12 February 2016
Week 110!
My poor boy hasn't been feeling well for the past two weeks (
since 28 January with fever on and off). First the school started to reporting HFMD cases via emails, then following Saturday he was down with an intermittent fever from his afternoon nap and was OK after two doses of Paracetamol and started coughing since...
The following week, school called me and told me they suspected him of contracting HFMD - white spots found in his mouth and red spots within his palms. I quickly informed the family and brought him home and visited the nearest GP. Well, I should have brought him to PD instead as the GP also wasn't sure if he had HFMD as this was the early stage but was "quarantine" to be home to monitor his progression of the development of the ulcers and rashes. We are required to get a letter of fitness to prove he is well enough to go back to school. GP only detected two ulcers under the tongue and minor red spots on his palm and there is no new development since then... so we brought him out for CNY celebrations.
However, his running nose and cough did not get better and he was coughing badly until he has to vomit out the phlegm to feel better (
which he don't know how to vomit yet...). We Q-ed at the PD for nearly two good hours. I can see he's being very patience in waiting to see the PD but his energy level is high enough that he doesn't look like any sick patient in the clinic. PD gave him a simple procedure in sucking out the phlegm in the nose and gave higher dosage of medicine. We decided to mix it with his milk so we all will not struggle to fight with him on having his medicine via oral springe. (
why didn't we agreed on this method long time agoooo...?)
I hope he's feeling much better and can go back to school next week - and will not have school withdrawal symptom in case he thinks we gonna abandoned him in school once he recovers from his sickness.
Note to Son;
Mama wishes you speedy recovery so we can go swimming and go indoor playgrounds!
Milestones from Week 107-110;
- he is able to say few words forming short sentences like "baabaa-Q (BBQ)", "very nice", "off the light", "mama help me", "see you next week"...
- don't like to be seated with belt in taxi or cars and stand in between the front seats and be naughty...
- likes to see Kinder Egg Surprise video on YouTube apps and kept pestering for "eggs, eggs, eggs" when you don't give in - like an egg addict...
- his definition of 马路 means walking back home from school...
- his left fingers got "giap" by the lift door - 29/1/2016...
- engaged fever from an afternoon nap then started coughing since - 30/1/2016...
- he was feeling teary and called out for mama upon reaching the school but he did not cry after we leave - 1/2/2016...
- Week 109 progression in school; he can now waves to us "bye bye" and fly us goodbye kisses when we leave the school...
- Week 109; he refuses to drink milk in the mornings (took very long to finish his 180ml of milk), changed his diaper and brushes his teeth. We left the house almost after 8.05am everyday via taxi...
- he says very short sentences like "yeh yeh sit down here" (1/2/2016), "mama sit down here play car", "stay happy don't cry ok", "what color is it" (2/2/2016), "Saturday go swimming", "mama off the light" (4/2/2016)...
- suspected HFMD - 4/2/2016...
- suspected molar budding up on the bottom left side - 7/2/2016...
- visited PD for cough and running nose - 10/2/2016...
- absence from school since 4/2/2016 ~ 12/2/2016...
29 January - Learns to make grumpy faces from Papa! #week108
30 January - Choo choo train-ing! He loves these rides. #week108
2 February - Accidently left my lipstick stain on his chubby cheeks and he gave me that stunned-like-vegetable look! #week109
6 February - A staycation to kick start the Lunar holidays! #week109
6 February - An afternoon like this with my curly fries (sick mode)! #week109
10 February - Visit to the PD; get well soon my son! #week110
*ps: entries updated as at week110...
