I had mentioned that you felt a little warm on Sunday. So what happened after that? We tried to give you paracetamol but of course you took it VERY unwillingly. At around midnight on Monday morning, we checked your temperature at it was too high. So what to do? We drove to the ER at 12.45 am. Dr Mary was on leave that day, so the nurse called Dr Khaw. Never met him before but, not much choice. I found out later that he's the new paeD from GH that will be joining the hospital in June.
The doctor arrived around 15 minutes after the nurse had checked your temperature and weighed you and asked mummy a few questions. He was very nice about everything and after he was sure that you only had viral fever, he instructed the nurse to give you Voltaren. After we settled everything, we went home and continued our sleep. We took Monday off to make sure that you were ok, but your fever refused to go down.
On Tuesday morning, we brought you in to see Dr Mary as you still refused to co-operate when we tried to feed you the PCM. Your fever was so high that the nurse gave you another dose of Voltaren even before Dr Mary saw you. Dr Mary checked and said that your fever would probably subside on Wednesday night or Thursday. In the meantime, since you were not co-operating in taking the medicine, we got you the PCM that was to be administered anally.
Daddy accompanied you on Tuesday afternoon, while mummy had to go back to work. You both came to pick me up after work and you seemed tired. Daddy said that you were better in the afternoon. We noticed that when your temperature was not too high, you happily played with your toys, but when the fever came, you'd just lie on anyone and seemed very tired.
Fever remained on Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday it remained over 39 degrees. Finally you seemed ok when daddy went back to see you on Thursday afternoon. But we gave you the PCM another 2 times on Thursday to ensure that the fever did not return. On Friday, when we went home during lunch, you were your usual cheerful self. You even shared mummy's chicken rice. When I changed you, the rashes that Dr Mary had predicted had come.
In the evening, when we went home, you were waiting at the top of the stairs for us. Phew.. that was a sure sign that you have recovered. Thanks goodness. The week's torture has ended. This has been a very scary week for both daddy and I. We were so worried when the fever refused to subside. Worst still was that you refused the medicine. And it was made difficult that you cried everytime daddy put for you the PCM and Voltaren.
I even felt guilty that you'd fallen sick just after we'd stopped breastfeeding! But Dr Khaw had assured me that that was not the cause of it.
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