So, the eldest started to show the symptoms first. I only realized that she's actually having the disease after the visit to Dr Sheila's clinic for her flu jab. She got a fever a day earlier then she started to have the oral ulcers.
So when her Paeds started to examine her after she knew she had a fever, that I came to realize that she has those suspicious red spot on her palm too. Tricky it is.
Then her oral ulcer started to grow more and more, a day after. So there she was screaming in pain each time she was about to take anything orally. Irritable she was. Very furious. Not a darling princess anymore.. Sigh -__-
We visited ED the next day, worried because she could not take anything orally. Worried because she was so irritable and clingy and furious too.
That was when she had her blood drawn from her vein for the very first time of her life. Luckily the hospital never collapsed from her screaming. If not, I would have been given a new place to work. Haha not funny..!
Luckily she has not met the criteria for admission. She can still walk around, jumping about, teary and could still, at least took fluids although not much but pretty enough for a day at least.
You have to understand that this disease does not have any specific therapy. Meaning to say, they don't have the drugs to stop the infection. Its solely supportive measures. In which paracetamol would be given to control the fever and the pain, the spray to minimize the pain form the ulcer and fluids therapy for hydration. The disease will eventually goes away on their own with the help of our immune system. Hooray!!
So comes my number two worry.
How on earth can I separate her from her little brother??
Obviously they are sleeping in the same room and on the same bed. And its pretty hard to strain her from kissing her dear little brother.
Couple of days after, the brother started to show some signs. My enemy, the ORAL ULCERS! He refused to drink his milk. And he's becoming irritable too. My Oh my!
Thank goodness we have the magic spray. HAHA! So we spray here and there each time he's having his feed. Alhamdulillah, the ulcers went away after a couple of days.
TAKE HOME MESSAGE: Beware of the disease spread guys! Its really painful for a mother to see their children having the ulcers. We, our self could not tolerate even a single ulcer. So, can you imagine having a lot of ulcers in your mouth. Seriously, it is painful! Not my mouth but my heart. OUCH!
- FrOm My iPhOnE fOuR -
