing that nothing had happened, I had thought she cleared the "hurdle". Unfortunately, I only googled and found out after the event that the loose stools as a result of the medication would irritate the diaper area and if we do not change her frequently, rashes would occur.
Poor Faith's bum was all red cos we forgot to check and change her diapers in the evening. She was crying in pain even when we splashed cold water over the area. My poor poor baby. Bad bad mummy!
It happened the last time she took her antibiotics and it happened again last night. And we had been rather careful over the past few days. But seeing that nothing had happened, I had thought she cleared the "hurdle". Unfortunately, I only googled and found out after the event that the loose stools as a result of the medication would irritate the diaper area and if we do not change her frequently, rashes would occur.
Poor Faith's bum was all red cos we forgot to check and change her diapers in the evening. She was crying in pain even when we splashed cold water over the area. My poor poor baby. Bad bad mummy!
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Still sick... boo hoo hoo
On Thur, we brought baby back to the paedi again as her runny nose seemed to trouble her still with no improvement, plus, she had started to develop chesty coughs (coughs with phlegm). It was a good call that we did cos the paedi told us that her lungs are a little infected.
He's a little worried that it would worsen and develop into bronchitis and so, we were told to use a nebuliser (its a little devise that vapourises ventolin-typed medications to be put near the nose and mouth area to aid breathing) on her 3 times a day and come back again on Saturday for a review.
Thankfully, she slept better that night when we started her on the nebuliser. She seemed to be able to breath a little better and the hacking coughs didn't keep her up at night.
Sat morning, we brought her back to the clinic. Seems like a whole lot of children are sick these days and a few of the patients were back for review and were also using the nebulisers -- paedi did remarked that a lot of kids had to be given that recently.
While her condition didn't worsen, it didn't really improved. In fact, her mucus has turned from clear to a little yellowish. The results of the nose swab that the paedi did for her on Thur wasn't out yet but a quick check with the lab indicated that they were growing the bacterial to ascertain exactly which strain of bacteria was she susceptible or immune to. Paedi decided to start her on antibiotics.
Sigh... this particular bout of sickness seemed to last a long time. Wonder how long much before Faith would start to recover. I feel so sorry for my little one :(
Darling Faith, hope you would get well soon.
He's a little worried that it would worsen and develop into bronchitis and so, we were told to use a nebuliser (its a little devise that vapourises ventolin-typed medications to be put near the nose and mouth area to aid breathing) on her 3 times a day and come back again on Saturday for a review.
Thankfully, she slept better that night when we started her on the nebuliser. She seemed to be able to breath a little better and the hacking coughs didn't keep her up at night.
Sat morning, we brought her back to the clinic. Seems like a whole lot of children are sick these days and a few of the patients were back for review and were also using the nebulisers -- paedi did remarked that a lot of kids had to be given that recently.
While her condition didn't worsen, it didn't really improved. In fact, her mucus has turned from clear to a little yellowish. The results of the nose swab that the paedi did for her on Thur wasn't out yet but a quick check with the lab indicated that they were growing the bacterial to ascertain exactly which strain of bacteria was she susceptible or immune to. Paedi decided to start her on antibiotics.
Sigh... this particular bout of sickness seemed to last a long time. Wonder how long much before Faith would start to recover. I feel so sorry for my little one :(
Darling Faith, hope you would get well soon.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
My baby is sick :(
I was sick as a dog on Sunday, having been hit by some kind of virus that left me utterly lifeless and lying prone on the bed for the larger part of the day. I rather suspect its either stomach or gastric flu becos I've been feeling queasy and though I can keep my food down, I don't have much of an appetite and needed to go light with all my food for now.
Thankfully, Faith was shepherded to my MIL's place for the afternoon so that I could rest. Even though its wishful thinking to hope that she would escape unscathed while I slowly recovered from the viral attack by the 2nd day, Faith started to have runny nose on Monday night. That night, she slept fitfully and you could hear that her breathing was a little blocked, was also coughing a little and although she wasn't running a temperature, her body was a little warm. Louis and I took turns to spell each other, holding and cuddling her.
We brought her to see the paedi on Tue morning. Indeed, she's had a viral attack, with runny nose, fever and cough. As a precaution, her paedi advised us to look out for a few signs, especially if she's having difficulty breathing or a drastic drop in appetite and to call him if she exhibits any of these.
Last night, she again sleep fitfully, this time, more restless than the previous with bouts of crying (she must be so uncomfortable) and periodic coughing. It was rather heart-wrenching to see her go through it and that she can't articulate her discomfort or distress to us :( As she was prone to coughing when lying down, I resorted to carrying her in my arms for most part of the night.
Sigh...the paedi did say that the 3rd or 4th day might be the difficult phase that once she gets through, she should be on the road to recovery. Keeping my fingers crossed that she would be able to sleep better tonight.
Thankfully, Faith was shepherded to my MIL's place for the afternoon so that I could rest. Even though its wishful thinking to hope that she would escape unscathed while I slowly recovered from the viral attack by the 2nd day, Faith started to have runny nose on Monday night. That night, she slept fitfully and you could hear that her breathing was a little blocked, was also coughing a little and although she wasn't running a temperature, her body was a little warm. Louis and I took turns to spell each other, holding and cuddling her.
We brought her to see the paedi on Tue morning. Indeed, she's had a viral attack, with runny nose, fever and cough. As a precaution, her paedi advised us to look out for a few signs, especially if she's having difficulty breathing or a drastic drop in appetite and to call him if she exhibits any of these.
Last night, she again sleep fitfully, this time, more restless than the previous with bouts of crying (she must be so uncomfortable) and periodic coughing. It was rather heart-wrenching to see her go through it and that she can't articulate her discomfort or distress to us :( As she was prone to coughing when lying down, I resorted to carrying her in my arms for most part of the night.
Sigh...the paedi did say that the 3rd or 4th day might be the difficult phase that once she gets through, she should be on the road to recovery. Keeping my fingers crossed that she would be able to sleep better tonight.
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