The nightmare week
2 weeks ago, I was sitting down after dinner feeling decidedly sorry for myself. I was tired and broke and thinking..at least for this week, things could not get any worse but it did.
Last week Caitlin was so sick from a virus that she had to be warded in hospital for 4 arduous and heartbreaking days. Her lungs and windpipe were inflammed, her nose was blocked, she had phlegm all over the place, her cough seemed to rack her body. Worst of all was the fever. I have never met any other person who has had a fever constantly for 48 hours. A fever of 38.5 - 39 degrees that refused to leave her body. All they could do was give her fever medicine, sponge her down, take her blood, take an xray and give her cough mixture. There was no way to explain all this to a 9 month old and she was left traumatised after each prodding and poking. Finally the damn doctors decided that she had a secondary bacteria infection and gave her the anti biotics and her fever came down almost immediately. But the anti biotics were so strong that till today she is having diarrhoea and keeps crying when we wipe her because its so sore and red. She refuses to eat and is still not herself, always whimpering and crying.
The medication needs an actual schedule because of the different times and the range. She now hates taking medicine (last time she loved it) and we have to force it in her mouth while she kicks and screams and then we have to hold her nose as she will store it all in her mouth and spit it out later.
Edward, Leni and I have all caught this stubborn virus. We are walking around the house with masks so she does not catch it again, trying to rest while keeping her spirits up. Needless to say, we are all exhausted and sad to see our baby in so much discomfort and pain. If I could, I would grab that damn virus, pull it out of her and scream at it to leave her alone forever.
So yes, things did get worse but thankfully she is on the mend and in the greater scheme of things, after looking at all the sick children and babies in KK, hers was not too bad after all.
So its a new week and we are back to work (although I have no idea how I am going to physically get myself to Boon Lay)and we are hoping that things will slowly get better and that she will EAT!
On hindsight, I have also decided to be that evil person who will tell people who are not well or who have come into contact with sick people to stay at home and not come over as my poor baby cannot go through this nightmare again.
Last week Caitlin was so sick from a virus that she had to be warded in hospital for 4 arduous and heartbreaking days. Her lungs and windpipe were inflammed, her nose was blocked, she had phlegm all over the place, her cough seemed to rack her body. Worst of all was the fever. I have never met any other person who has had a fever constantly for 48 hours. A fever of 38.5 - 39 degrees that refused to leave her body. All they could do was give her fever medicine, sponge her down, take her blood, take an xray and give her cough mixture. There was no way to explain all this to a 9 month old and she was left traumatised after each prodding and poking. Finally the damn doctors decided that she had a secondary bacteria infection and gave her the anti biotics and her fever came down almost immediately. But the anti biotics were so strong that till today she is having diarrhoea and keeps crying when we wipe her because its so sore and red. She refuses to eat and is still not herself, always whimpering and crying.
The medication needs an actual schedule because of the different times and the range. She now hates taking medicine (last time she loved it) and we have to force it in her mouth while she kicks and screams and then we have to hold her nose as she will store it all in her mouth and spit it out later.
Edward, Leni and I have all caught this stubborn virus. We are walking around the house with masks so she does not catch it again, trying to rest while keeping her spirits up. Needless to say, we are all exhausted and sad to see our baby in so much discomfort and pain. If I could, I would grab that damn virus, pull it out of her and scream at it to leave her alone forever.
So yes, things did get worse but thankfully she is on the mend and in the greater scheme of things, after looking at all the sick children and babies in KK, hers was not too bad after all.
So its a new week and we are back to work (although I have no idea how I am going to physically get myself to Boon Lay)and we are hoping that things will slowly get better and that she will EAT!
On hindsight, I have also decided to be that evil person who will tell people who are not well or who have come into contact with sick people to stay at home and not come over as my poor baby cannot go through this nightmare again.
posted by Tempest23 @ 4:22 PM
2 Comments:
At 8:58 PM,
Anonymous said…
Poor little Angel - I'm glad that she would occasionally allow herself to be entertained by the tom-foolery that is our family and domestic help.
Hope the Big Bird balloon is alive and kicking!
I completely agree about the last sentence - it is far more important to think about others (and yourself) when you are not feeling well and skip events if necessary. There is no event so important that you have to infect everyone else, who could it carry it home to their own families - who could be a lot more susceptible than you imagine.
T-O-O! Think of others!!
At 11:47 PM,
Anonymous said…
Was it me? :-(
I was traumatised after Edward told me about her...
Mandy
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