and its an inevitable route for the young ones to take to build their immunity.
still, really break my heart when yz is sick. :(
the last time he was sick was in august when he was down with a bad flu + cough.
so it has been awhile since then and i was preparing myself for any new sickness to come this year-end with the change in weather and his sensitive nose.
and came it did, but much worse than i thought.
on monday, he developed abit of a sniffles and a mild cough. fever set in on tuesday but i didnt give it much thoughts as i thought its his sensitive nose acting up.
brought him to GP and was prescribed the normal senstive nose and cough meds.
as his fever subsided by wed morn, i sent him to childcare as per normal.
bad move.
when i fetched him after work, his fever has came back and he looked really breathless.
for the 1st time, he sat on the floor panting and asked me to "bao bao" him.
i was scared out of my wits.
i can distinctly hear wheezing sounds from his throat.
so i called hubbi and he rushed down to the childcare from his workplace.
we rushed yz to KK as his PD was closed for the evening for wednesday. :(
it was almost an hour from waiting @ the childcare for hubbi to reaching KK with the bad traffic.
this hour seemed so long to me as helpless me can only hold yz's hand in the car and sponged him continuously while a weak him kept dozing off in the baby car seat. *sob*
luckily, KK was relatively empty and we were attended to immediately when we reached.
as he was running a high fever of 38.8, we were given priority to see the doctor 1st.
after that a whirlwind of procedures.
he was 1st given paracetamol to bring down the fever. after hearing the wheezing in his chest, the doc sent him for an x-ray and ventolin treatment to give him instant relief from the breathing difficulties.
after the ventolin treatment, he seems much better and we were asked to wait for an hr for the x-ray results. during this time, his fever subsided and he was back to his normal self.
he actually sang a few songs and entertained a few nurses there. ha.
but i was worried the whole time for this is the 1st time he had wheezing problems.
and the fact that im asthmatic makes me paranoid about him following my footsteps.
the x-ray results came back was not very good. doc said that phlegm has gotten into his lungs and his was actually a mild case of pneumonia!
i was totally shocked. for the onset of the symptoms was really too fast within a few days.
doc comforted me that his case is most prob a baterial type which means he can caught the bug from anywhere, anyone.
and with antibiotics course, he should be on the path of recovery pretty soon though the cough will still persist for a week or so. :(
and so we went home with a cartful of meds. and the next few days hubbi and i took turns to take leave to take care of him.
and believe me, taking care of a sick toddler aint easy.
maybe due to the sickness, yz was extremely cranky, testing my patience all the time.
any restrictions on him will result in him crying, creating more mucus and coughing non-stop. sigh.
and everytime he coughs his chesty cough, i got so upset listening to the thick phlegm rumbling in his chest.
and the wheezing! oh how i hate it! it was consistently there like an irritating bug refusing to go away.
day in night out, i listen intently to his breathing only to find the wheezing lingering softly.
argh!
the good thing is his fever has subsided and he is no longer panting like on wednesday.
took him back to his PD for review this morning and doc said he seems to be recovering though the cough sounded just as bad.
the advice is to finish the antibiotics course and meds and the little tot should be fine in a week or two.
sigh.
now yz is at my mum's place so hubbi and i can rest abit.
waking up a few times at night to monitor his condition is really straining on us (especially me).
hope my patient parents can take better care of him...
hubbi said he is really recovering for he is back to his cheeky self.
i really hope this is true!
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