Well, it happened two Saturdays ago. He was just having a cough. And then suddenly the next day in the wee hours of the morning, he was coughing real badly. He woke up so many times crying that I couldn't sleep well too. Daddy was still thinking of bringing him out. But then when things turned for the worse. Coughing and fever ensued... I brought him to the doc first thing in the morning. The doc only opened from 9am to 12pm on Sunday. So I had to bring him in as soon as possible.
Note that if baby has continuous fever for a few days, it may affect the brain. So it is no joke!!! Well, off we went to the doc. I had some paracetomol for baby, so even though I gave him the med in the morning, it didn't bring down his temperature to normal.
When we went to see the doc, hubby wasn't very impressed bec it was super old school! Haha Firstly, the doc used the strip of colours to measure his temperature, not the electronic type. Secondly, the doc didn't have nets payment, only cash. I guess it's a way to keep operation costs low. So I don't really have any issues with it. Well, he was given phelgm and cough meds, as we had fever med for him already.
That night was again another challenging night for us, he almost woke up every hour! Wow! Mummy had to carry him until her arms ached. Not easy to soothe a sick baby. Even his stuff toy won't do his job, simply becoz baby didn't feel comfy. Off we went to see another doc. Reason is bec the fever was still there and we had a family doc that we saw that was only open during weekdays, not weekends.
That morning at the clinic, baby showed his lung power! He cried till tears came out as if it was the end of the world! There were super powerful cries when the doc used his stethoscope to check him. I guess it was the coldness of the instrument he didn't like. And then the doc mentioned the previous doc was a good doc, but this time he was prescribing antibiotics bec the virus attacked his lungs. Hubby had childhood illness before, so doc say it may be possible that it is hereditary for him to get it too. So it is good to be careful.
After about a day of taking the meds, his fever went down! PTL! I was so glad for him. But he was practically waking up frequently every night when he was not well. He couldn't breathe very well I guess. Doc diagnosed his illness as bronchitis that may lead to other things later on if it is not cured.
After 3 days of taking meds, he suddenly developed rashes all over his body. His face, hands, arms, chest, legs and feet. I was so heartbroken to see that. Even his eye lids were swollen. Picture taken of his eyelids. Some rashes even look like mosy bites, like there was some mosy pandemic. So Sayang... aiyo...
Then we had to go back to the doc as we didn't know what was happening. Apparently, he was allergic to the antibiotics according to the doc. Thus, we had to change the antibiotics so that the rashes can disappear. After one week, when he went to see doc for follow-up/review, his lungs were clear! Whew! So happy. PTL! Really thank God we survived the ordeal. :)
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